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NEW DELHI : India’s first indigenously developed vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer has the same efficacy as those procured from other countries, according to a recent study published in the medical journal Lancet. Serum Institute of India developed the vaccine, called Cervavac, to be administered to youngsters between ages 9 and 26. The vaccine, rolled out earlier this year, is available in private hospitals, where the cost has been set at ₹1,400-1,600.

Imran Khan and most of his supporters have been rejected as candidates for the February 8 election, party officials said Sunday after nominations for the ballot closed. Khan has been in prison since August, facing trial over a slew of cases he insists have been orchestrated to prevent him from contesting the election as the figurehead of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. The former cricket star was found guilty of graft earlier this year, but a court suspended his three-year sentence and the conviction is being appealed.

Bihar Police have arrested a gang for running a fraudulent operation called the 'All India Pregnant Job Agency' in Nawada district. This elaborate scheme involved luring people with the promise of a payout of Rs 13 lakh for impregnating women who were unable to conceive, a TOI report stated.

New Year 2024 will certainly be different from 2023, yet similar in the way that this, too, will usher in a slew of changes with it. Come New Year, small savings schemes will offer higher interest rates, insurance policy documents will be easier to understand, dormant UPI IDs will be de-activated, cars will get costlier, and the physical verification of documents for SIM card will be phased out, among others, in the finance world. Let us understand more.

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Kashi Vishwanath area has put in place a host of special vehicular movement rules for January 1, 2024. According to an order from the city administration, the whole area will be a no-vehicle zone on that day, reports said. On this day, a huge number of people pay a visit to the temple. The new rules are aimed at preventing traffic jams and stopping people from causing unnecessary ruckus in vicinity of the temple. There is also a special directive for visitors coming for darshan.

Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over wrestler Vinesh Phogat leaving her Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award on national capital's Kartavya Path, saying the PM is the guardian of the nation and it hurts to see «such cruelty» on his part. Gandhi's attack came a day after multiple World Championship medallist Phogat returned her Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award, keeping the two awards lying in the middle of Kartavya Path after the Delhi Police stopped her from reaching the prime minister's office.

yuan by orchestrating buying by state banks and giving market guidance to bankers. The strategy of moral suasion marks a sharp break from Beijing's approach the last time the currency was on the ropes, in 2015. Back then, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) resorted to official intervention as the central bank burned $1 trillion in reserves to shore it up. This year, as China's economy wobbled and money left the country, the PBOC took a starkly different approach, defending the currency by signalling to markets what kind of selling it would and would not tolerate. Interviews with 28 market participants show at least two dozen cases where regulators closely and frequently steered market participants through a range of co-ordinated actions this year to resist strong downward pressure on the yuan. The PBOC and State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the currency regulator, did not respond to Reuters' faxed questions about its approach.

Pratap Simha was recently in the news over his connection with the Parliament security breach incident on December 13. The visitor pass was issued to one of the security breach accused in the name of BJP MP from Mysuru Pratap Simha. According to India Today, Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre confirmed Vikram Simha's arrest and said authorities held him for illegally cutting 126 trees and selling the wood in the Hassan district.

Vinesh Phogat has returned her Khel Ratna award and Arjuna Award in protest against the election of Sanjay Singh, a close aide of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who had been accused of sexual harassment by the three well-known grapplers. Earlier, Sakshi Malik also informed that she would quit wrestling for India, following Sanjay Singh's election.

Vivo India Hong Xuquan alias Terry, a Chinese national, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Harinder Dahiya and consultant Hemant Munjal were earlier arrested by Enforcement Directorate under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The executives were arrested in connection with its money laundering probe against the Chinese smartphone maker and some others. The federal agency had earlier made four arrests in the case which included mobile company Lava International's MD Hari Om Rai, Chinese national Guangwen alias Andrew Kuang and chartered accountants Nitin Garg and Rajan Malik.

Unified Payments Interface) account with any of the popular apps such as Google Pay, Phone Pay or Paytm, and have not been able to use it for a year or longer for any reason whatsoever, then it is set to get deactivated from Jan 1 onwards. This will be done as the follow-up action of NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) circular that was issued on Nov 7, 2023. While taking a decision, the payments corporation body attributed the move to inadvertent transfer of money in cases where users change their mobile numbers without removing their earlier numbers from the banking system.

ANI. As per another traffic advisory that was also issued on Friday certain traffic regulations would be implemented from 6 pm of December 31 until 6 am of January 1. The advisory mentions that specific routes will remain closed for traffic include NS Road North Bound, Adam Street, P Ramchandani Marg, KS Dhariya Chowk, Madamcama Road, Barrister Rajni Patel Marg and Vinay K Shah Marg.

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BOGOTA (Reuters) — Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Friday proposed making changes to a tax reform that entered into effect this year that would lower taxes for businesses and hike them for rich individuals.

Five Boardwalk casinos and a hospital want a judge to prevent Atlantic City from narrowing the main road running through the city’s downtown

South Korea’s top court has ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its former wartime Korean employees for forced labor

Obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are capturing the attention of celebrities and showing promising results in helping people shed pounds

The Biden administration is granting Louisiana's request to administer its own permit program for wells that store carbon dioxide

disturbing video has gone viral showing a black Amazon delivery driver in Texas being savagely assaulted by two white women inside a luxury building. One of the women accused the delivery boy of being a thief. According to a local media outlet Khou 11, 25-year-old JaMaiya Miller went to deliver a package at the Belle Mead at River Oaks apartment complex near Houston on December 16. She said that the resident who let her in to deliver the package told her she was not supposed to be there. Another woman reached there and the two unidentified women allegedly assaulted Miller.

Throughout the week, Bitcoin faced selling pressure once again as it was rejected from the upper band within the channel movement observed since the beginning of December.