9.36 am: Mumbai registered seven Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday. This was the city’s lowest number of deaths in two-and-a-half months, accord...
9.36 am: Mumbai registered seven Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday. This was the city’s lowest number of deaths in two-and-a-half months, according to The Indian Express.
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9.32 am: Congress asks the Centre to put out a road map of how it will vaccinate 100 crore citizens by December this year, The Hindu reports. “This government is headline-driven and not deadline-driven,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh says.
9.07 am: India on Wednesday registers 92,596 new coronavirus cases, pushing the tally of infections to 2,90,89,069 since the pandemic broke out in January 2020. India recorded less than 1 lakh cases for the second day in a row.
With 2,219 deaths, the toll rises to to 3,53,528.
9.02 am: Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu says those who intend to go abroad for studies and other specific purposes will get the second dose of Covishield vaccine 28 days after the first one, The Indian Express reports.
The Centre had in May decided to increase the gap between two doses of the Covishield vaccine to 12-16 weeks. Another state, Kerala, had allowed those going abroad to take the second shot within four to six weeks after the first one.
8.59 am: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh calls for the setting up of a research facility under the guidance of...
