In focus, 20th Aug 2021, News & Stories from India

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20 Aug 2021

In focus, 20 Aug 2021

Zydus Cadila's COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D. (Photo:Zyduscadila)

Zydus Cadila's Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D gets approval for Emergency Use Authorisation

ZyCoV-D has become the first vaccine to be administered to those in the age group of 12-18 years in the country

20 Aug 2021 10:54 PM

There are different sources of antioxidants. Some of them are produced by the human body. For instance, glutathione is one of the most powerful natural antioxidants. — By arrangement

What Are Antioxidants and Why Do You Need Them?

When you consume antioxidants in your diet on a regular basis, you will notice several improvements in your health and overall performance

20 Aug 2021 10:41 PM

Only through health we attain wealth and environment plays a key role. To promote awareness and reduce the carbon foot print, tree plantation drives are conducted. Cleanliness drives are done under the guidance of Bomma Satya at the campuses. — By arrangement

Social Cause by Bomma satya prasad garu

Bomma group conducted blood donation camp during the COVID wave where plasma transfusion was one of the treatment protocols

20 Aug 2021 10:37 PM

EcoTrailz levels up on guest delight!

EcoTrailz Privé Black is the premier membership tier which is reserved for a select few EcoTrailz Wildlifers

20 Aug 2021 10:34 PM

With just a year into business, the organization suffered a major setback during the COVID 19 pandemic. Although the lockdown affected the attrition rate of the clientele, the combined efforts of the team and the visionary leadership of both Keshav and Hani stood the ground of the testing times. — By arrangement

Dream big and make it a reality- Story of Keshav Dutt and Hani Goyal

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20 Aug 2021 10:31 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inauguration and foundation stone laying of multiple projects in Gujarat, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug 20, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Terror forces can dominate for some time, but their existence not permanent: PM Modi

The prime minister's remarks come in the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

20 Aug 2021 10:13 PM

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. (PTI Photo)

Sonia Gandhi chairs meeting of opposition parties

The opposition parties are likely to discuss joint strategy to take on the BJP-led government on various issues

20 Aug 2021 7:09 PM

Twitter is also tweaking DM timestamps for iOS users. With this, instead of stamping each message within a DM conversation with the date and time, the messages will be grouped by day. (AP Photo)

Twitter bringing new updates to its direct messages

Through this feature, users will be able to share a tweet in up to 20 separate DM chats

20 Aug 2021 4:32 PM

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan (PTI)

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan proposes renaming Jabalpur Airport after Rani Durgawati

The CM further announced that in the coming days every airport in each district in Madhya Pradesh would be functional

20 Aug 2021 3:48 PM

The OnePlus 9RT has been tipped to launch in India and China in October. (AFP Photo)

OnePlus 9 RT in the works, could launch in October

The OnePlus 9 RT will come with a Snapdragon 870 processor, 120Hz OLED, a 4,500mAh battery, and OxygenOS 12 out of the box

20 Aug 2021 3:07 PM

Flame-lighting ceremonies were held without spectators across Tokyo on Friday, after the traditional torch relay was scrapped over fears that crowds could spread infections. (AFP Photo)

Paralympic flame arrives in Tokyo as virus surges days before opening

In the past week, multiple Paralympic flames have been transferred from torch to torch at similar scaled-back events across the country

20 Aug 2021 2:36 PM

Elon Musk says Tesla's robot will make physical work a 'choice'

Musk, the second richest person in the world according to Forbes, said he believes robots will phase out physical labor for people

20 Aug 2021 1:51 PM

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern walks to the COVID-19 update press conference in Wellington, New Zealand, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. (Mark Mitchell Pool photo via AP)

New Zealand extends Delta outbreak lockdown

PM Jacinda Ardern said the initial three-day lockdown, which would have expired overnight Friday, would be extended by another four days

20 Aug 2021 12:09 PM

In May this year, the ruling Communist Party of China approved a relaxation of its strict two-child policy to allow all couples to have up to three children. (Representational image: AP)

China approves three-child policy with sops to encourage couples to have more kids

China permitted all couples to have two children in 2016, scrapping the draconian decades-old one-child policy

20 Aug 2021 11:41 AM

Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP)

Taliban 'intensifying' search for Afghans who helped US: UN document

The report says the group has 'priority lists' of individuals it wants to arrest

20 Aug 2021 11:17 AM

Harris' Asia trip carries new urgency after Afghan collapse

A longtime district attorney and former senator, Harris is largely untested in international diplomacy and foreign policy

20 Aug 2021 10:56 AM

A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)

COVID-19: India reports 36,571 new infections, active cases lowest in 150 days

A reduction of 524 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

20 Aug 2021 10:51 AM

Hoshang Merchant (Image credit: Facebook)

Words of a gay poet, as old as India’s Independence, heal

Hoshang Merchant – a midnight’s child, as old as our independence – reflects on the coinciding evolution of the life of a poet and a nation

20 Aug 2021 10:34 AM

Shiite Muslim worshippers gather around the shrine of Imam Abbas during a Muharram procession in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning for Shiites in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. — AP/PTI

Partial Muharram ban in Srinagar; lakhs of mourners attend tazia procession elsewhere in J&K

Zuljinah and tazia processions and ‘sham-e-garibaan’ rallies were permitted in predominantly Shia areas of Srinagar including Zadibal

20 Aug 2021 9:52 AM

This handout photo courtesy of US Marines Corps shows US Marines assigned to 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit escort evacuees during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 18, 2021. (Nicholas GUEVARA / US Marine Corps/ AFP)

IAF may resume evacuation of Indians from Kabul today

Minister S. Jaishankar told the UN Security Council that the terrorist Haqqani Network’s activities in Afghanistan were of great concern

20 Aug 2021 7:27 AM

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