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The national capital on Saturday recorded its coldest day of the season as the minimum temperature plummeted to 2.4 degrees Celsius in the morning. The mercury even plu

Delhi today: Lodhi Road 1.7°C, Aya Nagar 1.9°C, Safdarjung 2.4°C

The national capital on Saturday recorded its coldest day of the season as the minimum temperature plummeted to 2.4 degrees Celsius in the morning. The mercury even plunged to below two degrees Celsius in some areas with the Lodhi Road Observatory recording a low of 1.7 degrees Celsius. The Safdarjung Observatory, whose reading is considered the official marking for the city, recorded 2.4 degrees Celsius in the morning. Palam&nbsp;recorded 3.1 degrees Celsius and&nbsp;Aya Nagar 1.9 degrees Celsius. The falling temperatures, high humidity and low wind speed meant that&nbsp;the air quality turned severe again on Saturday. The overall air quality index stood at 413 at 10 am.

The national capital on Saturday recorded its coldest day of the season as the minimum temperature plummeted to 2.4 degrees Celsius in the morning. The mercury even plunged to below two degrees Celsius in some areas with the Lodhi Road Observatory recording a low of 1.7 degrees Celsius. The Safdarjung Observatory, whose reading is considered the official marking for the city, recorded 2.4 degrees Celsius in the morning. Palam recorded 3.1 degrees Celsius and Aya Nagar 1.9 degrees Celsius. The falling temperatures, high humidity and low wind speed meant that the air quality turned severe again on Saturday. The overall air quality index stood at 413 at 10 am.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified the Delta, a highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first identified in India, as a "variant of concern.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified the Delta, a highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first identified in India, as a "variant of concern."
The CDC said the Delta variant shows increased transmissibility, potential reduction in neutralisation by some monoclonal antibody treatments. It also shows potential reduction in neutralization from sera after vaccination in lab tests.
A particular Covid-19 variant is only dubbed 'variant of concern' when scientists believe that coronavirus strain is shows increased transmissibility and a chance to cause more severe disease.
Vaccines, treatments, and tests that detect the virus may also be less effective against a variant of concern.
The Delta variant, which was dubbed a 'variant of concern' by the WHO on May 10, accounts for around 9.9% of all Covid-19 cases in the United States, the CDC estimates.

A Delhi court on Thursday ordered the release of the three student activists who were languishing in jail for 2 days even after being granted bail by the Delhi High Cou

A Delhi court on Thursday ordered the release of the three student activists who were languishing in jail for 2 days even after being granted bail by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday.
The three -- JNU scholars Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, and Jamia studemt Asif Iqbal -- had spent 36 hours in jail even after the bail order as Delhi Police sought time to verify their permanent addressed before their release.
The activist moved Delhi High Court on Thursday morning seeking direction for their release. The HC asked the Trial Court to decide on the matter expeditiously after which the release order came.
The Trial Court had on Wednesday deferred the release order after Delhi Police's plea.
Kalita, Narwal and Tanha were arrested by Delhi Police on charges of conspiracy in Delhi riots. The High Court in its bail order had termed the charges against them &ldquo;stretched&rdquo; and &ldquo;hyperbole&rdquo;.

Maharashtra’s health department has warned a highly virulent "Delta Plus" variant could stoke a third wave in the state. Considering the danger of the new &lsquo

Maharashtra&rsquo;s health department has warned a highly virulent "Delta Plus" variant could stoke a third wave in the state.
Considering the danger of the new &lsquo;Delta Plus&rsquo; variant, experts said the third wave may see double the present cases as they asked people not to let their guard down.
In a meeting attended by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday, experts also warned that Maharashtra could enter the third wave before coming out of the second
Experts said vaccination on a large scale need to be given priority and the protocols and restrictions should be strictly followed.
Following the warning, CM Thackeray directed health agencies to maintain adequate stock of medicines and equipment with focus on rural areas.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted raid at the residence of former Mumbai Police cop Pradeep Sharma in the Antilia bomb scare case and the mu

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted raid at the residence of former Mumbai Police cop Pradeep Sharma in the Antilia bomb scare case and the murder case of businessman Mansukh Hiran. Pradeep Sharma has been taken to the NIA's office for questioning. Sharma, known as an encounter specialist, was questioned twice earlier by NIA officials in connection with the case. He is known to be close to former Mumbai Police cop Sachin Vaze, who is in NIA custody over links to the bomb scare and death of Mansukh Hiran The raids come after possible links between Pradeep Sharma and an individual named Santosh Shelar, who was arrested this week in connection with the case.Sharma has dismissed the photographs of them together, saying Shelar was a police informant.

