Name: 'Apology for what?': Cong defiant amid BJP's Pulwama fire
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Facing a scathing attack from the BJP over the admission of a Pakistan minister on the Pulwama attack, Congress has hit back at the BJP and the govt. Responding to unio

'Apology for what?': Cong defiant amid BJP's Pulwama fire

Facing a scathing attack from the BJP over the admission of a Pakistan minister on the Pulwama attack, Congress has hit back at the BJP and the govt. Responding to union minister Prakash Javadekar's attack that the opposition party must apologise, a defiant Congress leader Shashi Tharoor asked what should Congress apologise for? Tharoor wanted to know if the official inquiry into terror attack gave answers to vital questions around the attack. "Pakistani perfidy is not news. The Modi government providing honest explanations for these queries would be news indeed," he added.

Facing a scathing attack from the BJP over the admission of a Pakistan minister on the Pulwama attack, Congress has hit back at the BJP and the govt. Responding to union minister Prakash Javadekar's attack that the opposition party must apologise, a defiant Congress leader Shashi Tharoor asked what should Congress apologise for? Tharoor wanted to know if the official inquiry into terror attack gave answers to vital questions around the attack. "Pakistani perfidy is not news. The Modi government providing honest explanations for these queries would be news indeed," he added.

A consortium of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India on Tuesday moved a step closer in their attempt to recover debt from Vijay Mallya’s defunct Kingf

A consortium of Indian banks led by the State Bank of India on Tuesday moved a step closer in their attempt to recover debt from Vijay Mallya&rsquo;s&nbsp;defunct Kingfisher Airlines. This after the High Court in London upheld an application to amend their bankruptcy petition, in favour of waiving their security over the embattled businessman&rsquo;s assets in India.
Chief Insolvencies and Companies Court declared that there is no public policy that prevents a waiver of security rights, as argued by Mallya&rsquo;s lawyers.
Mallya&rsquo;s lawyers had referenced witness statements of retired Indian judges in previous hearings to reiterate that there is &ldquo;public interest under Indian law&rdquo; by virtue of the banks being nationalised.

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has said that the SII never exported vaccines at the cost of the people in India. Defending the move to export vaccines ea

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has said that the SII never exported vaccines at the cost of the people in India.
Defending the move to export vaccines earlier this year by the government, he said people do not tend to realise is that India is amongst the two most populous countries in the world, and a vaccination drive for such a large population cannot be completed within 2-3 months. He said it would take 2-3 years for the entire world population to get fully vaccinated.
The statement comes at a time when there are repeated attacks on the decision to export vaccines, which, some say led to a vaccine shortage in India.

Niti Aayog member Dr VK Paul said on Tuesday that Bharat Biotech is set to begin the phase II and III clinical trials for Covaxin in children. Stati

Niti Aayog&nbsp;member&nbsp;Dr VK Paul&nbsp;said on Tuesday that Bharat Biotech is set to begin the phase II and III clinical trials for Covaxin in children.&nbsp; Stating that trials will begin in the next 10-12 days, Paul said&nbsp;Covaxin has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India for Phase II/III clinical trials in the age group of 2 to 18 years.&nbsp; Covaxin received the Drugs Controller General of India's &nbsp;nod to conduct clinical trials in children on May 11.

Battling extreme weather, the Indian Navy and Coast Guard have so far rescued 314 people on board two barges that went adrift in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai hours befor

Battling extreme weather, the Indian Navy and Coast Guard have so far rescued 314 people on board two barges that went adrift in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai hours before Cyclone Tauktae made landfall on the Gujarat coast.
Three barges and an oil rig with 707 personnel on board had gone adrift on Monday.&nbsp;
While all the 137 people on board the cargo barge GAL Constructor have been rescued, 177 of the 273 onboard P305 have been rescued so far. There is no word yet on the progress of rescue operations for the accommodation barge SS-3 and the Sagar Bhushan oil rig.

