Breaking News LIVE, November 12:
4:35 PM| Actor Asif Basra found dead, hanging at a private guesthouse in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.
Terrible news. Actor Asif Basra found dead, hanging at a private guesthouse in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/Zo6bBt4Kae
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) November 12, 2020
4:05 PM| Finance Minister Nirmala announced Rs 900 crore funding for vaccine research in the country. The minister clarified the funding will only be for research and development of COVID-19 vaccine. “Rs 900 crore provided for COVID Suraksha Mission for research and development of the Indian COVID vaccine to the Department of Biotechnology,” said Nirmala Sitharaman.
4:00 PM| RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav has been elected the leader of the Grand Alliance legislature party leader and prompty hit out at NDA, claiming it won the assembly elections through “deceit”.
2:50 PM| Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a new job creation scheme by giving subsidy to those establishments that make new hires.
2:45 PM| Chhath Puja celebration allowed by administration subject to strict observation of COVID-19 protocols and the organisers will be responsible to maintain the same in regards to the celebration: Manoj Parida, Advisor, Chandigarh Administration.
1:00 PM| Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi and other MLAs of his party meet Bihar CM and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar. (ANI)
12:30 PM| Renowned Rajasthan sculptor Arjun Prajapati has passed away due to the novel coronavirus on Thursday. He was conferred with the Padma Shri Award in the year 2010 for his contributions to art.
12:00 PM| India’s economy probably shrank for a second straight quarter, according to a team of economists including Michael Patra, the central bank’s deputy governor in charge of monetary policy, pushing the country into an unprecedented recession.
11:55 AM| BJP MLA from Salt in Almora district, Surendra Singh Jeena, who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a hospital in New Delhi, died early Thursday, a party leader said. The 50-year-old Jeena was admitted to the Sir Gangaram Hospital nearly a week ago. He breathed his last at around 4 am, Pradesh BJP vice president Devendra Bhasin said. (PTI)
11:35 AM| Defence cooperation of Russia with India is immune to any restriction. Russia-India relations are proceeding with great confidence. We are closely watching India’s relations with the US and other countries: Roman Babushkin, Deputy Chief of Russian Embassy in India. (ANI)
11:15 AM| Indian Navy’s fifth Scorpene class submarine ‘Vagir’ was launched on Thursday at Mumbai’s Mazagon Dock. Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik launched the submarine through video conferencing.
10:20 AM| Union minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said she has tested negative for Covid-19. Irani had on October 28 announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.
“I have tested negative for Covid. Would like to extend my grateful thanks to everyone for their good wishes and prayers,” Irani tweeted.
I have tested negative for COVID. Would like to extend my grateful thanks to everyone for their good wishes & prayers.
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) November 12, 2020
The real winner of Bihar assembly elections is Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, whose party has emerged as the single largest party in the state, Shiv Sena said on Thursday.
Shiv Sena, through party mouthpiece Saamana, said, “The leadership of Bihar has finally passed into the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Nitish Kumar will become the Chief Minister. BJP achieved a big victory in Bihar. It should be attributed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, in the statistics game, ”NDA” has been triumphant but the real winner is 31-year-old Tejashwi Yadav.”
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday said it didn’t believe in violence and killings, and blamed the BJP for the violence in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a veiled attack on ruling TMC in West Bengal, saying those who cannot challenge the saffron party democratically have resorted to “murdering” its workers to achieve their goals.
India recorded close to 48,000 cases of the novel coronavirus in the 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday. The country’s tally of 86,83,917 cases includes 4,89,294 active cases, 80,66,502 recoveries and 1,28,121 deaths. Kerala is now the sixth state to record more than five lakh confirmed cases. Delhi, meanwhile, recorded a new high, with more than 8,500 cases Wednesday.
On the Covid-19 vaccine front, Russia has said its Sputnik V candidate is 92% effective. Its announcement comes days after Pfizer American drug major Pfizer said its Covid-19 vaccine candidate with German biotech firm BioNTech was over 90% effective.
