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All eyes on GoM call on taxing Covid items

Under the GST laws, hundreds of mass consumption items and essential services are exempted fully or attract a lower rate of tax than the standard rate of 18%

Maharashtra extends Covid-19 curbs for 15 days; shop timings eased

Relaxations made for cities with low case load. E-commerce firms can deliver non-essential items

DATA STORY: At 165,553, India's daily increase in Covid tally lowest in 46 days

India has so far administered 212,066,614 vaccine doses. That is 774.84 per cent of its total caseload, and 15.23 per cent of its population

120 mn vaccine doses coming in June, half to be given free to states: Govt

Health ministry to share delivery schedule, allocation with states in advance. States to ensure minimal wastage

Covid LIVE: Preparing for third wave, says Uddhav as cases hit 2-month low

Coronavirus live updates: India's Covid fatality count remains above the 3000-mark. Stay tuned for corona-related news

Mann ki Baat: PM Modi hails Karnataka woman for piloting Oxygen Express

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed woman loco pilot Sireesha Gajini of the South Western Railway (SWR) for also steering the Oxygen Express

Coronavirus vaccines being diverted to private hospitals, says AAP

Covid vaccines that were supposed to be supplied to state govts are being diverted to private hospitals so that BJP MLAs can 'fill their pockets with huge commission', AAP alleged on Sunday

Covid-19 super spreaders: Surat starts green, white health card plan

The Surat Municipal Corporation in Gujarat has introduced a 'green health card' for grocers, vendors, etc to make people they come in contact with aware that the card-holder has been vaccinated

Plea in Delhi HC for priority in vaccination to NRIs, students going abroad

A plea to give priority in Covid vaccination to NRIs and students who have to go for studies abroad has been moved in the Delhi High Court and is likely to be heard on Monday.

'Commercial interests of lobbies to be behind Ayurveda- Allopathy debate'

VHP international president Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje on Sunday said a tussle among different lobbies over their commercial interests could be behind the ongoing debate between Ayurveda and Allopathy

MP: State govt offices allowed to operate at 50% strength from June 1

As part of the phase-wise unlocking of the 'Corona Curfew' restrictions, the state govt offices in Madhya Pradesh have been allowed to operate at 50 per cent employee strength

Delhi has 14-day stock of Covishield left for 45 plus age group: Atishi

About 3.5 lakh Covid vaccines are available in Delhi for the 45 plus age group, including over 3 lakh doses of Covishield, which may last for 14 days, AAP MLA Atishi said on Sunday.

Delhi's single-day Covid death toll drops below 100 for 1st time in 47 days

Delhi recorded 946 fresh Covid-19 cases and 78 more deaths in the past 24 hours, according to a health bulletin issued on Sunday

Uttar Pradesh records only 1,908 new coronavirus cases on May 30

Uttar Pradesh has recorded only 1,908 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby, registering a decline of 95 per cent from its peak

Covid-19: MP govt issues fresh guidelines for unlocking from June 1

Amid declining coronavirus cases, the Madhya Pradesh government has issued new guidelines for unlocking the state in a phased manner and intensified its efforts to bring life back to normal

L&T to offer quarantine facility to nearly 300,000 employees and workmen

Larsen and Toubro says it has come up with quarantine centres for its about 250,000 contract labourers and about 45,000 employees

Vietnam reports new virus variant, a hybrid of strains found in India, UK

Vietnam has detected a new coronavirus hybrid variant that possesses characteristics of of the B.1.17 variant, first identified in the UK, and the B.1.6172 strain, the media reported.

Odisha logs 9,541 new coronavirus cases, 33 fresh fatalities today

As many as 9,541 more people tested positive for COVID-19, taking the tally to 7,56,684 on Sunday, while 33 fresh fatalities raised the toll to 2,719, a health department official said

UP announces Rs 10 lakh aid for kin of scribes who died of Covid-19

On the occassion of Hindi Journalism Day, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday released Rs 10 lakh aid for the kin of journalists who succumbed to Covid-19

47% Indians not happy with government's handling of Covid-19 crisis

Almost half of Indians showed their dissatisfaction with the Indian government's way of handling the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic that began its second wave in March 2021