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Ensure lockdown implementation, avoid oxygen wastage: Stalin to ministers

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin tasked the ministers to ensure full implementation of the two-week lockdown beginning May 10

Hold meetings of parliamentary panels virtually: Congress to RS chairman

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has urged Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu to allow virtual meetings of parliamentary standing committees

Role of private doctors crucial in fight against Covid-19: Maharashtra CM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday stressed on the role of private doctors, specially family physicians, in the fight against Covid-19

Covid-19: Hike quota of oxygen to 300 MT, Punjab CM urges PM Modi

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to also ensure urgent supplies of vaccine for the state

Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia attacks Centre for exporting coronavirus vaccines

Manish Sisodia attacked the Centre over the export of coronavirus vaccines, saying a large number of lives could have been saved in India if the doses were given to people in the country first

Covid-19: Only 10 persons can attend weddings, funerals in Chhattisgarh

In view of the grim coronavirus situation, the Chhattisgarh government said only 10 persons will be allowed to attend weddings and funerals in the state

GST on vaccines in the 'interest of citizens,' must to keep rates low: FM

If full exemption from GST is given, vaccine makers would not be able to offset their input taxes and would pass them on to the end consumer by increasing the price, says FM

Indian variant driving catastrophic second wave: Top WHO scientist

However, Soumya Swaminathan insisted that the variant alone is not the only factor. The country may have let down its guard down with 'huge social mixing and large gatherings,' she says

Covid-19: Emirates to transport relief items of NGOs for free from Dubai

Emirates said on Sunday it will not charge NGOs anything for transporting their COVID relief material on its flights from Dubai to India.

Delhi received 499 MT oxygen on May 8 against 700 MT ordered by SC: Chadha

Delhi received just 499 metric tonnes of oxygen on May 8 against the average supply of 700 MT ordered by the Supreme Court, AAP MLA Raghav Chadha said on Sunday

Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav get their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Indian Test team's vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and senior pacer Umesh Yadav on Saturday received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Delhi logs 13K new Covid cases, 273 deaths; positivity rate at 21.67%

Delhi reported 273 more coronavirus deaths on Sunday, the lowest since April 21, and 13,336 new infections with a positivity rate of 21.67 per cent

Rajasthan Royals' bowler Chetan Sakariya loses father to Covid-19

Young Saurashtra pacer Chetan Sakariya's father Kanjibhai Sakariya died due to COVID-19 at a hospital in Bhavnagar on Sunday

Coronavirus: Puducherry records highest single day number of deaths

The Union territory of Puducherry recorded the highest single-day Covid-19 fatality count on Sunday with 26 deaths, while the addition of 1,633 cases pushed the caseload to 71,709

Odisha records 10,635 new coronavirus cases, 19 more fatalities on May 9

Odisha on Sunday registered 10,635 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the caseload to 5,34,842, while the death toll rose to 2,180 with 19 more fatalities, a senior health department official said

World Coronavirus Dispatch: EU leaders urge Biden to export vaccines

Pope backs patent waiver on vaccines, US States turning down vaccines as demand declines, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

India's Covid situation nothing short of heartbreaking: Kamala Harris

In an address to the Indian diaspora in the US, Vice President Kamala Harris lamented over the deteriorating Covidd-19 situation India, saying it was "nothing short of heartbreaking".

Covid-19: Chhattisgarh govt allows home delivery of liquor amid lockdown

The Chhattisgarh government has allowed home delivery of liquor in the state through online sale during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown

Covid-19: PM Modi speaks with Punjab, Bihar, Karnataka, Uttarakhand CMs

Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke with Chief Ministers of Punjab, Karnataka, Bihar, and Uttarakhand over the situation

Coronavirus curfew extended in entire Jammu and Kashmir till May 17

Covid-19 curfew was extended on Sunday for the entire Jammu and Kashmir for seven more days up to May 17