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IPL 2020: Virat Kohli fined INR 12-lakhs after RCB slow over rate

By
Harshit
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Virat Kohli, RCB, Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2020
Virat Kohli, RCB, Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2020

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli had a nightmare outing in Dubai on Thursday when he and his Royal Chellengers Bangalore side played against the Kings XI Punjab. He dropped two catches and his team failed to maintain the required over-rate, he is now fined INR 12 lakhs ($16,295). Kohli’s side lost the game against KXIP by 97 runs.

Kohli dropped the catch of his counterpart KL Rahul twice. First time in the 17th over at deep square-leg when KL was on 83 and then again in the 18th over when he was on 89. Later on, KL Rahul went on scoring a terrific century and became the Indian highest run-scorer in IPL. Rahul also broked legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s record to become the fastest Indian batsman to score 2,000 IPL runs. Rahul took 60 innings while Sachin took 63 innings during his time.

“I have to stand in front and take the brunt of it, not the best day in the office, couple of important chances of KL when he was set and that cost us 35-40 runs at a later stage. Maybe if we restricted them to 180 we wouldn’t have been under pressure from ball one of the chase. We know exactly where we went wrong and I have to put my hand up and say should’ve led from the front and taken those two chances,” said Kohli at the post-match presentation.

Yogi Adityanath announces to make of a film city in Noida

By
Neha Kumari
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Yogi Adityanath announced the making of a new film city in Greater Noida. 1000 acres of land will be given for the construction of this film city. The film city will be constructed along the Yamuna Expressway. This announcement will give a boost to the tourism industry in Uttar Pradesh. It will also create new employment opportunities for millions of people.

The Chief Minister announced this among the celebrities of the film industry on Tuesday.

Yogi met the big personalities of the cinema world. It includes Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal, Udit Narayan, Nitin Desai, Kailash Kher, Anoop Jalota, Ashok Pandit and Satish Kaushik.

The Chief Minister discussed with them. CM said that the film city will be developed keeping in mind the needs of 50 years.


Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority CEO Arunveer made a presentation regarding the proposed Film City. He informed that it will be developed on about 1,000 acres of land in Yamuna Expressway Sector-21. Out of this, 220 acres will be reserved for commercial activity.

CEO Ritu Maheshwari said that this land belongs to Sector 162,164,165,166. The 200 acres is still occupied by the authority, the rest is also in the acquisition area.

Bihar Assembly Election 2020: Election Commission to announce dates

By
Neha Kumari
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The dates for Bihar assembly elections 2020 were announced. Assembly elections will be held in three phases in Bihar. Assembly elections in Bihar will begin with voting on October 28 and the last phase of voting will be held on November 7.

On November 10, the results of the Bihar assembly elections will be revealed. Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that the first phase of voting will be held on October 28, second phase voting on November 3 and third phase voting on November 7.

After this, the results of the Bihar assembly elections will be out on November 10. The term of the 243-member assembly of Bihar will end on 29 November.

Notification: October 1

Last date for nomination: 8 October
Scrutiny – 9 October

Name withdrawal: till 12 October

Second Phase: Voting 3 November. Voting on 94 assembly seats in 17 districts

Notification: October 9

Last Date of Enrollment: 16 October
Scrutiny – October 17

Rename: Until October 19

Third Phase: Voting on November 7 in 78 seats in 15 districts

Notification: October 13

Last Date of Enrollment: 20 October
Scrutiny – October 21

Name withdrawal: until 23 October

Election result 10 november


Highlights of the Election Commission Conference-

  • Candidates have to provide information on the website.
  • Only two people can go for nomination.
  • All polling stations will remain on the ground floor.
  • Election campaign will be virtual and Nomination will also be done online.
  • Advertisement in newspaper about criminal cases.
  • No more than five people can go home and promote.
  • The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in the state has come into force with this declaration. The Commission has already made elaborate arrangements to ensure effective implementation of the MCC guidelines.
  • Corona infected patients will be able to cast their vote in the last hours of voting but under the supervision of health officials.
  • Not more than two vehicles can be used in enrollment.
  • Adherence to social distancing will be necessary in election campaigning.
  • The voting time has been extended by one hour. Voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm.
  • Total voters in the state are seven crore 18 lakhs. In which women voters are 39 million.
  • Only one thousand voters will be able to vote at a booth.

