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After taking charge of office, PM Narendra Modi's first decision was to approve a major change in the ‘PM’s Scholarship Scheme’ under the National Defence Fund. Before

PM's first decision 'dedicated to those who protect India'

After taking charge of office, PM Narendra Modi's first decision was to approve a major change in the ‘PM’s Scholarship Scheme’ under the National Defence Fund. Before chairing his 1st Cabinet meet, the PM tweeted that the 1st decision of his govt is dedicated to those who protect the country. The scheme, introduced to encourage higher education for dependent wards of Ex Servicemen, has been extended to the wards of State Police officials who are/were martyred during terror/naxal attacks. 

The US is looking at joint production of Johnson and Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine in India and also ways to help manufacturers like the Serum Institute of India (SII) to

The US is looking at joint production of Johnson and Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine in India and also ways to help manufacturers like the Serum Institute of India (SII) to boost production, US&rsquo; Charge D'Affaires&nbsp;Daniel Smith said on Tuesday.
Smith said the US stockpile of AstraZeneca vaccines can&rsquo;t be shared with other countries till the jabs are certified as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because of problems associated with the plant that manufactured them.
Smith further added the US was concerned over the current Covid-19 situation in India and reiterated that the Biden administration was standing with New Delhi to help deal with the crisis.

India logs its deadliest day since the start of the Covid pandemic. The country reported 4,205 deaths due to Covid in the last 24 hours, according to the data rele

India logs its deadliest day since the start of the Covid pandemic. The country reported 4,205 deaths due to Covid in the&nbsp;last 24 hours, according to the data released by the health ministry on Wednesday morning. This is the highest number of deaths India has seen in a day. Total deaths due to virus have crossed 2.54 lakh. The country also reported over 3.48 lakh new coronavirus cases in the same period taking the total caseload to over 2.33 crore. The active case load in the country stands at over 37 lakh. India is battling a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that has raised global concerns.

State governments across India will altogether get only 20 million Covid vaccine doses this month to inoculate their 18-44 age group population. This is part of a form

State governments across India will altogether get only 20 million Covid vaccine doses this month to inoculate their 18-44 age group population.
This is part of a formula shared by the Union government with the Supreme Court, the Hindustan Times has reported. Roughly 85 million vaccines doses are expected to be produced this month.
The Centre has said that it has fixed quotas even for doses that states need to directly procure from vaccine makers. The Union government has said that these 20 million doses will be sent to states based on how many people they have in the 18-44 age group in order to ensure doses are distributed in an equitable manner.
Several states have complained that their allocation is inadequate.

Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin was on Tuesday recommended by an expert panel for phase II/III clinical trial on those aged between two to 18 years, PTI has r

Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin was on Tuesday recommended by an expert panel for phase II/III clinical trial on those aged between two to 18 years, PTI has reported quoting official sources.
The trial will take place in 525 subjects at various sites, including AIIMS, Delhi, AIIMS, Patna and Meditrina Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur.
The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on Covid-19 of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) on Tuesday deliberated upon Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's application seeking permission to conduct trials to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of Covaxin jabs in children aged 2 to 18 years.
Covaxin, indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is being used in adults in India's ongoing Covid-19 vaccination drive.

A 30-year-old Indian woman in Israel has been killed in a rocket attack by Palestinian militants from Gaza, PTI has reported quoting officials. Soumya Santosh, who hai

A 30-year-old Indian woman in Israel has been killed in a rocket attack by Palestinian militants from Gaza, PTI has reported quoting officials.
Soumya Santosh, who hailed from Kerala&rsquo;s Idukki district, worked as a caregiver attending to an old woman at a house in the southern Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon.
The Indian woman was said to be living in Israel for the last seven years. She has a nine-year-old son whom she had left with her husband in Kerala.
Ashkelon, which borders the Gaza Strip, has come under a massive fire from the Palestinian militants.
Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes at Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in the coastal strip.
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The World Health Organization on Wednesday said that a variant of Covid-19 that is behind India's devastating second wave has been found in dozens of countries all...