India's reproduction value (R) for COVID-19, which shows how fast the infection is spreading, is below one now which means that the pandemic is shrinking, the governmen

India's reproduction value (R) for COVID-19, which shows how fast the infection is spreading, is below one now which means that the pandemic is shrinking, the government said on Tuesday. Addressing media, NITI Aayog member (Health) V K Paul said in many states the pandemic curve is stabilising&nbsp;even as it cautioned that 98 per cent of the population is still vulnerable. He said this has happened because there is a huge containment effort in addition to managing the cases in home settings and hospitals.

How can the govt ensure that correct information about Covid-19 and its treatment is being disseminated? How can we handle the misinformation pandemic? On today's episo

How can the govt ensure that correct information about Covid-19 and its treatment is being disseminated? How can we handle the misinformation pandemic? On today's episode of Ask The Doctor, Giridhara R Babu, Professor, Head-Lifecourse Epidemiology, PHFI (Public Health Foundation of India) explains why India needs to have a systematic strategy to communicate crucial information about the pandemic. He warns patients and clinicians against using unproven therapies to treat the infection, by overprescribing drug cocktails. He added, that teh govt needs to tackle the source of rumour campaigns, and use innovative strategies to reach more and more people.

The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of propagating a "fake toolkit" to defame it and said it would lodge a police complaint against the ruling party chief JP

&nbsp;The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of propagating a "fake toolkit" to defame it and said it would lodge a police complaint against the ruling party chief JP Nadda and its spokesperson Sambit Patra.
The opposition party alleged on its Twitter handle that instead of helping people during the Covid-19 pandemic, the BJP is stooping to low-level politics.
The opposition party was reacting after the BJP alleged that the Congress wants to tarnish the image of the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling the new strain of the coronavirus the "India strain" or the "Modi strain".

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is being much cruel and is continuously snatching away many of our loved ones. In a similar tragic incident, a family from

A family from Uttar Pradesh&rsquo;s Meerut district lost their 24-year-old twin sons to the deadly disease just hours apart from each other due to oxygen shortage, reports said on Tuesday.
Born three minutes apart, the two brothers, named Joefred Varghese Gregory and Ralphred George Gregory, were engineers and had tested positive for Covid-19, just a day after they turned 24 on April 23. Reports said the twins did most things together and even dressed similar. Both 6 feet tall, they went to college together and completed their B Tech in Coimbatore. Joefred worked in Accenture and Ralphred worked with Hyundai Mubis Company.&nbsp; 
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Stating that a new coronavius variant found in Singpore is proving to be dangerous for the children, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has asked

Stating that a new coronavius&nbsp;variant found in Singpore&nbsp;is proving to be dangerous for the children, Delhi chief minister Arvind&nbsp;Kejriwal&nbsp;has asked the Centre to stop flights from the island nation.&nbsp; Arguing that it can "come as a third wave" in India, he suggested that the Centre takes immediate measures, including suspension of flights to and from Singapore.
He said in a tweet that priority on vaccine options should be worked out for children too.&nbsp;

Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday formed his cabinet of 21 ministers after the LDF won a sweeping victory in the Kerala assembly elections. Surprisingly, KK Shailaja, whose w

Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday formed his cabinet of 21 new ministers after the LDF won a sweeping victory in the Kerala assembly elections. Surprisingly, KK Shailaja, whose work as a state health minister amid the Covid pandemic attracted much praise, is not a part of the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet.
The former minister also known as "Shailaja Teacher", had won by the biggest margin in the recent election. She won by over 60,000 votes from the Mattannur&nbsp;constituency in Kannur district.
CPI(M) state committee said all sitting Ministers have been dropped, adding MB Rajesh&nbsp;has been selected as Speaker candidate while TP Ramakrishnan has been appointed as the Parliamentary Party Secretary.&nbsp;KK Shailaja&nbsp;has been picked as the Party Whip.&nbsp;