UGC: Full fees to be refunded after admission cancellation, no winter, and summer vacations

By
Harshit
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UGC, schools-colleges reopening, UGC guidelines
UGC, schools-colleges reopening, UGC guidelines

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has revised the academic calendar for first-year students or the freshers we can say. The academic session for 2020-2021 has already been affected by the surge of COVID-19 in India.

According to the latest UGC calendar, the academic session for the freshers will now begin in the month of November and this delay will spill over the next academic session as well.

The Commission has also urged the universities to complete the admission process by the end of October. Its guidelines further stated so said that in case of cancellation of admissions and migration of students, a full refund of fees should be made.

The schools and colleges across the nation are closed since the first lockdown in March and after that, it kept on delayed due to the havoc COVID situations in the country.

Till now there is no update from the Home Ministry of India on the physical reopening of schools and colleges. But according to the UGC guidelines, at least the online mode of education

Dean Jones was my friend for more than 35 years, shocked to hear his death news: Kapil Dev

By
Harshit
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Dean Jones, Kapil Dev on Dean Jones, Dean Jones death
Dean Jones, Kapil Dev on Dean Jones, Dean Jones death

Jones, 59, passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest in his hotel in Mumbai where he was on his assignment with the broadcasting team of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Jones was in full jovial self on Thursday morning, but by the afternoon, he was passed away. Australian bowler who was also in the same hotel did everything to revive Jones, but he failed.

Legendary Indian World-Cup winning captain Kapil Dev also showed condolence to the Australian veteran batsman.

“Deano was quite a dear friend of mine and I was shocked to hear the news of his passing away. I feel quite sad and sorry for his family. You are going to miss him, but his family is going to suffer the most. I knew him for about 35 years,” Kapil, who first played against Jones during the 1985 World Championship of Cricket in Australia, told IANS.

“He was a great cricketer and one of the best athletes. He was a master at running between the wickets. He was also a great commentator and had a wonderful sense of humour,” said the 1983 World Cup-winning captain.

“No other foreign cricketer has perhaps traveled to India as many times as Deano. He would have visited India more than 100 times. But now he is gone; he was not even 60 years old. Even Malcolm Marshall passed away quite young [aged 41 years 200 days in November 1999],” he said.

Kapil faced Jones in 20 ODI innings and took his wicket four times – twice bowled and as many twice caught as well – and in 15 Test innings, the Kapil Dev got him out twice.

“A day that changed my life forever,” Jones tweeted on September 19, on the 34th anniversary of the tied Test. Another tweet read: “This Test was the renaissance for Australian cricket. It was our Mt Everest moment. Under AB [Allan Border] we started to believe that we can compete against the best. Great friendships started with the Indians. Our journey had just begun!”

Jones carved a career as a commentator and cricket analyst after his retirement from all forms of cricket in 1997. He was the part of Cricket Australia’s various operations. Somewhere along the line, he was nicknamed ‘Professor Deano’ and he named his Twitter to handle @ProfDeano.

How SPB’s hidden hand played a huge role in Vishwanathan Anand’s career

By
Harshit
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SPB, Balu, Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam passes away
SPB, Balu, Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam passes away

S.P Balasubrahmanyam, popularly known as SPB or Balu in the film industry, died on Friday in Chennai after losing the fight against COVID-19.

Not many knew SBP played a very important role in embracing the career of former World Chess Champion Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand during his school time but that was indirect.

