The third phase human trial of indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin' will soon commence at the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) and SUM Hospital in Odisha.

IMS and SUM Hospital is in the list of 21 medical institutes selected across the country by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) where the third phase trial would be conducted. It is the only institute in Odisha which has been selected for the trial.

The national capital on Friday recorded 4,086 fresh cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day spike here in 34 days, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 6,189.

These fresh cases resulted from 58,568 tests conducted the previous day, pushing the infection tally in the city to over 3.48 lakh.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said that if he is elected in the November 3 election, he will make Covid-19 vaccines free for all Americans.

Once we have a safe and effective vaccine, it has to be free to everyone -- whether or not you're insured, Xinhua news agency quoted Biden as saying during a speech in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday.

A court here awarded death penalty to a man in connection with the rape and murder of a one-and-a-half-year-old girl in 2014.

Special judge (POCSO) Vijay Pal awarded the death sentence to Jitendra Singh on Friday, government counsel Vedpal Singh said.

With over 53,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count on Saturday (October 24) crossed the 78 lakh-mark, while the death toll has topped the 1.17 lakh mark as well.

At 9:30 AM on this day, the COVID-19 tally in the country has reached 78,14,682 cases, which include 6,80,680 active cases; 70,16,046 cured, discharged, or migrated patients, and 1,17,956 deaths.

In the wake of the Covid-19 challenge, India and Myanmar have come together to collaborate on development of COVID-19 vaccine. The first round of discussion took place earlier this week. Top Officials from both sides held a virtual discussion on the possible joint production, distribution and supply of COVID-19 vaccine.

Officials from Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of External Affairs and Department of Public Health, Myanmar participated in these discussions.

Private sector lender YES Bank’s net profit rose sequentially to Rs 129 crore in the second quarter ended September 30 this year from Rs 45 crore in the first quarter ended June 30. The bank had posted a loss of Rs 600 crore in Q2 of the previous financial year.

Net interest income (NII) rose 3.4 per cent sequentially to Rs 1,973 crore in Q2 from Rs 1,908 crore in the previous quarter. On year-on-year (YoY) basis, NII was down by 9.7 per cent from the base of Rs 2,186 crore in the second quarter of the previous year.

Engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday said it would consider a special dividend at its upcoming board meeting. L&T last doled out a special dividend in March 2008.

The company did not disclose further details or the rationale for the move, however, the announcement comes post completion of the sale of its electrical and automation business to Schneider Electric in August.

Various schemes are being run to make the country self-reliant and on the path of development. But the country's development is impossible without the farmers who play the main role in the growth and development of agriculture. That is why the Central and State Governments are starting many welfare projects for doubling their state farmers' income and for the development of the state. Under this, PM Modi will inaugurate three significant projects in Gujarat through video conferencing on 24 October. In which the farmer is concerned with health and tourism.

In a shocking incident, the half-burnt body of a minor girl was found in the house of the accused at Punjab’s Jalalpur village in Tanda in the Hoshiarpur district on Thursday evening, the police said.

The accused allegedly killed the child and then burnt her body after which the half-burnt body was found from their house. The accused and his grandfather were taken into police custody on Thursday. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken suo-moto cognizance of the crime and sought a report from the state within three days.

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