Amid a shortage of vaccines that has slowed down Covid vaccination drive in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Amid a shortage of vaccines that has slowed down <a href="https://www.editorji.com/covid-19" target="_blank">Covid</a> vaccination drive in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that continuous efforts are being made by his govt to increase the vaccine supply in the country.
During his interaction with district and state officials on the Covid situation in the country. PM Modi stressed the importance of local containment zones, aggressive testing and giving correct, complete information to people.
He urged the officials to share feedback and views freely if they think any reform is needed in the govt policy to tackle the Covid crisis.
Calling the local officials commanders in the fight against Covid, the PM asked them to pay a lot of attention to rural, remote regions in second wave of Covid-19.
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A woman in Mumbai had a narrow escape when a huge tree fell on a road she was crossing. The tree fell as heavy winds and rain lashed Mumbai during Cyclone Tauktae on Mo

A woman in Mumbai had a narrow escape when a huge tree fell on a road she was crossing. The tree fell as heavy winds and rain lashed Mumbai during Cyclone Tauktae on Monday. The woman fortunately managed to move away from the spot just in time as a tree fell there. A number of trees were uprooted as Mumbai witnessed winds at the speed of 115 km per hour. As a&nbsp;result of the cyclone,&nbsp;Mumbai received heavy rainfall and strong winds throughout the day on Monday. Six people died and 9 were injured in Maharashtra in incidents related to the cyclone.

Cyclone Tauktae wrecked Maharashtra, killing six people and injuring nine. The cyclone swept past Mumbai on its way to Gujarat on Monday night. Mumbai was lashed with

Cyclone Tauktae wrecked Maharashtra, killing six people and injuring nine. The cyclone swept past Mumbai on its way to Gujarat on Monday night.
Mumbai was lashed with 115 km per hour winds, forcing authorities to shut the airport and the Bandra-Worli sea link for hours. &nbsp;As a&nbsp;result of the cyclone,&nbsp;Mumbai received heavy rainfall and strong winds throughout the day on Monday. &nbsp;Trees were uprooted, streets were logged and traffic crawled in different parts of Mumbai. The cyclone also damaged Mumbai's jumbo Covid centre in Bandra Kurla Complex.
Visuals from the iconic Gateway of India showed waves crashing into the culverts
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray made an assessment of the damage caused by Cyclone Tauktae and instructed that the relief works should be done immediately.

The Indian Navy rescued 146 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabia Sea near Mumbai hours before a very severe cyclonic storm, Tauktae made landfall...

The Indian Navy rescued 146 people on board a barge that went adrift in the Arabia Sea near Mumbai hours before a very severe cyclonic storm, Tauktae made landfall on the Gujarat coast, an official said on Tuesday.
The Navy had deployed three of its frontline warships, INS Kolkata, INS Kochi and INS Talwar after receiving messages to rescue 410 people on board two barges off the Mumbai coast on Monday.
&lsquo;The Search and Rescue (SAR) operations continued throughout the night and a total of 146 persons from Barge P305 have been rescued till 6 am on Tuesday&rsquo;, the official said.
The Navy on Tuesday morning also deployed the P-8I long-range, multimission maritime patrol aircraft to join the search and rescue operations, the official said.
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Four people were killed in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pounded parts of the state and left behind a trail of destruction along the western coast, officials said on Tues.

Four people were killed in Gujarat as cyclone Tauktae pounded parts of the state and left behind a trail of destruction along the western coast, officials said on Tuesday.
The landfall process of the eye of the extremely severe cyclonic storm Tauktae, which hit the Gujarat coast in Saurashtra region between Diu and Una, ended around midnight, the India Meteorological Department said.
It crossed the Gujarat coast as an "extremely severe cyclonic storm" and gradually weakened.
On Tuesday morning, it lay over the Saurashtra region near Amreli as a "very severe cyclonic storm," the IMD said.
The wind intensity reduced to 115-125 kmph gusting to 135 kmph, as the cyclone lay 10 km south of Amreli and around 95 km north-northeast of Diu, the IMD said in its morning bulletin.
It was likely to move further north-north eastwards and gradually weaken into a "severe cyclonic storm", the IMD said.
The cyclone brought gusty winds and heavy rains on the entire coastal belt, uprooting trees in Junagadh, Amreli and Bhavnagar districts. The cyclone winds also caused road blockage and power outages in many villages of these districts.
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A teacher's association in Uttar Pradesh has claimed that over 1600 teachers died after contracting Covid-19 while on duty during the panchayat polls in the.

