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Now online booking on CoWIN for 2nd vax dose not before 12 weeks
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Now online booking on CoWIN for 2nd vax dose not before 12 weeks

New Delhi, May 16: Requisite changes have now been made on the CoWIN digital portal, making online or on-site appointments for Covishield vaccine not possible if the period after first dose for a beneficiary is less than 84 days, it was announced on Sunday.The Union Health Ministry said: "CoWIN...
Centre asks States to keep ration shops open on all days, for longer duration
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Centre asks States to keep ration shops open on all days, for longer duration

New Delhi, May 16: The Centre on Sunday asked the state governments to keep ration shops, also called fair price shops, open for a longer duration and on all days to ensure timely and safe distribution of both subsidised and free food grains to the poor. An advisory in this regard has been...
Lockdown extended till May 24 in Delhi: Kejriwal
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Lockdown extended till May 24 in Delhi: Kejriwal

New Delhi, May 16: The Delhi government has extended lockdown period for one more week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday."We have been witnessing good recovery following the lockdown. Coronavirus cases have been on a decline. We don't want to lose the gain that we have made in the...
3 BJP legislators taken into custody for flouting lockdown norms, released later
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3 BJP legislators taken into custody for flouting lockdown norms, released later

Siliguri, May 16: Three BJP MLAs were on Sunday taken into custody here on the charge of violating lockdown regulations, a police officer said. The legislators - Shankar Ghosh, Anandamoy Burman and Sikha Chattopadhyay - were protesting against alleged lack of measures on the part of the state...
Congress MP Rajeev Satav dies after recovering from COVID-19
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Congress MP Rajeev Satav dies after recovering from COVID-19

Pune, May 16: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra, Rajeev Satav, passed away in a hospital here after a 23-day long battle with Covid-19, party officials said here on Sunday.He was 46, and belonged to the core team of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Satav had developed...
MP: Tigress found dead in Panna reserve; 4th death in 10 days
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MP: Tigress found dead in Panna reserve; 4th death in 10 days

Bhopal, May 16: A radio-collared tigress was found dead in Madhya Pradesh's Panna Tiger Reserve, a senior forest official said on Sunday.This is the fourth tiger death reported from the state in 10 days. The carcass of the tigress, identified as P-213 (32), was found on Saturday in Gahrighat range...
India records 3.11 lakh new Covid cases, 4,077 deaths
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India records 3.11 lakh new Covid cases, 4,077 deaths

New Delhi, May 16: Witnessing a decline in the last 24 hours, India on Sunday reported 3,11,170 new Covid-19 cases, and 4,077 fatalities, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.In the past 24 days, India's daily Covid tally has plateaued over the three-lakh-mark and over 3,000...
Cyclone Tauktae: Mumbai civic body moves 580 COVID-19 patients
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Cyclone Tauktae: Mumbai civic body moves 580 COVID-19 patients

Mumbai, May 16: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation shifted 580 patients from Covid care centres in the city as a precautionary measure after India Meteorological Department warned that Cyclone Tauktae is likely to pass close to the city, a BMC official said on Sunday.The BMC on Saturday night...
No denial of Covid-related services if person does not have Aadhaar: UIDAI
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No denial of Covid-related services if person does not have Aadhaar: UIDAI

New Delhi, May 15: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the agency that administers Aadhaar, said in a statement Saturday that no one during the Covid-19 pandemic should be denied vaccines, medicines, hospitalization or treatment for want of Aadhaar. The statement came in...
Mamata Banerjees brother dies of Covid
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Mamata Banerjee's brother dies of Covid

Kolkata, May 15: On a day when the state announced a nearly-lockdown condition to fight the spike in covid cases in the state for the next 15 days, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost her younger brother who was battling for life in a private hospital for the last one month.Ashim Banerjee, the Chief...
IAF prepares for Cyclone Tauktae
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IAF prepares for Cyclone Tauktae

New Delhi, May 15: The IAF has kept 16 transport aircraft and 18 helicopters on op readiness in peninsular India in preparation for the Cyclone Tauktae which is expected to cause very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall along the western coast of India in the next few days.One IL-76 aircraft has...
Man hacks daughter, her lover to death: Police
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Man hacks daughter, her lover to death: Police

Kanpur, May 15: In a shocking incident, a man hacked his teenaged daughter and her minor lover to death in a village near here, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred in a village under the Ghatampur police circle of the district late Friday night, Circle Officer Pawan Gautam said. The...
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