“Really sad to hear about the passing away of such a great yet simple person. He was my first sponsor! He sponsored our team Chennai Colts (then Madras Colts) in the national team championship in 1983. One of the nicest persons I have met. His music gave us such joy #RIPSPB,” Anand said in a tweet expressing grief on the demise of the famed singer.

“It was a team chess championship held in then Bombay (now Mumbai). Anand won the board prize and qualified for the National B championship and from there he went to National A. After that, his career went up and up,” International Master and one of the Madras Colts team members, T.S.Ravi.

The SBP gave a cheque with which the Madras Colts team went to Mumbai.

Acer signs Sonu Sood as its brand ambassador

By
Shivani Negi
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The Taiwanese computer giant Acer roped in the popular Bollywood actor Sonu Sood as brand ambassador who is well known for his action roles on screen. The actor helped hundreds of migrant worker and people during the Covid-19 pandemic and people supported his humanitarian works.

“Our association with Sonu Sood will further reinforce this bond and give our consumers a greater sense of objective on trust, strength, and dependability,” Harish Kohli, President, and Managing Director, Acer India, said in a statement.

Acer is well known for its innovative products and implementation of new technologies, the actor will be endorsing the same across media platforms to boost the brand image. This will be under the campaign of Acer’s commitment to improve people’s life through technology

Sudhir Goel, Chief Business Officer, Acer India said, “We are delighted to announce our partnership with such a talented actor and humanitarian who has shown his mettle in reel life and in real life through his selfless work during the pandemic. Sonu Sood’s persona and his contribution to empowering people resonate with Acer India’s brand mantra of empowering people through technology.”

Exemplifying the guild with the brand, Sonu said, “I am excited to represent one of the most innovative technology brands in India. Acer is a truly disruptive technology company known for its range of premium quality dependable laptops, PCs, monitors, projectors and IoT-led devices. The company has been committed to improving people’s lives through technology over the last 21 years in India and it’s a proud moment for me to be part of Acer’s journey.”
Acer is aiming to be a part the digital transformation in the country which sped up tremendously in past 4 years due to better internet connectivity and now due to pandemic. People are now seeking more digital literacy for their work and Acer is planning to make a difference for consumers with their innovative and dependable range of products.

Kerala based girl to represent in Sly Livingstone’s dream project at Los Angles film festival

By
Harshit
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British actor Sly Livingstone who is known for his many award-winning performances has picked Kerala-based Anantha Lekshmi’s story for his dream project ‘Be Kind’. The 30-year-old Anantha Lakshma was born in Neyyattinkara, Kerala with a hearing disability but she never let her disability to come in the way of her bright future.

Anantha Lakshmi had a passion for writing stories right from her childhood and now she came into the limelight as the British actor Sly Livingstone pick her story. He liked her story named ‘The story of Suhana’ and decided to make an animation film on it which will be screened at the Los Angles film festival this year.

Sly Livingstone is working on his dream project which he named ‘Be Kind’ and where ‘The story of Suhana’ is included.

Lekshmi had completed her graduation in BTech from Kalasalingam University in Srivilliputtur, Tamil Nadu. Currently, she is an English teacher on a YouTube channel where she teaches deaf children.

Telecom giant Vodafone wins international arbitration against India

By
Jyoti B
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Telecom giant Vodafone on Friday won a significant ruling against the Indian government in an international court over Rs 20,000 crore in dues which it had described as unfair.

Sumit Mangal, Partner, L&L Partners said: “This is a landmark victory for Vodafone and will set a good precedent for others to take international tax issues to international arbitration.

It also resolves the controversy that tax issues could be contested under Investment Treaties or Bilateral Investment Promotion and Investment Agreement (BIPA) entered into by India with other countries.

An international arbitration tribunal in The Hague ruled that India’s imposition of tax liability on Vodafone, as well as interest and penalties, were in a breach of an investment treaty agreement between India and the Netherlands, one of the sources said.

