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08 Jun

CM Mamata Banerjee holds press conference: Cancels West Bengal Madhyamik and Uchha Madhyamik board exams

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CM Mamata Banerjee during a press conference on Tuesday, cancelled West Bengal Class 10 Madhyamik board exams and the Class 12 Uchha Madhyamik board exams. Earlier, CM Banerjee had said that the Class 12 board exams would be conducted in the last week of July and Madhyamik or Class 10 board exams would be held in the second week of August. The decision to cancel the exams came after the public had given a stand against the conduction of board exams amidst the pandemic. The CM said that 79% of the 24000 emails that were received from the public were…

08 Jun

AIIMS Delhi starts screening of children for Covaxin trials

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The trial on children has already started at AIIMS Patna to see if the Bharat Biotech jab is suitable for children. Participants would be given the vaccine after their screening report comes.The trial is to be conducted on 525 healthy volunteers. In the trial, the vaccine will be given by intramuscular route in two doses at day 0 and day 28. “The screening of children for conducting trial of Covaxin has started. Participants would be given the vaccine after their screening reports come,” Dr Sanjay Rai, Professor at the Centre for Community Medicine at AIIMS, said. India’s drug regulator had…

08 Jun

At 86K new cases, India’s daily count dips 1st time below 1L after 2 months

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India on Tuesday logged 86,498 new Covid infections in 24 hours, less than one lakh cases for the first time in past 66 days, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. It is also the lowest number of cases since April 2 when the country logged 89,129 new cases. In the past 24-hour, 2,123 more people succumbed to the pandemic. On Monday, India had reported 1,00,636 cases, lowest spike since April 6. India’s overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,89,96,554 with 13,03,702 active cases and 3,51,309 deaths so far. Over the last few days, India’s fresh Covid…

07 Jun

PM Modi announces free vaccines for all from June 21 at govt hospitals, ration for poor till Diwali

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PM Modi has decided to take over the procurement of 25% of Covid vaccines earlier handed over to states, PM Narendra Modi said in his virtual address to the nation today, "India will defeat Corona,"PM Modi has said that the government would take back control of Covid-19 vaccination from the states and provide free vaccines to all in the next two weeks. The Centre is taking back total control of vaccination now, will be implemented in next two weeks. The Centre will give free vaccines to states for all above 18. From 21 June. He also announced the extension of…

07 Jun

Polling booths to be converted into vaccination centres in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that he will turn polling booths into mass vaccination centres. Kejriwal addressed a press conference on Monday where he announced his mass vaccination campaign naming – ‘Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination’. Under this scheme, vaccination centres will be set up in polling booths in each Assembly Constituency of Delhi. The campaign will cover as many as 70 municipal wards every week, with an objective to administer the first dose to all the citizens above 45 years and above. However, people in 18-44 age group will not be covered under the scheme. The process has…

07 Jun

United States to hand over three MH-60 ‘Romeo’ multi-role choppers to India

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The Indian Navy is set to receive its first set of multi-role helicopters as America is set to hand over three MH-60 Romeo helicopters to the force in the United States in July. The first batch of Indian pilots has also reached the US for training on the helicopters which would be arriving in India next year in July. India and the US had signed over-Rs 16,000 crore deal to buy 24 MH-60 Romeo helicopters from Lockheed Martin in 2020 under fast. "The First batch of the Indian pilots has reached the US for training on the helicopters and we…

07 Jun

Red panda birth brings cheer in Darjeeling

editor0 CommentsNorth EastDarjeeling, red panda, zoo

At a time when death is all around during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Darjeeling town has witnessed what is being termed as a “birth of hope.” The “hope”, people said, came in the form of a red panda cub that was born at the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) yesterday. The cub was born at the Zoo’s Topgey Dara breeding facility. “I am very happy to inform you that a red panda cub was born yesterday to its mother Prassana and father Kimbu. Both the mother and the cub are doing fine. This takes up the…

07 Jun

Karnataka’s Covid recoveries cross 24-lakh mark

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Continuing its upward trend, recovery of patients from Covid crossed the 24-lakh mark in Karnataka, while 320 patients succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, said the state health bulletin on Sunday. “With 25,659 patients discharged during the day, 24,09,417 recovered so far, while 12,209 new cases were registered on Saturday, taking the state’s Covid tally to 26,95,523, including 2,54,505 active cases,” said the bulletin. As epicentre of the pandemic in the state, Bengaluru reported 2,944 fresh cases, taking its Covid tally to 11,83,126, including 1,17,340 active cases, while recoveries rose to 10,50,910, with 10,224 patients discharged during…

07 Jun

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle blessed with daughter

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle welcomed their daughter Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor on Friday, The name Lilibet is the Hebrew version of the name Elizabeth, and it means "God’s promise," according to The Bump’s name dictionary., Meanwhile, Lili’s middle name Diana is meant to honor Harry’s late mother Princess Diana, who passed away in 1997. The name Diana has Latin roots that date back to ancient Rome and means "divine," according to The Bump. Her first name was reportedly chosen to honor great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, 95, who goes by the same as a nickname. Lili is the second great-grandchild to be named after the queen and princess. Her…

07 Jun

Delhi Unlocks: Metro passengers break rules on Day 1

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On the very first day Delhi Metro rail services resumed its operations after nearly a month of complete suspension due to the raging second wave of Covid -19 pandemic, commuters on Monday were seen breaking norms put in place. During metro rides from East Delhi’s Nirman Vihar metro station to Rajiv Chowk (in the bule line), and from Rajiv Chowk to INA Market (yellow line), despite regular announcements at metro stations that standing passengers were now allowed, rules were not followed. Complying with Delhi Disaster Management Authority’s (DDMA) guidelines on Covid appropriate behaviour, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) started…