DH Evening Brief: June 22, 2021

Here are the top headlines this evening.

Covaxin 77.8% effective in Phase 3 trial, shows data

Bharat Biotech's Covaxin showed 77.8 per cent efficacy in Phase-III trial data, according to a review by the Subject Expert Committee. Read more

Late Kannada thespian Dr Rajkumar's photo in Tamil movie cast on Google search irks fans

A search for the cast of a Tamil movie on Google wrongly shows the photo of Kannada matinee idol late Dr Rajkumar following which his fans demanded that the "mismatch" be rectified. Read more

NCLT clears Jalan-Kalrock Consortium's resolution plan for Jet Airways

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Tuesday approved the Jalan Kalrock Consortium's resolution plan for the bankrupt-Jet Airways, two years after the once-storied airline went into insolvency proceedings. Read more

India's Covid-19 vaccination pace seen dwindling from first day record

India's vaccinations over the next few weeks could fall short of the blistering pace set on the first day of a federal campaign, unless it makes inroads in a vast hinterland and bridges a shortage of doses, experts said on Tuesday. Read more

J&K's Gupkar alliance to attend Modi's all-party meeting

After days of suspense, the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday decided that they will attend the Prime Minister’s all-party meeting in Jammu and Kashmir on June 24 in New Delhi. Read more

India has 22 Delta Plus Covid-19 variant cases

The Centre on Tuesday said that India has 22 cases of the Delta Plus variant of Covid-19. Read more

How Jyotiraditya Scindia and Shivraj Singh Chouhan's fates are tied

Dynamics in the Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could soon change. Jyotiraditya Scindia, a Rajya Sabha member, might get inducted into the Union cabinet. Read more

Watch | Rahul Gandhi offers 'white paper' to help India prepare for third Covid-19 wave

Man drills hole in wall of bank, steals over Rs 55 lakh

A 34-year-old man was arrested for allegedly burgling over Rs 55 lakh after breaking into a bank from an adjoining under-construction building in east Delhi’s Farsh Bazar area, police said on Tuesday. Read more

The vexing technological challenge of fighting ransomware

115 milliseconds. As quick as a blink, that’s the amount of time a new technology — developed by researchers from Australia’s national science agency and a university in South Korea — takes to detect that ransomware has detonated on a computer and block it from causing further damage. Read more

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

India's vaccinations over the next few weeks could fall short of the blistering pace set on the first day of a federal campaign, unless it makes inroads in a vast hinterland and bridges a shortage of doses, experts said on Tuesday. Read more