CBSE to declare Class XII board results by July 31. Class X, XI results and internal test to factor in class XII marking

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court the Class 12 result criterion finalized by the committee and said results will be out by July 31.
CBSE proposed that students should be given marks based on the average of class 12 pre-board score, class 10 and 11 final marks. This will be for the theory section and for practicals the marks will be submitted by schools
About 40 per cent of the marks will be based on Class 12 pre-board, the Board said as it submitted its assessment criteria for Class 12 exams. While assessing, 30 per cent marks will be based on Class 11 final exam and other 30 per cent on best-of-three Class 10 marks.
Students will be placed in the "essential repeat" or "compartment" category if they fail to meet the qualifying criteria.

The Uttarakhand government directed the Haridwar district administration to register a case against private laboratories accused of conducting fake Covid tests during t

The Uttarakhand government directed the Haridwar district administration to register a case against private laboratories accused of conducting fake Covid tests during the Kumbh Mela.
Twenty-two private labs, mainly based in Delhi and Haryana had been hired by the government to conduct testing at 5 places in Haridwar during the festival.
The Haridwar district administration ordered a probe after reports emerged that over one lakh fake tests were conducted during the religious gatherings.
The labs reportedly conducted the fake tests to meet the daily testing quota of 50,000 tests set by Uttarakhand High Court.
Payment to these labs has been withheld for the time being due to the ongoing investigation

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that denial of the hearing of a bail request by courts violates the rights of the accused. It added that urgent cases involving pers

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that denial of the hearing of a bail request by courts violates the rights of the accused. It added that urgent cases involving personal liberty should be taken up for hearing without any delay.
The top court said not listing an application for a regular bail "impinges upon the liberty of the person in custody".
The Supreme Court made these observations while hearing a plea by an industrialist, whose bail plea was pending in the Punjab and Haryana High court since February 2020. He approached the Supreme Court after the high court rejected his request for an early hearing.
The Supreme Court said under the current circumstances of the pandemic, at least half of the judges should sit on alternative days "so that hearing is accorded to the person in distress."

India on Thursday saw a slight uptick in daily Covid cases with 67,000 new infections in 24 hours. The country had recorded 62,000 cases on Wednesday and 60,000 on Tues

India on Thursday saw a slight uptick in daily Covid cases with 67,000 new infections in 24 hours. The country had recorded 62,000 cases on Wednesday and 60,000 on Tuesday. This is the tenth consecutive day that infections have remained below 1 lakh.
The country also recorded 2,330 deaths due to Covid in the last 24 hours taking the toll to 3.81 lakh, according to the health ministry dashboard on Thursday morning.
The number of active cases has hit a 71-day low at 8.2 lakh and now constitutes 2.92% of the caseload.
India's daily test positivity rate, which is positive cases identified for every 100 tests, continues to decline. It stood at 3.48 per cent staying below 5 per cent for the 10th straight day.

The busy Chandni Chowk Road, which is currently under redevelopment, has been notified as a non-motorised zone, with motorised vehicles only being allowed during emerge

The busy Chandni Chowk Road, which is currently under redevelopment, has been notified as a non-motorised zone, with motorised vehicles only being allowed during emergency.
According to a gazette notification released on June 14, no motor vehicle shall be allowed to ply on the main Chandni Chowk Road from Red Fort to Fatehpuri Mosque from 9 am to 9 pm on all days.
The 1.3-km stretch has been under redevelopment since 2018, which for delayed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Fire tenders, ambulances, hearse van and vehicles carrying pregnant women or patients requiring motorized transport, etc will be allowed to ply on the roads.

A week after Delhi Police raided Twitter India in Delhi and Gurugram, the platform's India head was questioned by the Special Cell in connection with the alleged Congre

A week after Delhi Police raided Twitter India in Delhi and Gurugram, the platform's India head was questioned by the Special Cell in connection with the alleged Congress 'toolkit' case, NDTV has reported.
The report, quoting sources, said that Managing Director of Twitter in India Manish Maheshwari was questioned by the Delhi Police Special Cell in Bengaluru on May 31.
This came days after Delhi Police raids at Twitter offices on May 25. Cops went to Twitter office after it tagged BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra's tweet on an alleged Congress 'toolkit' as manipulated media.
Twitter has been slapped with another FIR in the Ghaziabad Muslim man assault video case by the UP Police.