A teacher's association in Uttar Pradesh has claimed that over 1600 teachers died after contracting <a href="https://www.editorji.com/covid-19" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> while on duty during the panchayat polls in the state, the Hindustan Times has reported.
The Uttar Pradeshiya Prathmik Shikshak Sangh has demanded a compensation of ₹1 crore for the next of kin of the deceased.
In a letter to chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the teachers&rsquo; association has named 1,621 government school staff, their schools, districts, the dates of death and their mobile numbers, the report said.
The list includes those who succumbed to the coronavirus disease between the first week of April and May 16, two weeks after the counting day.
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India recorded its deadliest day yet with 4,329 deaths due to Covid. This the highest number of single-day fatalities since the start of the pandemic.

India recorded its deadliest day yet with 4,329 deaths due to Covid. This the highest number of single-day fatalities since the start of the pandemic. Total number of deaths due to the contagion now stands at over 2.78 lakhs.
India also reported over 2.63 lakh new <a href="https://www.editorji.com/covid-19" target="_blank">Covid infections</a> in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry data released on Tuesday morning. This is the second consecutive day that the country reported less that 3 lakh cases.
Battling the more infectious second wave of coronavirus, India's Covid caseload has now crossed 2.5 crore with 33.5 lakh active cases currently.
Also Read | <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/icmr-drops-plasma-therapy-from-covid-19-treatment-guidelines-1621277435387" target="_blank">ICMR drops plasma therapy from Covid-19 treatment guidelines</a>

Assam government has decided to bar inter-district movement of persons and vehicles for 15 days beginning May 21 amid a record number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in th

Assam government has decided to bar inter-district movement of persons and vehicles for 15 days beginning May 21 amid a record number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the state.
Assam on Monday recorded 6,394 new Covid-19 infections and 92 deaths&mdash;most in a day since the pandemic started last year.
A govt order stated that the Covid-19 containment measures are not yielding the desired level of reduction of cases with unabated inter-district movement.
The restrictions on inter-state movement will not apply to government officials, emergency and essential services, travel for medical emergencies and Covid-19 vaccination etc.

The entire medical system in villages and small cities of Uttar Pradesh is "Ram bharose" (at God's mercy), the Allahabad High Court said on Monday..

The entire medical system in villages and small cities of Uttar Pradesh is "Ram bharose" (at God's mercy), the Allahabad High Court said on Monday while hearing a PIL over the <a href="https://www.editorji.com/covid-19" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> spread and the condition of quarantine centres in the state.
The court made the observation while taking into account the death of a 64-year-old Covid patient who was admitted to an isolation ward at a Meerut hospital.
The victim, Santosh Kumar, reportedly fainted at a hospital bathroom. The doctors and staff failed to identify him as their patient and disposed of the body as unidentified.
"If this is the state of affairs at a medical college in the city like Meerut, then the entire medical system in smaller cities and villages can only be 'Ram bharose', the court observed.
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The CoWIN portal, which is the main platform for vaccine registration, will be made available in Hindi and 14 regional languages by next week.

The CoWIN portal, which is the main platform for vaccine registration, will be made available in Hindi and 14 regional languages by next week, the health ministry said on Monday.
The announcement came after a high-level meeting chaired by Union health minister Harsh Vardhan with a group of ministers on the <a href="https://www.editorji.com/covid-19" target="_blank">Covid situation</a>.
A govt official said that this was in the pipeline for some time keeping in mind the convenience of people who are not comfortable with the English language.
Dr Harsh Vardhan, meanwhile, informed his colleagues that 17 new laboratories are going to be added to the INSACOG network to monitor the variants of Covid-19. The network is presently served by 10 laboratories located at different corners of the country.
Also Read | <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/close-to-1-33-crore-apply-for-covid-19-vaccine-on-cowin-1619660383903" target="_blank">Close to 1.33 crore apply for Covid-19 vaccine on CoWin</a>

Responding to union minister Prakash Javadekar's attack that the opposition party must apologise, a defiant Shashi Tharoor asked what should the Congress apologise for?

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