GOVT DEFENDS ITS DECISION TO INCREASE GAP BETWEEN COVISHIELD DOSES The Health Ministry on Wednesday released minutes of the two meetings of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) to show there was no dissent among experts about extending the Covishield dos
85% FALL IN COVID-19 CASES SINCE MAY PEAK; MICRO CURBS THE KEY, STATES TOLD As the country’s daily new Covid-19 cases fell 85 per cent from the May 7 peak and daily positivity dropped to a three-month low of 3.45 per cent, surging crowds at metros, malls, railway stations
DISENGAGEMENT OF TROOPS: CHINA SUGGESTS MAJOR GEN-LEVEL TALKS Four months after Indian and Chinese troops disengaged in Pangong Tso, and two months after Corps Commander-level talks failed to make headway on pullback of troops from other areas of eastern Ladakh, China has sugges
MSC Gayane’s Chief Mate Gets Longest Jail Time in Drug Smuggling Case A U.S. District Court judge handed down the longest prison sentence related to the 2019 cocaine smuggling incident aboard the MSC Gayane for the boxship’s chief mate. As the senior most member of the ship
TOLL THE SECOND WAVE TOOK: IN ALL BUT FOUR STATES, DEATHS DOUBLED IN LAST SIX WEEKS The Covid-19 death toll in every state barring four has at least doubled in the last six weeks. In a few states, the toll has increased by close to four times.
MODI MEETS AMIT SHAH, JP NADDA AMID CABINET RESHUFFLE BUZZ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held deliberations with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda amid speculation about a reshuffle in the Union cabinet, an exercise Modi has not undertaken since formin
HEALTH MINISTRY ‘GAGS’ STATES ON VAX STOCKS, STORAGE DATA A Union health ministry letter to all states and UTs warning that data on vaccine stocks and temperature at all levels of vaccine storage is “owned” by the ministry and should not be shared without
‘UNPLANNED VACCINATION CAN PROMOTE MUTANT COVID STRAINS’ A group of public health experts, including doctors from AIIMS and members from the national taskforce on Covid-19, have said that mass, indiscriminate and incomplete vaccination can trigger emergence of mutant
CENTRE TELLS STATES TO ENSURE REGISTRATIONS ON SITE, PLACES ORDERS FOR 44 CRORE VACCINE DOSES A day after the Prime Minister announced that the Centre will directly procure 75 per cent of the total doses to vaccinate every adult in the country free of cost, the Ministry of Healt
MORE STATES BEGIN EASING OF COVID-INDUCED CURBS FROM TODAY Haryana and Sikkim were the latest to extend lockdown from Monday but have eased the curbs like several other states including Maharashtra that have announced cautious steps towards restarting or scaling up activities af
