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  Over 1.63 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses available with states: Centre

  India | June 06, 2021 12:41 IST

  More than 1.63 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.

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  Gradual unlock in Leh to start from June 7 amid dip in new Covid cases

  India | June 06, 2021 12:23 IST

  Ladakh recorded 71 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 19,147, while another death pushed the toll to 195, officials said on Sunday.

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  Unlock: Mumbai at level 3; local trains yet off-limits for common people

  India | June 06, 2021 11:54 IST

  Restaurants, shops selling non-essential items and public places are set to reopen from Monday in Mumbai which is categorised under level 3 of the 'unlock' plan.

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  SP leader booked for violating COVID-19 protocols shortly after release from prison

  India | June 06, 2021 6:23 IST

  A case was lodged against SP Yuvjan Sabha chief of Auraiya Dharmendra Yadav and 200 others for flouting COVID-19 protocols.

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  Vitamin D may not protect against COVID: Study

  World | June 05, 2021 22:54 IST

  According to the researchers, including Guillaume Butler-Laporte from McGill University, vitamin D supplementation as a public health measure to improve outcomes is not supported by this study.

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  COVID: Maharashtra records 13,659 fresh cases, 300 fatalities

  India | June 05, 2021 20:22 IST

  As many as 300 deaths were reported in the state today, taking the total tally of fatalities to 99,512 in Maharashtra.

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  Wet spell to continue in Rajasthan, Bikaner sizzles at 41.7 degrees Celsius

  India | June 05, 2021 17:15 IST

  According to the weather department, the new western disturbance is active in Haryana and adjoining areas. Due to this effect, there is a possibility of gusty winds and rain in Bikaner, Churu, Nagaur and Hanumangarh districts on Saturday and Sunday.

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  India committed to countering impact of COVID: Santosh Gangwar

  India | June 05, 2021 15:39 IST

  He was addressing the virtual Non-Aligned Movement Labour Ministers Meeting under 109th session of the International Labour Conference last evening.

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  US, India, China account for 60% of 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed globally: WHO

  World | June 05, 2021 12:53 IST

  Of the two billion COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed globally till now, about 60 per cent have gone to just three countries - the US, India and China, a senior adviser at the World Health Organisation said.

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  Indian govt's schizophrenia led to COVID ravages: Amartya Sen

  India | June 05, 2021 10:17 IST

  India's "confused" government focused on taking credit for its actions, rather than working to restrict the spread of COVID-19, resulting in schizophrenia that led to massive troubles, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has said.

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  Maharashtra: 5-level unlock plan to be implemented from Monday

  India | June 05, 2021 12:02 IST

  Maharashtra has announced a five-level unlock plan beginning Monday, which will be based on Covid positivity rate and the availability of oxygen beds in the state.

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  Recoveries remain more than new Covid cases in Karnataka

  India | June 05, 2021 8:32 IST

  Discharge of 22,316 patients in a day led to recoveries remain more than 16,068 new Covid cases in Karnataka.

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  US lawmakers hail move to send Covid vaccines to India, other countries

  World | June 05, 2021 8:25 IST

  Top American lawmakers on Friday applauded the Biden Administration for its decision to distribute 25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to India and other countries.

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  Nearly 6,500 calls have been placed on SDMC Covid helplines so far

  India | June 05, 2021 6:55 IST

  SDMC on Friday informed that the civic body has received around 6,500 calls on its COVID helpline so far.

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  Jharkhand government nods to one month's extra pay to Covid health workers

  India | June 05, 2021 6:19 IST

  The Jharkhand government on Friday approved a number of proposals including one month's extra pay to Covid health workers.

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  Goa to train paediatricians, nurses ahead of COVID third wave

  India | June 04, 2021 23:45 IST

  CM Pramod Sawant, who chaired the task force meeting here, said experts from state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital would begin training 120 paediatricians and a large number of nurses from Monday.

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  Wuhan lab head and US expert flagged Covid19 risk in 2015: Report

  Health | June 04, 2021 22:53 IST

  The head of China's Wuhan virology lab, also called as the 'bat woman', and an expert from the University of North Carolina in the US, had in a paper published in 2015 flagged the dangers of their gain-of-function experiment of a novel coronavirus which could infect human cells, media reports said.

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  2021 lockdowns not as effective as last year's in cleaning Delhi-NCR air: CSE

  India | June 04, 2021 22:35 IST

  Meteorology would be partly responsible for this trend, but it could also be a reflection of weakening of pollution control-measures and efforts in the city and region, it said.

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  Kangana Ranaut shares her Covid after-care story: 'It is a false recovery. I relapsed'

  Celebrities | June 04, 2021 21:23 IST

  Kangana Ranaut shared her journey of recovery from COVID19. She contracted the virus early last month and was later tested negative for it.

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  Obesity may increase risk of long-term complications of COVID

  World | June 04, 2021 20:21 IST

  Obesity is known to weaken the immune system and create a chronic inflammatory state. These conditions can lead to poor outcomes after an infection with SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus that causes Covid-19, as per the study.