- The central government has asked the companies to “remove all the content” that names or implies “Indian variant” of the coronavirus.
- The national capital in the past few weeks has registered steady improvement in its Coronavirus situation with respect to fresh cases and positivity rate which may lead people to wonder whether lockdown put in place should be extended.
- A total of 8,07,032 migrant workers left Delhi for their home states in buses, out of which 3,79,604 left between April 19 and May 14, the first week of the lockdown itself.
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday provided financial assistance of Rs one crore to the family of late "Corona warrior" Dr Anas Mujahid.
- Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat has given his assent to an amendment bill, which provides for a prison sentence of up to ten years for fraudulent or forcible conversion by marriage, a state Minister said on Saturday.
- Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Saturday said the government is planning to introduce a cow protection bill in the next assembly session to ban transport of the animal outside the state.
- The United States stands with the people of Delhi and India in the fight against COVID-19, said US envoy Daniel B Smith.
- Delhi's positivity rate has dropped to 3.58 per cent, lowest since April 1, as the more contagious and dangerous wave of the coronavirus infections continued to recede.
- Nearly 9,000 people have been infected with mucormycosis or Black Fungus across the country, Union Minister Sadananda Gowda said. In view of the rapid surge, the government has sent over 20,000 vials of a key drug used for its treatment.
- Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said the state suffered losses to the tune of ₹ 146 crore due to cyclone Tauktae.
- India will soon begin the production of its third Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V locally by Dr Reddy’s Laboratories. The production of the Sputnik V will likely begin in August and the country is expected to produce 850 million doses of the vaccine for rollout.
- According to Covid-19 vaccination tracker of New York Times, every fifth person in the world has now received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine with current vaccination status standing at 21 persons per 100 people. This means that close to 15 per cent of the world’s population has received at least one vaccine shot.
- The Delhi Medical Association (DMA) on Saturday lodged a police complaint against yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly describing modern medicine as a "stupid science". According to a senior police officer, the DMA has submitted its complaint at the Daryaganj Police Station.
- The BJP and Congress were on Saturday engaged in a war of words in Chhattisgarh over the use of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's photograph in digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates being issued to people in the 18-44 age group.
- Private Secretary to Odisha Chief Minister and IAS, V Karthikeyan Pandian was today named to receive the prestigious FIH President’s Award.
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