The World Health Organization on Wednesday said that a variant of <a href="https://www.editorji.com/covid-19" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> that is behind India's devastating second wave has been found in dozens of countries all over the world.
The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in October, had been detected in more than 4,500 samples uploaded to an open-access database "from 44 countries in all six WHO regions".
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Earlier this week, the <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/coronavirus-strain-in-india-a-variant-of-concern-at-global-level-who-1620669620290" target="_blank">WHO declared B.1.617</a> as a "variant of concern". It was therefore added to the list containing three other variants of Covid-19 -- those first detected in Britain, Brazil and South Africa.
The world body explained on Wednesday that B.1.617 was added to the list because it appears to be transmitting more easily than the original virus.
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A number of states are taking the global tender route to procure Covid-19 vaccines as domestic supply remains sluggish. Delhi, UP, Maharashtra, Odisha and a bunch of s

A number of states are taking the global tender route to procure Covid-19 vaccines as domestic supply remains sluggish.
Delhi, UP, Maharashtra, Odisha and a bunch of southern states, including Karnataka, Andhra and Telangana, have chosen the direct import option to give fillip to their vaccination drives.
The Centre says it's so far provided over 18 crore doses to states and Union Territories for free. They will receive 7,29,610 additional doses in the next three days, PTI hasd reported.
Uttar Pradesh has already started the process to procure 4 crore doses of Sputnik V, Moderna and Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccines.
Karnataka govt has said that it will procure two crore doses to vaccinate those in the age group of 18-44 years.
Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Tuesday alleged that the BJP govt at the Centre was "forcing" the state governments to invite global tenders for vaccines.

Drugmaker Bharat Biotech on Tuesday said it will continue the steady supply of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, adding the jab has been directly supplied to 18 states sinc

Drugmaker Bharat Biotech on Tuesday said it will continue the steady supply of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, adding the jab has been directly supplied to 18 states since May 1.
The company is supplying its vaccine to Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.
On April 29, Bharat Biotech had announced a cut in the price of Covaxin for states to ₹ 400 per dose from the earlier ₹ 600. This followed widespread criticism of its pricing policy as it sold Covaxin to the central government at ₹ 150 per dose.

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit younger people harder. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) chief, Dr Balram Bhargava, on Tuesday said that yo

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit younger people harder. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) chief, Dr Balram Bhargava, on Tuesday said that young people might have begun going out and also because of some variants of SARS-COV-2 prevalent in the country.
In response to a question on whether the younger population were getting more affected, Dr Bhargava said the comparison of data during the first and the second wave of Covid-19 has shown that there is not much age difference. People above the age of 40 are more vulnerable to adverse outcomes.
"We have found that younger people are getting slightly more involved because suddenly they have gone out and there are variants also prevalent in the nation which may be affecting them as well," he said.

The police said that at least 10 Maoists have reportedly died, likely due to Covid-19 or food poisoning, in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. The police said even some

The police said that at least 10 Maoists have reportedly died, likely due to Covid-19 or food poisoning, in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. The police said even some senior rebel leaders are suffering from the viral infection.
"According to local villagers, naxals burnt the bodies of at least ten colleagues in the forest along the border of Bijapur and Sukma districts on Monday night," Dantewada SP Abhishek Pallava told PTI.
"We suspect the deaths were caused by Covid-19 or food poisoning. But we are trying to get more details," he said.
Senior leaders of the central regional company (CRC) of Maoists were also reported to be suffering from Covid-19 and trying to bring medicines and vaccine doses to the interior of Sukma, Bijapur and Dantewada districts, he said.

The Centre on Tuesday asked states to ensure strict vigilance and check future incidences of people dumping bodies in the Ganges and its tributaries. In a letter to Di

The Centre on Tuesday asked states to ensure strict vigilance and check future incidences of people dumping bodies in the Ganges and its tributaries.
In a letter to District Ganga Committees which are chaired by district magistrates or collectors, the National Mission for Clean Ganga&nbsp;also asked the authorities to dispose unidentified bodies of suspected Covid-19 victims in accordance with safety protocols.
It has also asked them to submit an Action Taken Report in the next 14 days. 71 bodies of suspected Covid-19 victims have so far washed up on the bank of Ganga&nbsp;in Bihar's&nbsp;Buxar&nbsp;district.

Suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze, arrested by the NIA in the case of an explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house and the murd

Suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze, arrested by the NIA in the case of an explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's house and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, was on Tuesday dismissed from police service, an official said.
The order terminating Waze's service was issued by Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale, said a spokesperson of the city police.
A 1990-batch officer of the Maharashtra cadre, Waze, also known as an "encounter cop", was suspended after his arrest by the National Investigation Agency on March 13.

Congress has set up a 13-member task force on Covid and one of the party's top dissenting voices, Ghulam Nabi Azad, has been appointed as its Chairman. The inclusion o

Congress has set up a 13-member task force on Covid and one of the party's top dissenting voices, Ghulam Nabi Azad, has been appointed as its Chairman.
The inclusion of Azad comes as a surprise as he raised the issue of elections in the party and demanded more visible leadership.
The task force will oversee relief operations run by the party as control rooms have been set at the central and state level, along with efforts by Youth Congress workers.

