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AstraZeneca admitting in a UK court that its Covid vaccine can cause blood clots in rare cases, a group of doctors on Thursday expressed deep concern over the safety of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. At a press conference, the doctors, under the banner of the Awaken India Movement (AIM), urged the government to review the science behind all Covid vaccines and audit their commercialisation as well as implementation of active surveillance and monitoring mechanism to ensure vaccine adverse events are identified as early as possible. «The government has wholly ignored the rising number of cases of tragic deaths post-Covid vaccination all the while and continues to promote Covid vaccines as 'safe and effective', without scientific investigation and invoking epidemiology,» Dr Tarun Kothari, a radiologist and an activist, said at the press conference. The world is learning about a side effect of the Covid vaccine called Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), he said.

Congress on Thursday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use his investigating agencies like the CBI and the ED to probe the charges he has levelled against businessmen Ambani and Adani that they were distributing sacks full of black money in tempos. Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate claimed that the prime minister was never seen so weak and desperate that he ended up making great revelations about corruption in the country and exposing his own friends. She was referring to the charge on Wednesday made by prime minister who, for the first time during Lok Sabha poll campaign, accused the Congress of having a «deal» with «Ambani and Adani», and asked if the party has received «tempo loads of black money» from the two industrialists for its leader Rahul Gandhi to stop «abusing» them. Shrinate pointed out that Rahul Gandhi has been saying the same thing for the last 10 years that the big businessmen possessed black money but the prime minister was not taking action against them.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) is expected to soon file a fresh charge sheet in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case and it may name Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BRS leader K Kavitha and some others as accused, official sources said on Thursday. The federal agency had arrested Kejriwal from his official residence here on March 21 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) while Kavitha, the MLC daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was taken into custody from Hyderabad on March 15. Official sources said a prosecution complaint against half-a-dozen entities, including the two politicians, some linked individuals and companies, has been readied and the agency may file it before a special PMLA court here within the next 4-5 days. The accused will be charged with money laundering and the prosecution complaint will be filed under sections 45 and 44(1) of the PMLA, the sources said.

JDS delegation, led by its state president HD Kumaraswamy, on Thursday met Governor Thawer Chand Gehlot and sought a CBI probe into the widespread circulation of explicit videos of victims of alleged sexual assault, while doubting the credibility of the investigation by Karnataka’s special investigation team (SIT) into the alleged abuse of women by Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. A delegation of JDS leaders that included core committee chairman GT Deve Gowda and other legislators told the Governor that Deputy CM DK Shivakumar was the mastermind of distribution of videos. They accused the Dy CM of organising distribution of more than 25,000 pen drives in bus stands, parks and other public places in Hassan Lok Sabha constituency and requested the Governor to advise Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to drop Shivakumar from the Cabinet. They said the videos were circulated not only in Hassan but also in other constituencies through social media and pen drives, days ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, to malign the NDA candidates.

Mint. “It has been decided to notify authorized officers at only 155 specified points of entry for food imports clearance till further orders," Rao added. Queries sent to the FSSAI spokesperson were not answered immediately.

Montreal police say they arrested four people in an organized crime bust that also led to the seizure of drugs, guns and millions of dollars.

Live Law, the court also refused to give any relief to petitioners, and directed the investigating officer to escort the girl safely to her parental home and submit a report to the court of her being handed over to her parents. "Islamic tenets do not permit live-in relationships during the subsisting marriage.

NewsNation on May 3 that the video is original, saying, “Once you see it, you can’t deny it." He continued, “There's no editing. That is an original video." Roder added, “We tried to debunk it to see if there was something that was added to the video.

HD Kumaraswamy said that the Prajwal Revanna case was not small and the accused even if he is powerful should be dealt with seriousness. JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy said, «I don't consider this Prajwal Revanna case as a small case. However powerful that person is, he must be dealt with seriousness. I'm the first person to say that the culprit should be dealt with properly.» DK Shivakumar had alleged that HD Kumaraswamy is behind the release of Prajwal Revanna's pen drives.

