Hyderabad, May 5 (IANS) Shan5, a paediatric pentavalent or five-in-one vaccine developed by Hyderabad-based Shantha Biotechnics, an arm of Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of French pharmaceutical company Sanofi, has regained prequalification status from the World Health Organisation (WHO). After four years of disqualification, the vaccine, which offers protection to children from diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Hib […]
London, May 5 (IANS) Police in the US have questioned a young British woman who reportedly had sex in a drunk condition with a man in the toilet of an airliner. Cabin crew had to intervene after the woman, said to be in her 20s and flying with her parents, disappeared into the toilet with a […]
Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) Fifteen Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh go to the polls Wednesday in a contest hugely vital to the Congress, which won seven of these in 2009 but is finding it difficult to retain them. The most prominent of the battlegrounds is Amethi, a Gandhi family bastion where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi […]
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Idea Cellular Monday resumed 3G services services through intra-circle roaming (ICR), across 10 circles, the company said here. This came within a week of the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) allowing telecom service providers to provide 3G services beyond their licensed areas, quashing an earlier decision of the government. […]
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) A 23-year-old girl and her two male friends were arrested for killing her father due to his repeated sexual assaults on her, police said Monday. Kulvinder Kaur alias Nikki and her friends, identified as Prince Sandhu (22) and Ashok Sharma(23), were arrested separately within a week of the murder. Kulvinder killed […]
Addis Ababa, May 5 (IANS) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Monday proposed that China and Africa earnestly boost collaboration in industry, finance, poverty reduction, ecological protection, people-to-people exchanges, and peace and security so as to create an upgraded version of their all-round cooperation. Li outlined the proposal in a speech delivered at the headquarters of the African […]
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Campaigning ended Monday evening in 64 Lok Sabha constituencies which go to the polls Wednesday when over 85 million voters will decide the electoral fate of 897 candidates including Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. Simultaneous assembly polls are scheduled in the Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh where polling will be held […]
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Tata Group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata was Monday honoured with Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), one of the highest civilian awards of Britain. British High Commissioner James Bevan conferred the award on Ratan Tata on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony here. Tata […]
Amethi, May 5 (IANS) BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Monday tore into the Gandhi family, accusing them of not only being “arrogant” and “power drunk” but also of ignoring the welfare and interests of the poor. Addressing a massive gathering at Gauriganj town in Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, from where Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi […]
Abuja, May 5 (IANS) The Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram Monday claimed responsibility for the abduction of schoolgirls in the northeast region of Nigeria, a media report said. The claim is believed to have been made by the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, in a new video, Nigerian newspaper Premium Times reported. The girls were […]