Journalist bodies have demanded quashing of an FIR filed by the UP Police against some journalists for circulating a video clip which showed an elderly Muslim man being

Journalist bodies have demanded quashing of an FIR filed by the UP Police against some journalists for circulating a video clip which showed an elderly Muslim man being beaten. The FIR says that some journalists gave the video a communal spin.
Expressing &ldquo;shock and disappointment&rdquo; with the police action, the Indian Women's Press Corps said the Ghaziabad police is spending time and resources to go after the journalists and news organisations. "This seems to be an attempt to muzzle the media and divert attention," the journalist body said.
The Press Club of India also demanded quashing of the FIR against the journalists, and appealed to the UP government to intervene in the matter &ldquo;at the earliest&rdquo; to ensure that journalists are not made &ldquo;easy targets".

Amid a raging debate over the interval between two Covishied doses, Covid Working Group chief NK Arora has said that India will revisit the dosage interval for the vacc

Amid a raging debate over the interval between two Covishied doses, Covid Working Group chief NK Arora has said that India will revisit the dosage interval for the vaccine and take appropriate action based on emerging data.
The head of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation has said that according to research in India, a single shot had up to 61% effectiveness against the Delta strain.
In the short run, the protection from serious disease, hospitalisation, and death is similar whether one has received one dose or two doses of Covishield and Covaxin, Dr Arora said.
"Studies show that breakthrough infection with one dose is around 4 per cent, and around 5 per cent with two doses, basically hardly any difference," Dr Arora added.

A massive fire broke out at Delhi's AIIMS on Wednesday night. No injury has been reported in the fire that broke out on the ninth floor of the hospital's Convergen

A massive fire broke out at Delhi's AIIMS on Wednesday night.&nbsp;No injury has been reported in the fire that broke out on the ninth floor of the hospital's Convergence Block, officials said.
According to the fire department, a call about the fire was received at around 10.30 pm after which 22 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The blaze was brought under control by midnight.
The site of the fire does not house patients. It primarily houses various diagnostic laboratories and examination sections. The floor was vacated in time, the officials said.

In his first press conference since a split within the LJP, the party's Lok Sabha MP from Jamui, Chirag Paswan said that the faction led by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Pa

In his first press conference since a split within the LJP, the party's Lok Sabha MP from Jamui, Chirag Paswan said that the faction led by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras was behind the crisis. Chirag added that he would continue to fight to keep the party together.
Chirag also alleged that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (Untied) worked to engineer the split in the Lok Janshakti Party.
He was also asked if "Hanuman" would seek the help of "Ram". The question was a reference to a remark he made during the Bihar polls last year, where Paswan referred to himself as the "Hanuman" to PM Narendra Modi, whom he called "Ram".
In response to the question, Chirag Paswan said, "If Hanuman has to seek help from Ram, then what good is Hanuman and what good is Ram?"
Earlier this week, 5 LJP MPs wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla asking him to appoint Pashupati Kumar Paras as the LJP's parliamentary party leader in the place of Chirag Paswan. Paras and Chirag Paswan are among the LJP's six MPs in Parliament.
Chirag, who still held the post of party president until Tuesday, chaired a meeting where it was decided to expel the five rebel MPs from the LJP. In response, the five rebel MPs removed him from the post of party president.

A new study claims that DRDO's anti-Covid drug 2-DG is effective against all Covid-19 variants.As per the study, 2-DG reduces the multiplication of SARS-CoV-2 and allev

A new study claims that DRDO's anti-Covid drug 2-DG is effective against all Covid-19 variants.As per the study, 2-DG reduces the multiplication of SARS-CoV-2 and alleviates the cells from infection-induced cytopathic effect (CPE) and cell death. The study suggests that the drug can be used in the treatment regimen.
Based on these preliminary in-vitro findings, the molecule is now being moved for clinical trials in Covid patients. The study, published on June 15, has not yet been peer-reviewed.
The drug, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Dr Reddy&rsquo;s Laboratories, received approval for emergency use in moderate to severe cases of Covid-19 in May.
Clinical trials of 2-DG found that it enables faster recovery of hospitalised Covid-19 patients and reduces their supplemental oxygen dependence. Dr. Reddy&rsquo;s Laboratories has launched 2-DG in the form of sachets. The first batch of the oral drug was released on May 17.
Two weeks ago, DRDO issued directions on the usage of its 2-DG drug on Covid-19 patients, stating that caution should be exercised while prescribing this medicine to people who have comorbidities such as uncontrolled diabetes, severe cardiac problem and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