Observing that the retrospective taxation despite the Supreme Court’s judgment in favour of Vodafone was in breach of the bilateral investment treaty, the court has directed India to reimburse a sum of Rs 40.3 crore (GBP 4.3 Million) to Vodafone.

The telco had moved the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2016 due to a lack of consensus between the parties’ arbitrators in finalising a judge for the tax dispute.

Vodafone had before the arbitration tribunal challenged India’s usage of a 2012 legislation that gave it powers to retrospectively tax deals like Vodafone’s $11 billion acquisition of 67% stake in the mobile phone business owned by Hutchison Whampoa in 2007. It challenged the demand of Rs 7,990 crore in capital gains taxes (Rs 22,100 crore after including interest and penalty) under the Netherlands-India Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).

Sources said the tax demand was on the UK-listed company and Vodafone’s India venture faced no liability. Vodafone merged its India operations with billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla’s conglomerate but the combined entity Vodafone Idea Ltd is facing a $7.8 billion bill in past statutory dues.

Tax authorities had in September 2007 served notice to Vodafone International Holdings BV (VIHBV) for its alleged failure to deduct withholding tax from consideration paid to the Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. Vodafone challenged this in the Supreme Court, which in January 2012 set it aside, saying the transaction was not taxable in India and so the company had no obligation to withhold tax.

Spurred by the news, on Friday Vodafone Idea’s scrip on BSE closed 12% higher at ₹10.20.

Kashmiris don’t feel they are Indian, Farooq Abdullah

By
Jyoti B
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Key Highlights

‘Kashmiris prefer Chinese rule’

‘Kashmiris treated as second class citizens’

‘Kashmiris have not accepted abrogation of Article 370 by Centre’

National Conference President and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that Kashmiris do not feel like Indians, even claiming that they would rather have the Chinese in the area, according to The Wire.

In an interview with The Wire, Abdullah described the Kashmiris as ‘slaves’ who were being treated like second class citizens, saying that they have lost all trust in the Modi government.

”To be honest, I wonder whether they (Modi govt) will find somebody who will call himself an Indian today. What they did on 5th August last year, was the last nail in the coffin of India. And that’s what they did. You go and talk to anybody; they don’t want to be known as Indians,” the National Conference chief told Karan Thapar in the interview.

In a 44-minute interview to  The Wire, Abdullah said it was complete rubbish for the Bharatiya Janata Party to claim that the people of Kashmir have accepted the August 2019 changes just because there have been no protests.

He said if the soldiers on every street and Section 144 were to be lifted, people will come out in their tens of lakhs. Abdullah told The Wire that the new domicile law was intended to flood the Valley with Hindus and create a Hindu majority. He said this has further embittered the Kashmiri people.

Abdullah was among the various Jammu and Kashmir leaders who were put into pre-emptive detention on August 5 last year after the Centre abrogated Article 370.

After the Centre set up the commission to redraw parliamentary and assembly constituencies based on the recent census in Jammu & Kashmir, Abdullah said the BJP wants Hindu majority to emerge in the Muslim majority region.

Farooq who was detained under Public Safety Act was released in March.

Big Boss 14: Jaan Kumar Sanu becomes first confirmed contestant of the show

By
Shivani Negi
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In an exclusive Bigg Boss 14 press conference, Salman Khan introduced contestant, Jaan Kumar Sanu  aka Jayesh Bhattacharya , the youngest son of singer Kumar Sanu, as the first confirmed contestant of the show. The Bigg Boss 14 press conference, on Thursday was attended by Hina Khan, Sidharth Shukla and Gauahar Khan among others.

Salman asked Siddharth Shukla, Bigg Boss 13 winner, to give the new contestant some tips.

Jaan shared his father, Kumar Sanu’s reaction about him entering the house. “He asked me if I was sure about doing it. Seeing my confidence, he got excited. He even gave me a few tips,” he said in an interview.

“This is the first time that the channel approached me, and it seemed like a dream come true. I have been a fan of the show since its first season,” he added.

