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** Coronavirus | India becomes first country to culture U.K. variant strain
** WHO welcomes India’s COVID-19 vaccine approval
** Three TN women to get Kalpana Chawla Award on Independence Day for saving two drowning youth
Three women Senthamizh Selvi (38), Muthamaal (34) and Ananthavalli (34) tried to save them by throwing ends of their sarees to the drowning men. They could reach out to only two of the four before the fire and rescue personnel arrived.
** Country’s tallest Lord Shiva statue unveiled at Azhimala
The tallest Gangadhareswara (Lord Shiva) statue in the country on the premises of Azhimala temple in Vizhinjam was unveiled on Thursday.
Kerala
** Chinese firm gets contract for construction of underground stretch of Delhi-Meerut RRTS project
Of the five firms, Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company Limited emerged as the L1 bidder for the tender after qualifying on all the parameters and the contract was awarded to it.
** Covaxin shot proudly wears its made-in-India tag
For Shanchol, which was the world’s first cholera vaccine to be developed in India, the formulation was done by Shantha Biotechnics along with a South Korean institute.
Covaxin has shown 80-85% efficacy
An ecstatic Bharat Biotech founder chairman and managing director Dr Krishna Ella termed it as a dream moment for Indian science.
** Retired principal redefines humanity with his Manavata foundation
Kadapa.
Manavata, an NGO, launched by a native of Kadapa district has become a platform for teachers, lecturers, bankers, software professionals, government employees and even farmers and retired employees to help those in need of medical aid or financial support for education or any other help. In the last one-and-a-half decade, many people received help from Manavata.
** Hyderabad-based breast cancer surgeon Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti in UK New Year’s Honours list
Well-known breast cancer surgeon from Hyderabad Dr Raghu Ram Pillarisetti has been named in the New Year’s Honours list of Queen Elizabeth II.
** Unstoppable: 20-year-old tea labourers’ daughter tackles life from rugby pitch
Sandhya Rai has been announced “India Unstoppable” in a global campaign to promote women’s rugby.
West Bengal