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In a letter to Prime Minister #NarendraModi, Raj Thackeray urged the Centre to allow private agencies to purchase #vaccines and permit the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) to sell vaccines freely in Maharashtra but with due regulation.https://trib.al/z0Mi91n 

Maldivian foreign minister Abdulla Shahid will begin a two-day #India visit on Thursday with a focus on further deepening of ties between the two countries.https://trib.al/5uqcZhb 

#Pakistan decided to ban a radical Islamist party under the #Terrorism Act after its supporters clashed with the law enforcement agencies for the third consecutive day, leaving seven persons dead and over 300 policemen injured.https://trib.al/msMcoik 

The #BJP has accused the newly floated Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance of letting loose a reign of terror after sweeping the recently concluded elections to the #Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council.https://trib.al/12JObNI 

#Maharashtra has approached neighbouring States for medical #oxygen supply amid the COVID-19 surge, but they have expressed their inability due to high domestic demand, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said.https://trib.al/qSh15ef 

#Iran’s President called Tehran’s decision to enrich #uranium up to 60% after saboteurs attacked a nuclear site “an answer to your evilness,” linking the incident to ongoing talks in Vienna over its tattered nuclear deal with world powers.https://trib.al/ZXNYatk 

In light of the surge in #coronavirus cases, manufacturers aim to ramp up production of #Remdesivir from 5-6 lakh vials a month to 10-12 lakh vials a month, and this will soon scale towards 20 lakh vials a month.https://trib.al/M2sHNlw 

India and South Africa have called for the WTO to suspend Intellectual Property Rights related to COVID-19 for a limited period of timehttps://trib.al/67f4GWp 

Device after-sales management platform Servify on Wednesday announced acquisition of key businesses of Germany-based #WebToGo, which provides customer experience solutions.https://trib.al/8YkqieV 

The CJI also said the ancient Indian text “Nyayshastra” is “not a bit” inferior to Aristotle and the Persian system of logic, and “there is no reason why we should forsake, overlook, and not benefit from the geniuses of our ancestors”.https://trib.al/aeYKVdv 

The Karnataka Chief Minister said he would talk to BJP leader #RameshJarkiholi and ask him to join the campaign.https://trib.al/TvbS4Tk 

Amid COVID-19 second wave, subdued but spirited celebrations usher in the new year, whether it is Ugadi, Navreh, Bihu, Vishu or Vaisakhihttps://trib.al/hmAIiYw 

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has returned to royal duties four days after her husband Prince Philip – the Duke of Edinburgh’s death on April 9https://trib.al/b8fo9o2 

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said CBSE board exams must be cancelled for Class 12 as has been done for Class 10 and asserted that keeping the students "under pressure" till June is "unfair".https://trib.al/0BtEoUE 

It’s that time of the year in Assam when the Indian cuckoo (keteki) and Asian koel (kuli) call out across the Brahmaputra plains. And, graceful bursts of pink-spotted white flowers of an exotic orchid streak the skylinehttps://trib.al/28aRjne 

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Mamata Banerjee said home minister Amit Shah had said in Lebong in Darjeeling that there will be no NRC.https://trib.al/Kh3T8t2 

What we have learnt about treatment so far https://trib.al/mC3ivLG  #COVID19