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Delhi has adequate beds, oxygen now, fix uniform rate for vaccines: AAP to Centre
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said in a press conference that as the number of daily cases has reduced in the city, there are adequate beds for Covid patients in the national capital now. However, Jain also said that Delhi has no Covaxin stock left for the 18-44 age group, and blamed the Centre for the vaccine crisis, not only in Delhi, but across the nation.
Centre challenges SC interpretation of 102nd Constitutional Amendment
The Centre has challenged the top court's interpretation of 102nd Constitutional Amendment in the Maratha reservation judgment delivered on May 5. According to sources, the Centre's petition has contended that state governments cannot be stripped their powers to identify socially and educationally backward classes (SEBC). The top court had upheld the 102nd Constitutional Amendment while denuding the power of states in this regard.
Russia's Sputnik V Covid vaccine to be available in market from next week: Government
The announcement comes 12 days after the first consignment of 150,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine landed in Hyderabad from Russia. Sputnik V is developed by Russia's Gamaleya National Center. It will be the third vaccine to be cleared for use in India at a time when the country is in the grip of an intense second wave and demand for vaccines has shot up.
Provide dry ration, facilitate transportation for migrant workers in NCR: Supreme Court
Issuing the interim directions, an SC bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and M.R. Shah said: "Dry ration to migrant workers in the National Capital Region under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme or any other scheme be provided by the Union of India, NCT of Delhi, state of UP and state of Haryana utilising the public distribution system (PDS) prevalent in each state with effect from May 2021.
Delhi's potable water production has reduced to 60 to 65 MGD: DJB
"It is a fact that due to severe shortage of raw water supply from Haryana, there is an overall reduction of 60-65 MGD in the water production of Delhi Jal Board, which is adversely affecting the potable water supply in many parts of Delhi, especially the tail-end of the command areas," said Raghav Chadha, DJB vice-chairman.
Actively considering live telecast of SC proceedings: CJIN V Ramana
However, Justice Ramana emphasized that before initiating concrete steps to live telecast the court proceedings, he plans to seek a general consensus among his colleagues in the top court. He was speaking at the launch of a mobile application to grant access of virtual proceedings of the top court to the media persons.
O2 shortage: Overcome logistical hurdles to save lives, says Bombay HC to Goa govt
"We also direct the Central Government to ensure that the allotted quota is made available to the State at the earliest," a division bench comprising Justices Nitin Sambre and Mahesh Sonak said. A central government counsel had earlier informed the Court that the central government had increased allocation of oxygen to Goa.
Amid Covid surge, old graves at Aligarh Muslim University being dug up for new burials
With at least three dozen serving and retired AMU employees having died in the past few weeks due to Covid, old graves are now being dug up to bury the dead. The AMU campus has seen more deaths in past few weeks than in the entire year.
Cyclone Tauktae: Efforts on to alert Tamil Nadu fishers
The Tamil Nadu fisheries department state Commissioner J. Jayakanthan told IANS: "Most of the fishermen are from the western coast of Kanyakumari since the annual fishing ban is in effect on the eastern coast." Fishing officials said that while only 84 vessels have gone into the sea from the Thengapattanam coast, 150 fishing boats of Kanyakumari have ventured into the sea from the Kerala coast.
Mumbai court slaps notice to attach diamantaire Nirav Modi's assets
A Special Court under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 has slapped notices to Nirav Modi and his sister Purvi Mehta -- who turned approver five months ago -- besides his group companies, ordering them to appear before the Special Judge V.C. Barde on June 11, in Mumbai.
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