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On Friday, Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister, Sadananda Gowda said that the allocation of the antiviral drug to the states and union territories has been made up to May 16.

Fewer vaccine centres and rural reach have also added to the states' vaccine woes.

As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), if the oxygen saturation level is 94 per cent or less, then the patient needs to be given a treatment quickly. A saturation level of lower than 90 per cent is considered as a clinical emergency.

Former Union minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Ajit Singh passed away at a Gurgaon hospital on Thursday morning battling COVID19, his family said. He was 82.

CCMB Director, Rakesh Mishra said that the N440K variant will be soon replaced by the existing coronavirus strains and there is no evidence to ascertain that the N440K strain is deadly or more infectious than other variants.

On Tuesday morning, 'Oxygen Express' trains from Hapa in Gujarat and Durgapur in West Bengal delivered 85 tonnes and 120 tonnes of LMO to the national capital.

Even as PM Modi stressed during in a meeting with CMs that the vaccination programme “should not slow down in this situation”, the opposite seems to have happened.

Both the leaders discussed the extradition of fugitive Indian businessmen Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi, where PM Modi sought early extradition of the economic offenders.

The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) conducted a probe and has recommended the duty on fibreboards exported to India from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam at subsidised prices.

The assembly polls in Jangipur and Samserganj and for Odisha's Pipli seat were adjourned due to death of contesting candidates.

India is expected to receive around 30 crore vaccine doses by July.

The apex court said it would pronounce its order "expeditiously" on the EC's plea against critical remarks such as fastening murder charges against its officials.

Satyendra Jain was also infected with the virus last June and he recovered.

The RJD president's release from jail was delayed due to restrictions imposed by the Jharkhand Bar Council in view of the coronavirus surge.

The bench issued the direction to the Centre after the Delhi government said that it was the central government that allocated two vendors for installing the eight PSA plants in the city.

Applications will begin from June 10 and will close on July 10, 5 pm. MTET 2021 will be held on August 28, as per the official notice.