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12 Jun 2021
IndiaPrivate hospitals used only 17% COVID-19 vaccine doses in May
Even as India continues to report a serious shortage of coronavirus vaccines, government data shows that only 17 percent of the available doses were administered by private hospitals last month, reported NDTV.
12 Jun 2021
GSTGST Council meeting: No tax for COVID-19, black fungus medicines
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday decided to waive taxes on select items essential in the fight against COVID-19 such as medicines and certain equipment.
12 Jun 2021
Health & WellnessCOVID-19: DCGI gives approval for phase-2 clinical trials of Colchicine
India's top drug regulator - the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) - has given approval to carry out phase-2 clinical trials of Colchicine on COVID-19 patients.
12 Jun 2021
Ministry of Health and Family WelfareCoronavirus: India witnesses lowest single-day spike in 70 days
India on Saturday reported over 84,000 new COVID-19 cases, marking the lowest single-day spike in infections in 70 days.
12 Jun 2021
KeralaVijayan announces 100-day action plan to counter economic slowdown
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday announced a 100-day action plan to help the state tide over the economic slowdown triggered by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
12 Jun 2021
OdishaHeavy rains to lash western districts of Odisha
After Cyclone Yaas created havoc in coastal districts of Odisha, a low pressure created over northwest Bay of Bengal appeared set to bring heavy rainfall in the western region of the state on Saturday, the Met office said.
12 Jun 2021
AssamAssam: Two arrested for allegedly assaulting a doctor
Two persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in another case of assault of a doctor in Assam's Biswanath district, police said on Friday.
11 Jun 2021
Delhi PoliceJNU students booked for 'breaking into library, manhandling guards'
The Delhi Police has registered an FIR against a group of students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for allegedly breaking into the Central Library and manhandling security guards.
11 Jun 2021
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare78% decline in daily COVID-19 cases over past month: Government
India has observed an almost 78% decline in daily COVID-19 cases over the past month, the government sought to highlight on Friday.
11 Jun 2021
OdishaEnvironmentalist Radha Mohan passes away at 78
Padma Shri awardee environmentalist and Odisha's former information commissioner Professor Radha Mohan died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Friday, family sources said.
11 Jun 2021
UttarakhandMassive rock and ice avalanche caused the Chamoli disaster: Study
The February 7 disaster in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, that resulted in over 200 dead or missing, was the result of an avalanche that dropped about 27 million cubic meters of rock and glacier ice from the nearby Ronti Peak, according to a study by an international team of researchers.
11 Jun 2021
JodhpurGovernment school teacher held for raping and impregnating minor student
A government school teacher, who raped one of his Class 6 students repeatedly early this year and made her three-month pregnant, was arrested on Thursday.
11 Jun 2021
KarnatakaLockdown in 11 Karnataka districts to continue after June 14
COVID-19 induced lockdown measures will continue in 11 districts of Karnataka which have a high positivity rate till June 21, while some relaxations will be given in the rest of the state from June 14, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Thursday.
11 Jun 2021
IndiaUnplanned vaccination can promote mutant strains, experts tell PM Modi
A mass and unplanned vaccination can lead to the emergence of mutated strains of the coronavirus, a group of public health experts have told Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reported PTI.
10 Jun 2021
IndiaGiving girls mobiles leads to rapes: UP Women Commission member
Young women should not be given mobile phones as they "talk with boys and later run away with them," said a member of the Uttar Pradesh Women Commission - triggering outrage and raising questions about the deep-rooted misogyny and gender bias in the Indian society.
10 Jun 2021
IndiaKerala woman, 'missing' for 11-years, found living nearby with lover
A woman in Kerala's Palakkad district disappeared in her own neighborhood.
10 Jun 2021
Madhya PradeshMP Police carries out 'Roko-Toko Abhiyan' to encourage vaccinations
In a bid to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the police in Prithvipur Town of Madhya Pradesh's Niwari District distributed tricolor badges.
10 Jun 2021
ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh: Woman, five daughters jump to death before speeding train
A woman and her five daughters allegedly died by suicide by jumping in front of a moving train apparently after a domestic dispute in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district, police said on Thursday.
10 Jun 2021
Mukhtar Abbas NaqviCentre to launch nationwide campaign to counter vaccination drive rumors
A nationwide campaign will be launched by social and educational institutions to curb rumors and apprehensions spread by nefarious and vested interests about the world's largest anti-coronavirus vaccination drive being conducted in India, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said in Mumbai on Thursday.
10 Jun 2021
KeralaAll tourist destinations in Kerala will become 100% vaccinated zones
All popular holiday destinations in Kerala may soon be declared as complete vaccinated zones as the state government is mulling to provide COVID-19 jab to everyone in the tourism sector.
