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Assuring all support to the ( Several vehicles, including industry, Modi said that India an ill-fated Himachal Road is receiving record foreign great hard work were adver- He added that investor said that the major responsi- Transport Corporation direct investment (FDI) tised with foreign names,” he response has been tremen- bility for the success of the self- (HRTC) bus carrying passen- because of reforms done in the said, while addressing the dous for startups and this reliant India campaign lies gers, were buried under boul- last few years. CII’s annual meeting, and signals that India has extra- with the Indian industry. ders and debris. The HRTC bus He mentioned that the added that the trust of the ordinary opportunities for Highlighting the changes was on its way from Reckong maze of labour laws has been countrymen is with the prod- growth. India now has 60 in the approach of the current Peo in Kinnaur to Haridwar. rationalised into four labour ucts made in India and they unicorns, 21 of them reaching government and changes in the The driver of the bus who codes; and agriculture, which want to adopt made in India that status in the last few ways of working of the current survived the tragedy informed was treated as a mere means of goods. The PM said Indian months, he noted. setup, he stressed that the new district authorities at Kinnaur livelihood, is being connected start-ups have the same level Noting the recent reforms India of today is ready to about the tragedy which took with the markets through of self-confidence as displayed taken by the Government, march with the new world. place around 12:30 pm. reforms. As a result, he said, by Indian athletes and the Prime Minister said that “India, which was apprehen- “10 residents of Himachal, India is getting record FDI and sportspersons at Tokyo bringing reforms is a matter of sive of foreign investment at including one child and five hit by a shooting boulder “The driver and conductor He said that rescue oper- FPI and forex reserves are Olympics. “When today’s conviction for his govern- one point of time, is welcom- women, have died in the inci- plunged into the Sutlej river. of the bus were rescued while ations by teams of the ITBP, also at an all time high level. youth of India come out on ment, which is ready to take ing investments of all types dent while 13 injured have Till the filing of this report, the HRTC bus, which was the National Disaster “There was a time when the field, they don’t have any all risks in the national inter- today. Similarly, tax policies been rescued (till now) during the rescue operations were believed to be carrying over 30 Response Force, the CISF and foreign was synonymous with hesitancy in their minds. They est. “We have taken bold deci- used to induce despondency the rescue operations,” said a going on as no traces of pas- passengers, seemed to have local police were earlier hin- better. Industry big-wigs want to work hard and take sions. Reforms continued even among the investors, the same Government official. sengers and the bus, which was fallen into the Sutlej river. dered at the site as the shoot- understand the consequences risks. They want to yield during pandemic. The gov- India can boast of the world’s The HRTC bus and three suspected to be trapped in the The rescue teams are gone ing boulders continued to roll of such a psychology. Situation results. Yes, we belong to this ernment is doing reforms not most competitive corporate light vehicles were buried debris, were found at the acci- searching the riverbed to find down, posing grave risk to the was so bad that even indige- place — we see this emotion out of compulsion but out of tax and faceless tax system,” under the debris, while a truck dent site. the bus,” the official said. teams. nous brands developed with in our youth today,” he said. conviction,” he said. The PM he said. & #! $% ! #&'' ((*+, ( ! $ %!& ) !!! '((& ! * ! he Government is all set to Tacquire 50 million doses of % "#"#$"% vaccine produced by Pfizer Inc # ven as vaccine-starved India and BioNTech SE, with an ((*+, +,! Ehas decided to adopt a wait- aim to boost vaccination drive $ ! and-watch policy on the need and ease the pressure on the ! - . of giving a booster dose, a team production of vaccines in the !!/('0 of scientists at the University of country. !!! Nottingham have said the third More than 40 lakh vac- !!,$ jab will be an effective way to cine doses have been admin- !!* protect people from existing, istered across India on 1 !2 f a total over 1 lakh break- and potentially future, variants Wednesday, taking total !* Othrough Covid-19 cases of concern. original strain of SARS-CoV-2. cumulative Covid vaccina- reported in India so far, Kerala The scientists said they This suggests that an addi- tion coverage to 52,32 crore, tops the list with over 40,000 found that neutralising anti- tional boost, even using vac- as per the Union Health such infections, according to ed to carry out genomic Breakthrough Covid-19 bodies generated by a single cines containing the original Mnistry. the Indian Council of Medical sequencing for all break- cases were high in ! dose of the Pfizer vaccine were strain of coronavirus, will “It is also expecting to Research (ICMR). through infections to under- Pathanamthitta district and a less effective at neutralising increase protection against receive about seven million Breakthrough cases are stand the nature of the variant similar situation was seen in !P! key variants of concern, for variants of concern, revealed doses of a vaccine made by those cases in which recovered causing the spread of the infec- other districts as well. A team example the beta (first identi- the findings. Moderna Inc from the US people contract the disease for tion,” said sources in the Union of the Union Health Ministry fied in South Africa) variant. “We showed that the indi- through Covax, a programme a second time or those fully Health Ministry. They said is now expected to visit Kerala The findings are published viduals with past infection pro- to supply Covid-19 vaccines vaccinated contract infection. they have communicated the after August 15. in the journal Science duced more antibodies follow- to poorer nations,” a report in While this has raised con- same to the Kerala A Central team that visit- Translational Medicine. ing each dose of vaccine than WSJ said. cerns whether a new variant Government. ed eight districts of Kerala had Kerala by the Centre to take However, the second dose, those who hadn’t been exposed. Recently, US-based phar- which is much more transmis- Sequencing of break- on Tuesday at a Press confer- stock of the pandemic situation especially in those volunteers We also showed that this ma giant Johnson & Johnson’s sible than the Delta variant is through samples will tell the ence said the State may witness in the State. who had previously been increased antibody response single-dose Covid-19 vaccine responsible for spike in Kerala, researchers if there is a differ- around 4.6 lakh cases of coro- Meanwhile, the number of infected with SARS-CoV-2, was more effective against were given Emergency Use the Centre has dismissed this ent coronavirus variant that is navirus from August 1 to new Covid-19 cases increased dramatically increased virus some of the variants of concern, Authorisation (EUA) in India. theory and has now stressed on escaping the immunity gener- August 20. to 38,353 in the last 24 hours, variant neutralising antibody such as the Beta and Gamma The five vaccines granted genomic sequencing of all the ated by vaccination, leading to The six-member team of a rise of over 10,000 from responses (and therefore poten- variants,” said Professor EUA in India are Covishield, breakthrough cases in the State. infection among fully vacci- the National Centre for Disease Monday when India reported tial protection) to a level com- Jonathan Ball, School of Life Covaxin, Sputnik V, Moderna “Now the ICMR has decid- nated. Control (NCDC) was sent to 28,204 infections. parable to those seen for the Sciences at the university. and janssen. # P % %/0 , !"# " & 1 ! " - Monsoon Session started on July 19. Moving the Bill, Social - , Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar said 2 the Bill will help restore the powers of States to have their own lists of OBCs which was revenue. Payenda has “resigned #$ ith the approval of the negated by the Supreme and left the country because WRajya Sabha, Parliament Court. he Taliban seized three Afghanistan is grappling with ing on the table of the Rajya on Wednesday passed the He thanked the Prime $! ! " Tmore provincial capitals in declining revenues after the Sabha secretariat and throwing Constitution (One Hundred Minister and various parties % Afghanistan and a local army takeover of the custom posts,” eploring pandemonium in a file at the Chairperson’s seat.

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