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71 BODIES RETRIEVED FROM GANGA IN BUXAR, BIHAR ASKS UP GOVT TO REMAIN VIGILANT

May 13, 2021

After several corpses were spotted in the Ganga in Bihar’s Buxar district on Monday, Bihar Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha said in a series of tweets that the state government has advised the UP administration to be vigilant regarding the matter. Jha, who is the Minister of Water Resources and Information...

Most of country should remain in lockdown for 6-8 weeks: ICMR chief

May 13, 2021

The head of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr Balram Bhargava, has said that districts reporting a high number of infections should remain locked down for another six to eight weeks to control the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Dr Bhargava said, as reported by Reuters, that lockdown...

DISHEARTENING TO SEE SOME STATES COMPLAINING ABOUT OUR INTENTIONS: BHARAT BIOTECH

May 13, 2021

It is quite disheartening to listen to some states complaining about Bharat Biotech’s intentions regarding supply of Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, a top company official said on Wednesday. In a tweet, Bharat Biotech Joint Managing Director Suchitra Ella said that the company has already dispatched Covaxin lots to 18 states on...

World could have prevented Covid catastrophe: Global panel

May 13, 2021

The catastrophic scale of the Covid-19 pandemic could have been prevented, an independent global panel concluded on Wednesday, but a “toxic cocktail” of dithering and poor coordination meant the warning signs went unheeded, reports AFP. The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) said a series of bad decisions...

Give free vaccines, stop Central Vista project: 12 Opposition leaders to PM Modi

May 13, 2021

Leaders of 12 Opposition parties shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, demanding free mass vaccination against Covid-19, suspension of the Central Vista project, among others. In the joint letter, these leaders, while pointing out that the Covid-19 pandemic has assumed “unprecedented dimensions of a human...

USING TERM ‘INDIAN VARIANT’ FOR B.1.617 STRAIN HAS NO BASIS, WHO HAS NOT DONE SO: GOVT

May 13, 2021

The Government of India on Wednesday clarified that the World Health Organization (WHO) has not associated the term “Indian variant” with the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in its weekly epidemiological update on the pandemic. “This is to clarify that WHO has not associated the term ‘Indian Variant’ with the...

INDIA’S NEW COVID-19 CASES HAVE PEAKED, SHOWS CAMBRIDGE TRACKER

May 13, 2021

The number of new coronavirus infections in India has peaked, according to a new tracker developed by researchers at the Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, as per a Bloomberg report. The report about the new tracker emerged even as India’s total active...

For a choreographer, it is very important to be a performer first: Shabina Khan

May 12, 2021

Having choreographed songs like Hud Hud Dabangg to Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Shabina Khan’s songs have went on to become a rage around the country. Ahead of her latest film Radhe, in which she has choreographed the song 'Dil De Diya', she joined NewsX for an exclusive conversation as part...

ED attaches assets worth over Rs 76 cr of Chinese loan app companies

May 12, 2021

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday issued a Provisional Attachment Order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) attaching Rs 76.67 crore, lying in various bank accounts and payment gateways pertaining to Chinese loan app companies and their Indian associates. The ED initiated investigation on the basis of...

HEALTH MINISTRY ASKS STATES TO PRIORITIZE SECOND DOSE OF COVID VACCINES

May 12, 2021

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has urged the states to ensure that all the beneficiaries who have taken the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines are prioritised for the second dose. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and Dr R.S. Sharma, Member, National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration of...

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