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9:49 PM

India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage crosses 102.8 crore, says govt

India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 102.8 crore with more than 58 lakh vaccine doses administered on Monday, the Union Health Ministry said. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late in the night, it added. In the 18-44 age group, 40,92,47,732 first doses and 12,86,74,750 second doses have been administered since the start of phase three of the vaccination drive, according to health ministry data.

 

The ministry further said that cumulatively 71,88,31,679 first doses and 30,98,37,374 second doses of Covid vaccine have been administered so far.

 

India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 102.8 Crore (1,02,86,69,053) on Monday. More than 58 lakh (58,87,981) vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm on Monday, it said. The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level, the ministry underlined.

9:32 PM

Active Covid cases drop below 13K in TN; 1,112 new infections, 14 deaths

Tamil Nadu added 1,112 new Covid-19 infections on Monday, pushing the caseload to 26,96,328, while the death toll rose to 36,033 with 14 more fatalities, the health department said.

 

Recoveries outnumbered new infections with 1,341 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 26,47,504 leaving 12,791 active infections, a bulletin said.

 

Tamil Nadu, over the last few weeks, has been witnessing a declining trend in the daily fresh infections further leading to a drop in active cases. On October 21, active cases dropped below 14,000 while on October 17 it fell under 15,000.

 

Meanwhile, a total of 1,22,700 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of specimens examined to 5,04,23,638. Chennai and Coimbatore accounted for the majority of new infections with 144 and 130 cases, respectively, while the remaining was scattered across other districts. As many as 11 districts reported new Covid-19 infections below 10, while Ariyalur recorded the least with one, the bulletin said.

9:05 PM

Telangana logs 179 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths

Telangana on Monday recorded 179 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally to 6,70,453, while the death toll rose to 3,949 with two more fatalities.

 

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of fresh cases with 66, followed by Karimnagar (15) and Warangal Urban (11) districts, a state government bulletin said, providing details as of 5.30 PM today.

 

It said 104 people recovered from the infectious disease and the cumulative number of recoveries till date was 6,62,481. Active cases stood at 4,023.

 

It said 38,588 samples were tested on Monday and the total number tested till date was 2,73,47,333.

 

The samples tested per million population were 7,34,748.

 

The case fatality and recovery rates were at 0.59 per cent and 98.81 per cent compared to the national average of 1.3 per cent and 98.15 per cent, respectively.

9:01 PM

Time-bound financial aid to be given after assessing damage in rain-related disasters, says Kerala CM

Time-bound financial assistance would be provided to those who suffered loss of life and property in the landslides and floods in various parts of Kerala during the recent heavy rains after assessment of the damage by the various departments, Chief Minister of the State Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday.

The Chief Minister's statement came during the Assembly session. He said emergency financial assistance has already been provided to the dependents of the deceased and missing persons.

8:48 PM

Amit Shah visits CRPF camp at Lethpora in Pulwama district

8:29 PM

Kinnaur district administration bans trekking and mountaineering activities

7:56 PM

SII seeks regular marketing authorisation for Covishield, says report

Serum Institute of India has sought regular marketing authorisation from DCGI for its Covid vaccine Covishield, official sources told PTI.

7:29 PM

Sanjiv Goenka-owned RPSG group claims Lucknow franchise with over Rs 7,000 crore bid

6:45 PM

Spike in Covid-19 cases in China caused by Delta variant: officials

China's national capital on Monday classified one area as medium-risk and a residential community as high risk for COVID-19 as total cases in the city rose to 21 while 33 cases were reported in different parts of the country, which officials attributed to virulent Delta variant.

A residential community in Changping district of Beijing was classified as a medium-risk area after reporting two locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of Beijing's centre for disease control and prevention, said on Monday.

6:14 PM

Hardeep Puri to inaugurate "Chhath Vrati Special Vaccination Campaign" in Delhi tomorrow

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri will inaugurate the "Chhath Vrati Special Vaccination Campaign" in Delhi on Tuesday.

The campaign, aimed at vaccinating people against COVID-19 infection ahead of the Chhath celebrations in Delhi, is set to run under the leadership of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Manoj Tiwari.

Speaking to ANI, Tiwari said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier said that the Chhath festival should be celebrated with all the security and precautions. So first of all, people should be vaccinated against COVID-19 infection. In this view, we (BJP) are going to run the "Chhath Vrati Special Vaccination Campaign" in association with Delhiites Foundation."

5:52 PM

Mamata only vaccine against "Virus BJP": Abhishek Banerjee

TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee Monday courted controversy by calling BJP a "virus" and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee the "only vaccine" which will "eradicate" it in the next Lok Sabha poll in the country.

Banerjee also slammed the saffron camp calling it the "enemy of the Hindus" for trying to allegedly polarise the upcoming assembly by-poll in West Bengal by using as a poll plank the violence against the Hindu minority in neighbouring Bangladesh.

The de facto number two in the Trinamool Congress also criticised BJP for "thrusting" on the people the by-election in two of the four seats that will go to the poll later this week.

5:45 PM

Court refuses to pass blanket order over Wankhede plea on witness 'extortion' affidavit

A special court here on Monday said it cannot pass a blanket order barring courts from taking cognizance of an affidavit of an independent witness in the drugs-on-cruise episode, in which he has levelled allegations of extortion attempt by NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede and others on actor Shah Rukh Khan, whose son Aryan is an accused in the case.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Wankhede had earlier in the day filed two separate affidavits before the special court against the allegations of extortion attempt levelled against them.

In the affidavits, the anti-drugs agency and Wankhede sought the court to pass an order saying no court should take cognizance of the affidavit prepared by the independent witness, Prabhakar Sail.

5:27 PM

Political parties will hold agitations against extension of BSF jurisdiction in Punjab: CM Channi

4:39 PM

UP Congress leaders Rajesh Pati Tripathi and Lalitesh Pati Tripathi join TMC

4:22 PM

As this is a matter related to Punjab & Punjabis, law & order is a state subject: Punjab CM