Breaking News: Vaccine hesitancy greatest threat to pandemic, says Adar Poonawalla

President Ram Nath Kovind appoints Madras HC's senior-most judge Justice M Duraiswamy as acting chief justice of the high court until Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari joins the high court as the chief justice.

“The vaccine industry has worked tirelessly to provide enough stocks for the nation. Today there are over 200 million doses available with states. I urge all adults to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Vaccine hesitancy is now the greatest threat in overcoming this pandemic,” says Serum Institute of India's CEO Adar Poonawalla.

Pakistan, China, Burma, Russia, Saudi Arabia have been listed among countries designated as "countries of particular concern" by US State Department for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom”, says US State Department.

Chhattisgarh minister TS Singh Deo in Raipur said that chief minister Bhupesh Bhagel will take a decision on reduction in VAT on petrol and diesel in the Cabinet meeting to be held on November 22.

Air pollution: Delhi Govt issues order to ban entry of trucks, except for those carrying essential items, into the national capital till November 21

Sanjay Kumar Mishra, the chief of Enforcement Directorate, received a one-year extension on his term, according to an official order issued by the Union ministry of finance on Wednesday.  

Pakistan parliament okays bill to allow Kulbhushan Jadhav's right to appeal, reported the ANI news agency citing country's media.

Five terrorists were killed in two operations on Wednesday in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district

GopalporaEncounterUpdate: 02 unidentified #terrorists killed. #Operation in progress. Further details shall follow.

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The two people who had tried to forcibly enter the Rashtrapati Bhawan have been sent to 14-day judicial custody, reported the ANI news agency.

An encounter began at the Pombay area of Kulgam on Wednesday afternoon. Police and security forces are carrying out the operation. Details awaited.

Ahead of planned protests on Wednesday in the Sudan capital, mobile phone lines were cut, both the AFP and the Reuters news agencies reported, citing witnesses in the region. 

Delhi's Rouse Avenue court grants 3 days police remand to CBI of four accused who were arrested from the city for allegedly posting and circulating child sexual exploitation material on the internet.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday inaugurated the arms exhibition at the ‘Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv’ in Jhansi.

Relatives of two civilians killed in a crossfire between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar staged a protest in the city on Wednesday, pleading with authorities to return the bodies so they could bury them, news agency AP reported.

The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday moved a privilege motion against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the West Bengal assembly. 

A significant number of schoolchildren in India have switched from private schools to government-run schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) survey released on Wednesday. Read More

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said on Wednesday that the party will take legal action against actor Kangana Ranaut for her alleged defamatory statement against Mahatma Gandhi. Read more

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday that construction and demolition will be banned in the national capital till November 21. “There will be 100% work from home for Govt depts till November 21. Schools, colleges, institutes, training centres and libraries will remain closed till further orders,” Rai said. 

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed Justice (retired) Rakesh Kumar Jain, former judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court, to monitor the ongoing probe in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. Read more

Four people, including two personnel of the CRPF, have been injured in a grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district. 

Ahead of the winter session of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday suggested separate timing for 'quality debate' in House.

The Centre on Wednesday expressed unwillingness before the Supreme Court to ask its employees to work from home and instead has advised its employees in Delhi to resort to carpooling to reduce the number of vehicles used by them for commuting, news agency ANI reported. 

Amid a surge in cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), a night curfew has been imposed in Jammu from 10 pm to 6 am from Wednesday. Earlier, the timings of the curfew were from 11 pm till 5am.  Read more