Enforcement Directorate is likely to file a chargesheet against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, the day when the top court is expected to announce its verdict in the bail case, as per media reports. Earlier, the Supreme Court pushed forward the verdict on Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail plea and said that it may announce the order on Thursday or next week, without specifying the date. The SC raised concerns regarding the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) prolonged investigation into the excise policy-linked money laundering case involving Kejriwal. The SC bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta told Arvind Kejriwal's counsel Abhishek Singhvi that if it were to give interim bail to the Aam Aadmi Party's national convenor, it doesn’t want him to be performing official duties as the CM as it could lead to a conflict somewhere.

children in India who are eligible for measles vaccination have received none of the recommended double-dose, signalling a «concerning gap» in immunisation coverage, a new study has found. The findings showed that zero-dose cases were high in the northeastern states, with Nagaland reporting the greatest share at 26 per cent. Tamil Nadu was found to report the lowest at 4.6 per cent. Researchers from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi investigated previously overlooked critical aspects of measles vaccination, focusing on zero-doses, partially vaccinated, and those fully immunised. They analysed data of over 43,000 children aged 2-3 years, collected through the National Family Health Survey 2019-21 (NFHS-5). The team found that close to 30 per cent of the eligible children have received only one measles-containing vaccine (MCV1), while about 60 per cent have been fully immunised (MCV2). The findings are published in the journal Vaccine.

Also Read: Salman Khan house firing case: Fifth accused arrested from Rajasthan "He shot a video of Salman Khan's house, then sent it to gangster Anmol Bishnoi," newswire ANI reported quoting Mumbai Crime Branch officials. "Further investigation is underway regarding the recce outside the houses of two more actors," said police. Police further added that shooters – Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta – were apprehensive about carrying out the firing until Bishnoi reassured them that they would gain virtue by completing the task.

Nigeria has fired back at Binance Holdings’ bribe accusation, claiming it’s a distraction to shift focus away from the exchange’s actions.

Toronto police are seeking help from the public as they continue to investigate a shooting that seriously injured a security guard outside rapper Drake’s mansion.

An employee onboard a cruise ship was arrested by FBI officials in Juneau, Alaska, on Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed three people on the vessel with scissors.

Rafiq Choudhary, arrested from Rajasthan, had conducted reconnaissance not only at Salman Khan's residence but also at the homes of two other Bollywood actors, according to the Mumbai Crime Branch officials. Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's brother, Anmol Vishnoi, played a key role in motivating the shooters. After receiving weapons delivery in Panvel on March 15, 2024, Anmol provided the shooters with the target's information, instructing them to carry out the firing at the actor's residence. According to the information obtained from the Crime Branch, Chaudhary had done a recce of the actor Salman Khan's apartment building on April 12 and had also made a video of it and sent it to Anmol.

sighting of two alien creatures in Las Vegas last year has been confirmed. With this, it has been established that aliens were spotted and the video purportedly made showing them was not doctored, it was genuine. After technically analyzing the video, Scott Roder of 'Evidence Room' Animation and Exhibits told 'NewsNation' that the video had not been altered. Confirming that the video is original, it has not been edited, he said that he tried to see if there was something added to the video, but he found it authentic.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, has said in a social media video that he entered Canada on a 'study permit' which only took him days to obtain, Canada-based global news reported. The accused, Karan Brar, in a video posted online in 2019, said he applied for a student visa through EthicWorks Immigration Services in Bathinda, in the Indian state of Punjab. He said he received his study visa days later, according to a translation of his Punjabi-language statement, as per Global News.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, has said in a social media video that he entered Canada on a 'study permit' which only took him days to obtain, Canada-based global news reported. The accused, Karan Brar, in a video posted online in 2019, said he applied for a student visa through EthicWorks Immigration Services in Bathinda, in the Indian state of Punjab. He said he received his study visa days later, according to a translation of his Punjabi-language statement, as per Global News.

An independent review of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s workplace culture describes an environment that fostered “hostile, abusive, unprofessional, or inappropriate conduct,” and questions whether the agency’s chairman is credible to lead the ag...

A former top executive at Las Vegas Strip casinos will face a judge in Los Angeles and possible federal prison time after pleading guilty to violating federal anti-money laundering rules