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Now, two dozen bodies found on Ganga banks in UP's Ghazipur
A.K. Pandey, the SHO of Gahmar police station in Ghazipur, told IANS that the bodies were found in a decomposed stage on the bank of the Ganga river. "Preliminary investigation reveals that the dead bodies could be 18 to 20 days old. There were 23 dead bodies recovered from the river and some of the dead bodies were partially cremated and then thrown into the river.
Covaxin stock for 18-45 of age finished in Delhi: Aatishi Marlena
"Happy to announce that we have been informed that 2,67,690 doses of Covishield will be supplied to us by today evening by the centre," she added. Citing the numbers, Atishi explained that as of today, in Delhi, the two categories in which immunisation is happening are health care/frontline workers and those above 45 years apart from the second category of those between 18-45 years of age.
Vaccine stock will last for 2-3 days in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal
"We should not be dependent on just one or two companies for Covid vaccines. I would suggest the Centre should collect the formula to produce vaccines from these two companies (Covishield and Covaxin) and give it to all those companies that can produce vaccine safely. Centre has the power to do this in these difficult times," Kejriwal said.
Kejriwal urges Centre to allow more firms to manufacture vaccines
"At present, there are only two companies -- Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech which are developing Covid vaccines. However, India is scrambling to get adequate vaccines. We should not be dependent on just two firms on vaccines as demand has increased at multiple folds in the county," said Kejriwal.
3 terrorists killed in Anantnag encounter
The firefight between terrorists and security forces started after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists. "Two more terrorists killed in Anantnag encounter. Total three terrorists were killed. Search is going on," police said.
Judicial probe of Enforcement Directorate by CPI-M not in federal spirit, says BJP
The premise of this judicial probe is based on a complaint by two women police officials that they were allegedly being pressurised to testify that the gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh was coerced into giving statements implicating Vijayan in the case.
Bharat Biotech begins Covaxin supplies to 14 states
Bharat Biotech has started directed supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to 14 states. The states are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
No shortage of ICU beds, lockdown effective: Arvind Kejriwal
Not only the daily positive cases but the daily positivity rate of Covid in the national capital has also come down to below 20 per cent. It was reported at 19.10 per cent on May 10. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday that the second wave of Covid is dipping gradually in the city and there is no shortage of beds for Covid patients.
India administers over 18 cr Covid vaccines so far
More than 90 lakh Covid vaccine doses (90,31,691) are still available with the States and UTs to be administered and more than 7 lakh (7,29,610) vaccine doses will be dispatched to them in addition within the next three days. States with negative balance are showing more consumption (including wastage) than vaccine supplied as they have not reconciled the vaccine they have supplied to armed forces.
JP Nadda slams Rahul Gandhi's conduct, attacks top Congress leaders for 'duplicity, pettiness' amid Covid
He also urged that the top echelons of Congress would stop misleading people, creating false panic and even contradicting their stands just based on political considerations. In a four-page letter, Nadda wrote, "In this fight against the pandemic, the conduct of the topmost Congress leaders including former Congress President Rahul Gandhi will be remembered for duplicity and pettiness."
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