During the interview with Salman Khan, Jaan said “Sir, I am more nervous because I am meeting you for the first time in my life. My entire body is shaking. I have been your fan since before I got to know anything about the work my dad has done with you. I am a bit dazed with your presence.”

Recently, Jaan came up with a new Track ‘Tu Sandali’. When asked what will be his strategies in the house, he quoted Rajinikanth and said, “Wolves always attack in packs while a lion walks alone. So if I am constantly poked, I would try and sort the matter. But if it gets too much, I will respond appropriately and it could be that they don’t like my responses.”


Bigg Boss 14 will premiere on Colors TV on October 3 at 9pm and will air on weekdays at 10.30pm. The contestants will be quarantined before the premiere shoot and the shooting for the show will be done keeping social distancing in mind.

Massive protests erupt in Punjab, Haryana over controversial farm bills

By
Shivani Negi
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The Bhartiya Kisan Union along with several other organization on Friday blocked highways, railway tracks as they began their nationwide protests and chakkajam to show solidarity against the recently passed farm bills.

In several states, borders have been sealed and additional police force has been deployed to maintain the law and order.

The farmers have warned that the protests will intensify Centre continues to ignore their demand of repealing the bills.

The protests have been backed by opposition parties including Congress, RJD, Trinamool along with 10 central trade unions.

While the protests have erupted across the country, the two most affected states are — Punjab and Haryana. The two states which share the same capital have called for complete shutdown.

Some farmers disrupted the vehicular movement while other held protest marches across the states. A three-day ‘rail roko’ protests have also been organized in Punjab at six different locations with over 1,000 protests sitting on the tracks to stop movement of the trains.

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has said the Congress-led state government supports the farmers and no FIRs will be registered for violation of prohibitory orders across the state.

The key border crossing – Punjab-Haryana border has been sealed near Ambala while barricades have also been put at the NH-1 toll Plaza at in Ludhiana.

Congress Cheif Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala slammed the Centre, saying “three black laws has launchded a brutal attacks on farmers.”

“Modi ji has targeted the barns in India”. “Today, farmers and farm labourers have called for a Bharat Bandh across the country and under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, the Congress Party stands firm with them,” he added.

Farmers also gathered along a key road in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida (which borders national capital Delhi),due to which police have been deployed in the area to stop them from crossing the border. Around 200 farmers were stopped in Noida’s Sector 14A, officials said.

In Tamil Nadu farmers protested with human skulls while sitting outside Collector’s Office in Trichy.

Voicing against the farm Bills, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted: “The MSPs have been taken away from the farmers. They will be forced to become slaves through contract farming. Farmers will neither get the price nor the honor. They will become a labourer in their own land.”

Meanwhile, PM Modi on Friday attacked Opposition of lying to farmers. Addressing BJP workers on an event to mark the birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, PM Modi said farmers are being used by oppositions for their own benefits.

He also said that there’s a need to explain the bill to the farmers in the simplest form.

“All BJP karyakartas should reach out to the farmers on the ground and inform them in very simplified language about the importance and intricacies of the new farm reforms, how these will empower them. Our ground connect will bust the propaganda being spread in the virtual world,” PM Modi said.

Legendary playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam passes away

By
Jyoti B
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Legendary playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on Friday. He was 74.

He passed away on September 25 at 1:04pm. Common people as well as members of the film fraternity had got together to organize mass prayers hoping for his recovery while he was in the hospital.

As news of his death broke, music maestro AR Rahman, singer Lata Mangeshkar mourned his loss. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said with the demise of SP Balasubrahmanyam, our cultural world is a lot poorer.

SP Balasubrahmanyam’s son SP Charan, wife Savitri, sister Shailaja and daughter Pallavi have been in the hospital since morning. While Kamal Haasan visited SPB at the hospital yesterday, Bharathiraja visted him this morning. Police officials have barricade the area as fans are turning out in large numbers.