The Indian Medical Association has issued a report which says that 730 doctors have died during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The maximum number of deaths

The Indian Medical Association has issued a report which says that 730 doctors have died during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The maximum number of deaths were recorded in&nbsp;Bihar&nbsp;with 115 doctors succumbing to the deadly virus, followed by 109 in Delhi and 79 in Uttar&nbsp;Pradesh.&nbsp;
Andhra&nbsp;Pradesh&nbsp;reported 38 deaths, Telangana&nbsp;37, Odisha&nbsp;31 and Kerala&nbsp;24. in Maharashtra, 23 doctors died due to Covid-19 in the second wave.&nbsp;

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for focus on 'repair and prepare' as the nation emerges out of a devastating pandemic. Addressing the VivaTech Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for focus on 'repair and prepare' as the nation emerges out of a devastating pandemic.
Addressing the VivaTech Summit PM Modi said the focus should be on the twin foundations of 'repair and prepare' referring to the need to expand&nbsp;healthcare infrastructure as well as prop up the economy.
He said India as a &lsquo;is adaptable and agile, even in the middle of the pandemic&rsquo; as he invited the world to invest in India based on the five pillars of talent, market, capital, eco-system and culture of openness

Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan on Wednesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, contesting his Birla's decision to name Pashupati Kumar Paras as the leader o

Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan on Wednesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, contesting his decision to name Pashupati Kumar Paras as the leader of the party in the House. In his letter, the ousted leader said the decision of replacing him with his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras as the leader of the LJP in Lok Sabha was "contrary" to the provisions of his party.
Chirag urged the Speaker to issue a circular saying that the former still holds the position of leader of LJP in the lower house.
Citing his party&rsquo;s constitution, Chirag said that the National President can only be removed if he/she dies or resigns.
Chirag further mentioned in the letter his decision to suspend the five MPs who joined hands against him.

The Serum Institute of India hopes to launch Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine Covovax in India by September if it receives the required regulatory nod by the Centre.

The Serum Institute of India hopes to launch Novavax&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.editorji.com/covid-19">Covid-19</a> vaccine &lsquo;Covovax&rsquo; in India by September &nbsp;if it receives the required regulatory nod by the Centre,&nbsp;CEO Adar Poonawalla&nbsp;told CNBC-TV18.&nbsp;
Poonwalla&nbsp;said that the trials for the vaccines are in the advanced stage and are likely to conclude before November. The vaccine manufacturer can apply for licence before the trial concludes based on the global data available for the vaccine.&nbsp;
They are also planning to start a trial of Covovax&nbsp;for children in July.&nbsp;SII&nbsp;entered into an&nbsp;agreement to manufacture Novavax's&nbsp;vaccine named Covovax&nbsp;in September last year.&nbsp;
Novavax in a statement on June 14 stated that it's vaccine candidate showed 100% against moderate and severe Covid-19 infection and 90.4 percent efficacy overall.
Also Read | <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/calf-serum-in-covaxin-govt-and-bharat-biotech-clarify-1623843301997" target="_blank">Calf serum in Covaxin? Govt and Bharat Biotech clarify</a>

The government of India and drug maker Bharat Biotech on Wednesday issued clarifications on reports claiming that serum from newborn calves was being used in the compan

The government of India and drug maker Bharat Biotech on Wednesday issued clarifications on reports claiming that serum from newborn calves was being used in the company's Covid vaccine Covaxin.
The government said that facts had been 'twisted and misrepresented' revealing that newborn calf serum was only used for preparation and growth of Vero cells for Covaxin. IT added that it is a standard practice being used by several other vaccines for Polio, Rabies, and Influenza for decades.
Bharat Biotech also clarified that newborn calf serum is used in manufacturing of viral vaccines. It's used for cells' growth, but neither used in growth of SARS CoV2 virus nor in final formulation. Covaxin is highly purified to contain only inactivated virus components by removing other impurities, the company said in a statement.

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