INDIA
P. Chidambaram attacks Centre over vaccine procurement policy
"The central government's direction to the states to procure vaccines directly from the manufacturers abroad was a cynical move.If Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have not yet been approved for use by the central government, how will they deal with or sell to the states?" Chidambaram alleged that the government has rebuffed Congress advice as well as the suggestion of the Courts
Bengaluru witnesses rare atmospheric phenomenon 'Sun Halo'
Bengaluru residents were left awed by the rainbow-coloured halo surrounding the sun as the striking circular rainbow ring was reportedly visible from most parts of the capital of Karnataka. It was first seen around 11 a.m. and lasted for over an hour, in which time Bengaluru residents flooded social media with pixtures of the rare phenomenon.
Delhi Police visits Twitter India office to serve notice over toolkit row
A source in Delhi Police told IANS, "The Special Cell has sent a notice to Twitter. In its reply, Twitter said it has no more knowledge in the matter. So a team of Special Cell officers went to the offices of Twitter to record the statements of the persons there, but they were found closed."
Identify fungus by name, not colour, says AIIMS chief on mucormycosis
"Black fungus is another family; this term got associated with mucormycosis due to the presence of black dots among the culture of white fungal colonies. In general, there are various types of fungal infections such as candida, aspergillosis, cryptococcus, histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis. Mucormycosis, candida and aspergillosis are the ones observed more in those with low immunity,"
Covid medicine hoarding: HC says Gambhir has done disservice, malpractice
A division bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said Gambhir has been a cricketer who played for India. "we are sure he had good intentions..... the way he has gone about it, he has actually done a disservice, unintentionally may be. This is not done." The bench took note that FabiFlu was in short supply at the time when the drug was being distributed by Gambhir.
To minimise vaccine wastage, on-site registration for 18-44 years enabled
The ministry said the reason behind it to provide maximum vaccination as in case of sessions exclusively organised with online slots, towards the end of the day, some doses may still be left unutilised in case the online appointee beneficiaries do not turn up on day of vaccination due to any reason.
Over 500 black fungus cases in Delhi, hospitals short of drugs to fight the infection: Kejriwal
In the last few days, cases of black fungus have been diagnosed in large numbers and as of today more than 500 patients are being treated in over a dozen hospitals in the national capital. Kejriwal said that several government-run hospitals dedicated to Covid care are grappling with shortage of medicines for patients. These include Guru Teg Bahadur, Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash and Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty hospital.
Ex-Mumbai top cop granted relief from arrest till June 9
Singh, a 1988-batch IPS officer, is currently serving as the Comandant-General of the state Home Guards after he was transferred from the post of Mumbai Police chief last month.
mOn April 28, following a complaint filed by police inspector Bhimrao Ghadge, the Akola Police had registered a case under the Sheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989 and the Indian Penal Code against Singh.
Partial lunar eclipse to be visible in India on May 26
The partial lunar eclipse will be visible for a short span from the north-eastern region (except Sikkim), some parts of West Bengal, some costal parts of Odisha and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the IMD said. This will be the first total Lunar Eclipse since January 21, 2019 and it will be a supermoon.
RDIF, Panacea Biotec to start Sputnik V production in India
Sputnik V was registered in India under the emergency use authorisation procedure on April 12 and vaccination against coronavirus with the Russian vaccine started on May 14. As announced in April, RDIF and Panacea have agreed to produce 100 million doses per year of Sputnik V. "The first batch produced at Panacea Biotec's facilities at Baddi will be shipped to the Gamaleya Centre [in Russia] for quality control.
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