The World Health Organization representative to India on Tuesday said that the vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against the coronavirus v

The World Health Organization representative to India on Tuesday said that the vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against the coronavirus variant first identified in India. Dr Roderico H Ofrin&rsquo;s statement comes after the UN health agency classified it as a variant of global concern. His statement on vaccine efficacy against the Indian variant of concern was based on what the WHO knows so far as per the discussions with experts globally.

310 out of 734 or about 42% districts in India are reporting a positivity rate more than the national average, the Indian Council of Medical Research said on Tuesday. T

310 out of 734 or about 42% districts in India are reporting a positivity rate more than the national average, the Indian Council of Medical Research said on Tuesday. The national positivity&nbsp;rate is&nbsp;21%, according to ICMR.
Thirteen states have more than 1 lakh active COVID-19 cases each and 26 states have a positivity rate of over 15%, the government said.
Underlining that despite infection among laboratory staff, the test performance is still being maintained, Dr Bhargav&nbsp;said that&nbsp;India is conducting 18-20 lakh tests every day and added that rapid antigen tests will be allowed at all govt and private testing facilities, no accredition will be required.&nbsp;

Another senior doctor at AMU's medical college died from coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the number of deaths from among serving and retired faculty members of the unive

Another senior doctor at AMU's medical college died from coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the number of deaths from among serving and retired faculty members of the university to at least 35.
Prof Shoaib Zaheer&nbsp;is the second senior faculty member from the Department of Medicine who has died from the infection.
Last week, the head of the department, Prof Shadaab Khan, too had succumbed to it.&nbsp;
AMU Vice-Chancellor Tariq Mansoor&nbsp;has shot off a letter to the Indian Council of Medical Research, urging it to study if a particular coronavirus variant is circulating around the campus.
The medical college had also sent some samples for genome sequencing to the Institute of Genomic and Integrated Biology Laboratory in New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not travel to the UK to attend a summit of the G7 grouping in person in view of the prevailing coronavirus situation.The G7 summit is

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not travel to the UK to attend a summit of the G7 grouping in person in view of the prevailing coronavirus situation. The G7 summit is scheduled to take place in Cornwall in the UK next month.
While appreciating the invitation to the Prime Minister by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday that given the prevailing Covid situation, it has been decided that the Prime Minister will not attend the G7 Summit in person. The G7 comprises the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.

The Bihar government on Tuesday said altogether 71 bodies have been fished out from the Ganges in Buxar district. The bodies were found floating in the river, triggeri

The Bihar government on Tuesday said altogether 71 bodies have been fished out from the Ganges in Buxar district.
The bodies were found floating in the river, triggering suspicion that the abandoned corpses could be those of Covid-19 patients.
Doctors have confirmed through post-mortem that the deaths had taken place "four-five days" ago.
Bihar Water Resources Minister Sanjay Kumar, who is a key aide of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Tuesday asserted that the bodies had flown downstream from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. He said the chief minister was pained at both the tragedy as well as the "harm" to river Ganga.

On today's episode of Ask The Doctor, Dr. Shruti Tandan Pardasani, Critical Care Specialist, Jaslok Hospital Mumbai, explains how people can conserve oxygen better, esp

On today's episode of Ask The Doctor, Dr. Shruti Tandan Pardasani, Critical Care Specialist, Jaslok Hospital Mumbai, explains how people can conserve oxygen better, especially in rural areas, where they don't have access to oxygen cylinders or hospitals. She says, proning or the 6-min walk test are easy ways to maintain oxygen saturation levels.
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Does India have enough data on vaccine efficacy correlated to our epidemiology? During the second wave, many people who received both doses of Covid vaccine tested posi

Does India have enough data on vaccine efficacy correlated to our epidemiology? During the second wave, many people who received both doses of Covid vaccine tested positive after. Is 45+ really the vulnerable population when it comes to Covid or did we get our vaccination strategy wrong? 
Answering these crucial questions, on today's episode of Ask The Doctor, Vikram Chandra talks to Dr. Gagandeep Kang, Virologist, Professor, CMC Vellore &amp; Former Chair, ICMR Panel on Covid Drugs; Dr. Rama Srivastava, President IMA, Lucknow; &amp; Dr. Shruti Tandan Pardasani, Critical Care Specialist, Jaslok Hospital Mumbai.

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