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Assam govt may impose stricter Covid curbs in high-incidence districts

The number of Covid-19 cases is declining in some districts of Assam but the overall situation is "still precarious" in the state

Amarnath Yatra cancelled due to Covid pandemic: Lieutenant Governor

He also directed officials to make arrangements so that devotees can virtually attend the morning and evening aartis' at the Himalayan cave shrine

CCMB lab releases guidelines for coronavirus testing on zoo animals

LaCONES-CCMB releases guidelines for Covid-19 testing on zoo animals

Separate Covid care centres for kids will be set up: Karnataka Minister

Aimed at effectively facing the possible third wave of the pandemic, a separate Covid Care Centre (CCCs) will be set up for children at every taluk or assembly constituency level

Karnataka aims to vaccinate every citizen in state by end of the year

Karnataka aims to vaccinate every eligible citizen by the end of December and make the state free from Covid-19, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar.

Get vaccinated, strengthen fight against coronavirus, urges PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to people to get vaccinated to strengthen the fight against the pandemic

No local body polls in Maharashtra till 70% people vaccinated: Minister

Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Hasan Mushrif on Monday said there will be no elections to local bodies in the state till 70 per cent population is vaccinated against COVID-19.

Over 29.8 million vaccine doses still available with states, UTs: Centre

More than 2.98 crore Covid vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories, the Union health ministry said on Monday.

'Virus hasn't gone anywhere': Karnataka CM warns as Covid curbs ease

Speaking at a cooperative department event here, he requested people to be vigilant until we get rid of Covid completely

Govt's free vaccination policy in effect from today: All you need to know

The centralised free vaccination policy began on June 21 under which the government will provide free Covid-19 vaccine to all Indian citizens above 18 years of age

DATA STORY: Andhra Pradesh administers 1,439,540 Covid doses in a day

India has so far administered 280,036,898 vaccine doses. That is 935.5 per cent of its total caseload, and 20.1 per cent of its population

Delhi records this year's lowest single-day jump of 89 fresh Covid cases

The national capital on Monday recorded 89 fresh Covid-19 cases, the lowest so far this year and 11 deaths while the positivity rate dropped to 0.16 per cent

Kumbh fake testing: Data uploaded on ICMR portal even after contract ended

Recent investigations have revealed that the private agency continued to upload data on ICMR, portal even after its agreement with the Mela administration concluded

Man in Odisha given two doses of vaccine within 30 minutes duration

A 51-year-old man in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district was administrated two doses of Covid-19 vaccine within only 30 minutes, official sources said

Curbs in Mumbai to continue even as it qualifies for level 1 of unlocking

Mumbai will continue to remain in 'level 3' of the coronavirus-induced restrictions till June 27

Odisha coronavirus update: 3,031 fresh cases, 43 deaths in last 24 hours

Odisha on Monday registered 3,031 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising the tally to 8,80,533, while the death toll mounted to 3,633 with 43 more fatalities, a health department official said.

Rahul slams Centre for not paying compensation to kin of Covid victims

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the government's compensation is only a small help for the people and the Modi government is not ready to even do that

Centre has given only 1.5 million vaccine doses to Delhi in July: Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said the central government will be supplying only 15 lakh Covid vaccine doses for use in the national capital in July

India to have over 2.5 bn vaccine doses by December, asserts BJP chief

India will have 257 crore Covid vaccine doses by December to take up double dose vaccination of people in full swing, BJP national president JP Nadda said on Monday.

Hotels open, buses resume as Karnataka unlocks after 55 days of lockdown

As the Covid induced lockdown norms in 17 districts of Karnataka eased partially after a gap of nearly 55 days, restaurants, clubs and public transport buses and metro resumed operations