SP Balasubrahmanyam’s untimely demise has come as a huge shock for the South film industry. Many celebrities and colleagues in the industry took to Twitter to morn his death.

https://twitter.com/ganeshbandla/status/1309408058049667072?s=19

Also read:

Legendary Singer S P Balasubrahmanyam in extremely critical condition

‘Distasteful’: Anushka Sharma hits back at Sunil Gavaskar over his remark about Virat Kohli’s performance

By
Shivani Negi
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Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma has slammed legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar for using her name to criticise husband Virat Kohli’s performance against KXIP on Thursday.

Kohli, who leads Royal Challengers Bangalore, not only dropped two crucial catches but also failed with the bat, managing just a run off five balls.

The cricketer even admitted that his mistakes on the field led to a 97-run defeat against Kings XI Punjab at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Targeting Kohli’s poor form on the field, top commentator Gavaskar, in the commentary box came up with a very disgraceful comment against him involving his wife Anushka.

Gavaskar reportedly said, “Inhone lockdown me to bas Anushka ki gendon ki practice ki hain”. (Virat Kohli has only trained against Anushka’s balls during the lockdown)

His comment, obviously, did not go down well with netizens as they trolled the former cricketer back and forth on Twitter. Now, in the latest, Anushka has hit back at Gavaskar for his remark.

Anushka took to Instagram Stories and posted a long note expressing disapproval over Gavaskar’s comment.

Anushka Sharma took to her Instagram stories to reply Sunil Gavaskar

She wrote: “That, Mr Gavaskar, your message is distasteful is a fact but I would love for you to explain why you thought of making such a sweeping statement on a wife accusing her for her husband’s game? I’m sure over the years you have respected the private lives of every cricketer while commenting on the game. Don’t you think you should have equal amount of respect for me and us?”

“I’m sure you can have many other words and sentences in your mind to use to comment on my husband’s performance from last night or yourwords only relevant if you use my name in the process?”

“It’s 2020 and things still don’t change for me. When will I stop getting dragged into cricket and stop being used to pass sweeping statements?”

“Respected Mr. Gavaskar, you are a legend whose name stands tall in this gentleman’s game. Just wanted to tell you what I felt when I heard you say this.”

This is not the first time that Anushka has fallen prey to mockery by renowned figures and cricket lovers over Virat’s performance on the field. Back in 2015, Virat Kohli’s poor form in the ODI Cricket World Cup also made her a constant subject of trolling with many asking the couple to break up.

Virat then took the matter into his own hand and said it was nothing but a matter of “shame” to hold Anushka accountable for his performance.

Anushka and Virat have been married for over two and a half year now. The couple who started dating in 2013 tied the knot in a private ceremony in 2017.

Covid Vaccine Update : Serum vaccine in phase I/II trials in Australia

By
Neha Kumari
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The Serum Institute is developing its own vaccine in partnering with SpyBiotech, a spin-off of Oxford University.

Their vaccine candidate has entered into combined phase-I/phase-II clinical trials, which are being done in Australia. The trials began in the first week of September. Serum also has the license to produce and market two of the leading vaccine candidates, one being developed by AstraZeneca and the Oxford University, and the other one by US company Novavax, according ThePrint report.

The Oxford University vaccine is currently undergoing phase-II and phase-II trials in India.

The phase-3 human clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) will begin at the Sassoon General Hospital in Pune next week.

“The phase-3 trial of ‘Covishield’ vaccine will begin at Sassoon hospital from next week. It is likely to start on Monday. Some volunteers have already come forward for the trial. Around 150 to 200 volunteers will be administered the vaccine candidate dose,” Dean of the state-run Sassoon General Hospital Dr Muralidhar Tambe said.

“From Saturday, the hospital started enrolling volunteers for the trial. Those who are willing to volunteer for the vaccination should contact the hospital,” he said.

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