Linking passport with vaccination certificate mandatory for people travelling abroad
New Delhi/IBNS: People going abroad for education, jobs or as part of Toyko Olympics contingent will have to link their passports to CoWIN vaccination certificates and they can also get the second dose of vaccine after 28 days, the Centre said on Monday while issuing new vaccination guidelines.
Hyatt Regency Hotel in Mumbai shuts down due to lack of funds
Mumbai/IBNS: The Hyatt Regency, one of Mumbai's top 5-star hotels, will shut operations "until further notice" due to constrained finances as the hotel authorities said they have no money to pay salaries, said media reports.
Centre defends its liberalised vaccine policy after media reports suggest inequities in distribution
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Saturday defended the liberalised vaccine policy, under which 50 per cent of the doses are supplied by it and the remaining are made available to the state governments and private sector directly, saying the media reports suggesting inequities in distribution of doses were "inaccurate and speculative in nature".
Malta-based company offers to supply 60 million doses of Sputnik V to Haryana
New Delhi/IBNS: The Haryana government said it has received an "expression of Interest" from Pharma Regulatory Services Ltd, headquartered in Malta, to directly supply up to 60 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine developed by Russia at Rs 1,120 per dose.
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No mixing of vaccines, or single dose of Covishield yet: Centre
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Tuesday rejected claims that it could allow mixing of vaccines and reduce the Covishield vaccine schedule to a single shot, after unofficial sources informed media about the key pointers of such a plan, eliciting resistance from the medical community.
Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital doctors protest against Ramdev
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital's Resident Doctor Association (RDA) on Tuesday protested against the alleged derogatory comments made by Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on the allopathic medicine.
Centrally protected monuments to remain closed till June15
New Delhi/IBNS: The centrally protected monuments, which had been closed in May for public visits due to the rise in daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), will remain shut till June 15, or until further orders, the Union ministry of culture announced in a notification
Only 6 states now have over 1 lakh cases
New Delhi/IBNS: The coronavirus cases across the country are on the decline, Centre has pointed out, citing official figures pertaining to active cases.
Telangana govt extends statewide complete lockdown till June 9
Hyderabad/UNI: Amid the second wave of covid-19, the Telangana state Cabinet in its lengthy meeting on Sunday evening decided to extend the statewide complete lockdown for another 10-days from May 31 to June 9 and daily relaxation has been extended from 6 am to 1 pm.
Maharashtra to extend lockdown restrictions till June 15
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday night said that the covid restrictions has been increased till June 15 in the state.
SII to supply 90 to 100 million Covishield doses in June: Report
Pune/IBNS: The Serum Institute of India (SII) has said it will be able to manufacture and supply 90 to 100 million doses of Covishield in June, media reports said.
UP govt eases Covid curbs in districts less than 600 cases
Lucknow/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh government Sunday announced to ease restrictions from June 1 in districts that have reported less than 600 active Covid cases in the past few days.
Shocking video shows Covid patient's body being thrown by relatives in river in UP
Balrampur/IBNS: A video of a body being thrown in a river in Uttar Pradesh has surfaced reminding the administration that the grim situation is still not over as the practice of dumping bodies of coronavirus patients in rivers or leaving them in shallow graves near river banks is still continuing even as the infections as well as deaths across the country have dropped to considerable levels.