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24 Jun

India logs 54,069 new COVID-19 cases, 1321 deaths

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India’s Covid-19 cases recorded 54,069 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. In the same time span, 1321 deaths were reported, according to data released by the Union health ministry on Thursday. India crossed the mark of over three crore caseload of Covid on Wednesday. This is the seventh consecutive day in the last two months when the toll has been below the 2,000-mark. The Covid-19 caseload in the country now stands at 3,00,82,778. Active cases are now below 8 lakh mark at 6,27,057. The death toll stands at 3,91,981. It is also the 17th consecutive day when India…

24 Jun

Delta Plus Variant: Over 40 cases of the new Delta Plus strain

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Amid worries of a possible third Covid wave, along with the emergence of a Delta Plus variant in parts of the country, one of India's top doctors and genome sequencer has brushed aside concerns of this new mutant fuelling an upsurge in infections. Dr Anurag Agarwal, Director of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), also advised caution against lowering the guard on the second wave itself. "At this point, there is no evidence to suggest that Delta Plus...has anything to do with a possible third wave," Dr Agarwal "My institute has sequenced more than 3,500 samples from Maharashtra…

24 Jun

India Need To”bring in right people who have right mindset to perform” -Virat Kohli

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India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday indicated that he may bring in "right people with right mindset to perform" in the Test side just like their white ball set-up where they have multiple players ready to shoulder responsibility at the highest level. After his side lost the WTC Final, the Indian captain didn't name anyone but expressed his displeasure at some of the players not showing enough intent to score runs which put pressure on the batting outfit. Cheteshwar Pujara scored 8 runs off 54 balls in the first innings and consumed 35 balls for his first run. He then managed just 15…

24 Jun

EURO 2020: We did what we had to do, says Portugal coach Santos after draw with France

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Portugal coach Fernando Santos has described the dilemma he faced during his side's 2-2 draw Euro 2020 Group F with France on Wednesday but insisted his players went out looking for the win even though they risked being knocked out. The holders were facing a shock exit when Karim Benzema put France 2-1 up as outsiders Hungary were beating Germany. Even when Cristiano Ronaldo equalised with his second penalty, Portugal were one goal away from going out until Leon Goretzka's leveller in Munich, which meant the other game also ended 2-2. Portugal came third in the group to set up…

24 Jun

AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria on talking about Covid vaccine for children likely by September-October

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AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria said that we are hoping that by October India will have its own vaccine for children. It has been found that kids usually have mild symptoms of coronavirus. Guleria said that we are hopeful vaccine trial will be completed early and we will get the data by september. Hopefully, by that time, approvals will be there so that by September-October we'll have vaccines from our country. Bharat Biotech & other companies are doing trials at a very fast pace as parents have come forward with their children,while Pfizer has already got the FDA approval for…

24 Jun

New Zealand beat India in final, become first world Test champs

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New Zealand coasted to an unlikely eight-wicket win on the sixth, and reserve, day of the World Test Championship final against India here on Wednesday, after the rain-affected match ebbed and flowed over six days. This is an apt redemption for New Zealand, who had lost the final of the last two 50-over World Cups, in 2015 and 2019. Also, this is New Zealand’s second major international trophy, following their ICC Knock Out triumph in 2000. The match, in which two days were lost to rain, saw a strong performance from Kiwis on the reserve day as their bowlers ran…

23 Jun

Ujjain collector tells no vaccine, no salary to the govt staff

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In a bid to achieve the target of 100 per cent vaccination against COVID-19, on Tuesday , the Ujjain collector Ashish Singh issued an order to this effect tells government staff in Madhya Pradesh that they will not get their salaries from next month until they are not vaccinated. A district official said, the salaries of employees for July will be disbursed only after producing the vaccination certificate. while confirming the order, on Wednesday , Singh told PTI that we are making all the efforts to get the vaccine as soon as possible. Eventhe district treasury officer has been directed to…

23 Jun

Tokyo 2020: PM wishes very best to the Indian contingent

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On the occasion of Olympic Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended his wishes to the Indian contingent taking part in Tokyo Olympics, beginning July 23. Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister said: "Today, on Olympic Day, I appreciate all those who have represented India in various Olympics over the years. Our nation is proud of their contributions to sports and their efforts towards motivating other athletes. Today, on Olympic Day, I appreciate all those who have represented India in various Olympics over the years. Our nation is proud of their contributions to sports and their efforts towards motivating…

23 Jun

ED has attached assets worth Rs 18,170.02 crore in the case of Vijay Mallya

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ED has said that it had transferred a part of the attached or seized assets in cases related to fugitive billionaires Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, to state-run banks and the Centre. Of the Rs 18,170.02 crore worth of assets seized, the ED said it has transferred Rs 9,371.17 crore to the government and public sector banks. As sequel to FIR by CBI, the Directorate of Enforcement has taken swift action by unearthing myriad web of domestic and international transactions and stashing of assets abroad. Investigation has also irrevocably proved that these three accused persons used dummy entities…

23 Jun

In Guwahati World’s first genetically modified rubber planted

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The GM rubber plant, is expected to grow well in the climatic conditions of the region,this kind of plant is developed exclusively for the northeast. on Tuesday, it was planted on the outskirts of Guwahati. It's the world’s first genetically modified (GM) rubber plant. The Plant has developed at the Kerala-based Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), the sapling was planted by Rubber Board chairman and executive director KN Raghavan at the board’s farm in Sarutari near Guwahati. It is expected to revolutionise natural rubber production in India .It contains additional copies of gene MnSOD (manganese containing superoxide dismutase) in…