9.35 am: Haryana extends its lockdown till June 21, but allows certain relaxations amid a decline in cases, PTI reports. The government a...

9.35 am: Haryana extends its lockdown till June 21, but allows certain relaxations amid a decline in cases, PTI reports.
The government allows all shops to open from 9 am to 8 pm, instead of an odd-even system. Restaurants and bars can operate from 10 am to 10 pm.
9.27 am: The Indian Council of Medical Research is planning to conduct an “open-label, multicentre, randomised, adaptive platform trial” of the safety and efficacy of several Covid-19 therapies, including antiviral therapies, in mild patients.
9.25 am: Tea stalls and barber shops open in Chennai on Monday as Tamil Nadu eases Covid-19-related curbs, ANI reports.
Tamil Nadu: Salons, beauty parlours & spas re-open in 27 districts of the state, including Chennai, from today. These facilities can now function with 50% of customers. Govt parks allowed to open from 6 am to 9 am. Taxis, auto-rickshaws allowed to operate.
— ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2021
Visuals from Chennai. pic.twitter.com/9xEvH16htL
9.10 am: India reports 70,421 new coronavirus cases on Monday, taking its overall tally to 2,95,10,410 since the pandemic broke out in January 2020. Its toll rises by 3,921 to 3,74,305.
9 am: The Indian Council of Medical Research says it has tested 37,96,24,626 samples for coronavirus infection till June 13. Of these, 14,92,152 samples were tested on Sunday...