- COVAXIN has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), for Phase II/III clinical trials in the age group of 2 to 18 years. I have been told that trials will begin in the next 10-12 days: Dr. VK Paul, Member-Health, Niti Aayog
- Less than 2 per cent of the total population in India has been affected by COVID-19 so far and 98 per cent of the population is still susceptible or vulnerable to the infection, the government said on Tuesday.
- Amid soaring COVID-19 cases in the state, the Odisha government on Tuesday extended the complete lockdown by 14 days. The government said that now the lockdown will continue till 5 am on June 1
- Over the span of the last two months as India witnessed its worst second wave of coronavirus pandemic, the country lost as many as 270 doctors who have been at the forefront of the COVID-19 battle, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) revealed. Of them, 50 deaths were reported in a single day on Sunday.
- Cyclone Tauktae has caused havoc in different parts of the country, including Mumbai. Bollywood’s legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, office Janak was also not spared by the cyclone. In his blog, Amitabh mentioned how the cyclone entered the city and flooded his office. He also mentioned that the staff worked together in the hour of emergency and the actor provided his clothes to the staff as they were wet.
- The Indian Navy has rescued about 146 people from a ship heading to drown in the sea uncontrollably due to torrential winds from the Arabian Sea.
- In the last 26 days, the Odisha has sent 868 tankers with 15,913 metric tonnes of medical oxygen to 14 states and union territories.
- The Calcutta High Court is likely to hear petitions by two West Bengal ministers, a Trinamool Congress MLA and a former party leader on Wednesday seeking recall of its order staying their bail granted by a CBI court in connection with their arrest in the Narada sting tape case.
- Rakesh Rathore, a BJP MLA from Sitapur district, has hit out at his own government in Uttar Pradesh, saying that lawmakers like him do not have any freedom to speak the truth. "This may lead to a sedition charge against me," he said while talking to reporters. "I have taken many steps, but what is the stature of legislators? If I speak too much, then sedition charges may be invoked against me," he said when asked about getting trauma centre opened in the Sitapur.
- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to President and Prime Minister demanding a change of Governor in the interest of "good governance " in the state .The letter comes immediately after the CBI arrested four Trinamool leaders, including two ministers, a former minister and a former Mayor in the Narada scam, on Monday. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has been on an unusual offensive against the Mamata government after the ruling Trinamool Congress won a landslide in this summer's assembly polls.
- Barely 3 days after the Centre ordered an audit of all ventilators given by the Centre, a report by GMCH Aurangabad, has contended that many ventilators provided under the PM Cares Fund are faulty
- The government on Monday revised the clinical guidance for COVID-19 treatment, dropping the off-label use of convalescent plasma as it was found not beneficial in reducing the progression to severe disease or death.
- The country reported 2,63,533 new cases in a span of 24 hours, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,52,28,996, the data showed.
- The Calcutta High Court will today hear petitions by two West Bengal ministers seeking recall of its order staying their bail granted by a CBI court in connection with their arrest in the Narada sting tape case.
- Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has tested positive for COVID-19 and doctors have advised him to be in home isolation, health department sources confirmed.
- The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday said 270 doctors across the country have succumbed to the coronavirus infection in the second wave of the pandemic so far.
- Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday alleged that Congress-ruled states are not using ventilators provided under PM CARES fund deliberately.
- A total of 115 cases of black fungus or mucormycosis have been detected in Haryana so far, with Health Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday saying the state government is taking various steps, including setting up of 20-bed wards in medical colleges for specialised treatment.
- A leading cardiologist of Bihar, Dr Prabhat Kumar was recently airlifted to Hyderabad for treatment of COVID- related complications, on Tuesday breathed his last at a hospital in the southern city.
- Cyclone Tauktae will move North-Northeastwards and weaken gradually into a deep depression in the next three hours, informed the India Meteorological Department on Wednesday.
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