10 Jun 2021
VaccineAfter updating vaccine policy, Centre may renegotiate Covishield, COVAXIN prices
After India's COVID-19 vaccination policy was updated this week, the central government is likely to renegotiate prices for vaccines, a report suggested.
10 Jun 2021
RajasthanRajasthan reported more rapes this year than the last two
Cases of rape in Rajasthan reported during the first five months of this year were more than the figures for the same period in the last two years.
10 Jun 2021
UttarakhandUttarakhand Police busts Rs. 350 crore scam that duped lakhs
Uttarakhand Police has busted an online scam with foreign links, in which five lakh people from across the country lost a combined Rs. 350 crore, officials said on Thursday, adding a man was arrested from Noida in connection with it.
10 Jun 2021
MaharashtraLandslides reported, bridge collapses amid heavy rains in Maharashtra
Multiple incidents of landslide, wall, and bridge collapse were reported in Thane City and Palghar District in Maharashtra which was lashed by heavy rains on Wednesday, officials said.
10 Jun 2021
BiharCoronavirus: India reports 94K new cases, over 6,100 deaths
India on Thursday reported a little over 94,000 new COVID-19 cases as the daily test positivity rate stood at 4.69%.
10 Jun 2021
BiharBihar revises COVID-19 toll, confirms more than 9,000 deaths
Bihar on Wednesday added 3,951 backlog fatalities to its coronavirus death toll, taking the total number of deaths in the state to 9,429 since the pandemic began early last year.
10 Jun 2021
MumbaiMaharashtra: Five held for kidnapping six-month-old boy
With the arrest of five persons, including two married couples, police at Kalyan in Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday claimed to have cracked the kidnapping case of a six-month-old boy.
10 Jun 2021
IndiaWhen will the COVID-19 vaccine for children be ready?
India does not have a coronavirus vaccine for children as yet.
09 Jun 2021
CoronavirusAt least half of Indians have COVID-19 antibodies: Credit Suisse
Leading financial services company Credit Suisse revealed at least half of the Indian population, as per its estimates, would now have developed antibodies against COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus.
09 Jun 2021
IndiaIndia must increase vaccinations five-fold to reach 100% target: Report
India aims to vaccinate its entire eligible population fully against the deadly COVID-19 by the end of 2021. However, the country would not be able to reach this ambitious target at the current pace of vaccination.
09 Jun 2021
West BengalOver 4,000 evacuated from Yaas-hit islands amid high tide warning
More than 4,000 inhabitants of Cyclone Yaas-hit Mousuni and Ghoramara islands in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district have been evacuated to safety following warning of new moon high tides on June 11 and June 26, a state minister said on Wednesday.
09 Jun 2021
NoidaThirteen Delhi residents booked for flouting COVID-19 norms in Noida
Police has booked 13 people from Delhi, including three women, for violating COVID-19 norms by gathering at a party in Noida in Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday.
09 Jun 2021
Mamata BanerjeeTMC MP Nusrat Jahan issues statement amid pregnancy, affair rumors
Nusrat Jahan is in news for all the unsavory reasons.
09 Jun 2021
Uttar PradeshTanker driver carrying liquor robbed, killed by unknown persons
A tanker driver carrying liquor in his vehicle from a distillery was allegedly killed after being robbed by some unknown persons near under construction Faridpur toll plaza in Bareilly, police said on Wednesday.
09 Jun 2021
OdishaCoastal districts of Odisha need disaster-resilient infrastructure: Central team
With Odisha frequently facing natural calamities, an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), which is in the state to make an on-the-spot assessment of damages caused by Cyclone Yaas, said coastal districts require more disaster-resilient infrastructure, official sources said.
09 Jun 2021
PunjabSecond Covishield dose in 28 days for some in Punjab
The second dose of the Covishield vaccine will now be administered after 28 days to people who have to travel abroad for specific purposes, Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Tuesday.
09 Jun 2021
KanpurKanpur-Allahabad Highway accident toll climbs to 17
The death toll in the head-on collision between a double-decker bus and a loader ferrying factory workers on the Kanpur-Allahabad Highway has climbed to 17.
09 Jun 2021
IndiaChoksi's alleged girlfriend Barbara Jabarica denies role in his 'abduction'
Barbara Jabarica, the alleged girlfriend of fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, has rubbished reports that she was involved in his recent purported abduction.
09 Jun 2021
IndiaThird wave more dangerous for children? Experts say no evidence
There is no scientific data available so far to prove that the coronavirus will infect children more severely in the future waves of COVID-19, Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director at AIIMS, Delhi, said on Tuesday.
09 Jun 2021
Yogi AdityanathTwo held over doctored audio clip defaming UP CM
Two social media promoters were arrested in connection with a case registered over a doctored audio clip allegedly defaming the Uttar Pradesh chief minister and the state government, police said on Tuesday.
