France allows visitors jabbed with Covishield

New Delhi: France has decided to allow travellers who have had AstraZeneca’s SII-manufactured Covid vaccine into the country. The move came after an outcry over the fact that the EU’s Covid certificate only accepts AstraZeneca vaccines made in Europe. TNS

Afghanistan diplomat’s daughter abducted, freed

New Delhi: The 26-year-old daughter of Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan was "briefly abducted” and "assaulted" by unknown persons in Islamabad on Friday. 

Navy gets two MH-60R copters from US

New Delhi: India has accepted from the US the first two of the specialised sea-going MH-60R helicopters which are capable of hunting submarines, striking at enemy ships by launching missiles and tackling air-borne threats. 

Plea seeks ‘stringent’ law to replace IPC

New Delhi: A PIL filed in the Supreme Court has sought a direction to the Centre to set a judicial panel or a body of experts to draft a “comprehensive” and “stringent” penal code for ensuring rule of law and equality after examining existing statutes, including Indian Penal Code of 1860, related to crime and graft. PTI

Anti-conversion law: Three held in Nagpur

Nagpur: The Uttar Pradesh Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested three persons from Nagpur in Maharashtra in connection with a case registered in Lucknow under UP’s anti-conversion law, an official said. The ATS had last month claimed to have busted a nationwide racket of religious conversions. PTI

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