DH Evening Brief: September 22, 2021

The UK government on Wednesday clarified that while it has included AstraZeneca Covishield in its international travel advisory of approved formulations, Indians would be required to follow rules set out for non-vaccinated travellers. Read more

. All Indian children aged 12 or older will become eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations from next month, when drug maker Cadila Healthcare launches its ZyCoV-D product, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Read more

. In the wake of the tragic fire incident that killed two persons in an apartment in South Bengaluru, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has woken up to the unchecked modifications to such dwellings and restricted the owners from renovating the balcony after obtaining the Occupancy Certificate (OC). Read more

. India is likely to allow a smaller gap between AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses for inoculations being carried out privately, in line with a court order, two sources told Reuters . Read more

. A woman has alleged that she was raped by a cab driver in Murugeshpalya of Jeevan Bima Nagar in East Bengaluru in the wee hours of Wednesday. The Jeevan Bima Nagar police nabbed the driver after the womanfiled a complaint. Read more

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. New Delhi wants to block Chinese investors from buying shares in insurance giant Life Insurance Corp (LIC) which is due to go public, four senior government officials and a banker told Reuters , underscoring tensions between the two nations. Read more

. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it cannot dash the hope and aspirations of women candidates to join defence services through the NDA by delaying it for one year. Read more

. There's a possibility that Virat Kohli could be removed as the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) mid-way through the ongoing UAE leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a former India cricketer has said. Read more

. Five people have been arrested for allegedly seeking to fine a Dalit family of Rs 25,000 for "purification" of the Hanuman temple in Miyapur village in the district after their two-year-old son entered it, police said on Wednesday. Read more

. Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer TNatarajanhas tested positive for Covid-19 but the team's IPL match against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday will go ahead as scheduled, the BCCI said. Read more

. A threat to New Zealand's cricket team that prompted them to call off a tour of Pakistan came in an email that originated in India, Pakistan's information Minister said on Wednesday. Read more

. The countrywide vaccination drive against Covid-19 risks turning into a political programme if it gets associated with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a politician or a person at every stage and in every aspect. A record 23.1 million vaccinations were done on September 17, Modi’s birthday and the programme was turned into a political vaccine mela, touted as a ‘birthday gift’ to the nation. But vaccination is a national programme that uses public resources in the form of government personnel, money and facilities owned by the State, and should not be commandeered and tethered to a party or a person. The country had a 30-day average of 7 million doses before the birthday bash, and it suddenly tripled on that day, with BJP-ruled states multiplying the vaccinations by up to 15 times. Read more

DH Evening Brief: September 22, 2021

Covishield added to UK travel advisory, but Indians to follow ‘non-vaccinated’ rules

India to target children for Covid-19 vaccine from October

Bommanahalli fire: BBMP bars apartment owners from renovating balcony

Centre may reduce gap between Covishield doses sold privately

Cab driver held for allegedly raping Bengaluru woman

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