On December 2, the UK became the first nation to approve Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 for emergency use; Bahrain has also approved vaccine candidate 'BNT162b2'. India decision on vaccine could come this week

Sensex rose 212 points to 45,291 against previous close of 45,079. Nifty gained 64 points to 13,322 against previous close of 13,258

Pfizer Inc submitted application to DCGI seeking emergency use authorisation on Dec 4; also seeks permission to import vaccine for sale and distribution in India

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that PM Modi wil lay foundation stone of the new Parliament building and the construction is expected to be completed by 2022 at an estimated cost of Rs 971 crore

Farmers' protests Delhi: Farmers have upped the ante against the government and have announced Bharat Bandh on December 8 if their demands are not met

Centre is presently conducting extensive backend preparation for  COVID-19 immunisation drive. Government expects to receive and utilise 400-500 million doses and cover around 20-25 crore people by July 21

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah said the issue was being dealt with by the Delhi High Court and there is no point in entertaining this plea in the apex court

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Centre saying that farmers' income has 'halved' under the 'suit-boot' government, while the income of the governments' friends has quadrupled

Government wants farmer organisations to conclude their protests and resolve their contentions via dialogue, but this decision lies with the farmers, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday attended the virtual meeting of the eight-member bloc which was also addressed by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

PM Modi said that farmers who wanted to follow the old system of trading referring to the mandis' where they can get the MSP are still free to do so. But the three laws gave them new options to sell for more

Across the world, people have expressed wonder at the way in which Indians, whether poor or rich, young or old, rural or urban, have shown the ability to be responsible, disciplined, focused, law-abiding, patient, he said

This is the second all-party meeting called by the government on coronavirus, which has affected over 94 lakh people across India, since the beginning of the pandemic.

Farmers' protest in Delhi: It has been five days since thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, and other states started a protest march against three controversial farm laws which received the President's nod in the Monsoon session of Parliament

Agricultural reforms have opened new doors of possibilities for farmers, says PM Modi; he says now a sub-divisional magistrate will have to settle farmers' complaints in a month

After making rounds everywhere in the world, the vaccine on COVID-19 would be found in Pune. Nothing is beyond Pune, the Baramati MP said

Prime Minister Narendra Modi first announced the date of his latest episode of Mann Ki baat on November 17. He also sought suggestions from the public as to what the topics of discussion should be

Poonawalla said in the next few weeks SII plans to apply for emergency use authorization for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine candidate that he described as a 'very good' option

Serum Institute will have a capacity to make over 2.5 billion doses of vaccines a year as it is currently upscaling the capacity from over 1.6 billion doses  

PM Modi landed at Hakimpet Air Force station near here at around 1 pm,as part of his three-city tour to take the stock of COVID-19 vaccine development