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India registers 45,951 new Covid cases, deaths below 1,000 for third consecutive day

The active Covid cases further declined to 5,37,064 comprising 1.77 % of the total infections, while the national recovery rate has improved to 96.92%.

How Indore transgenders are helping govt tackle vaccine hesitancy, one door at a time

It all began in May, when Sandhya Gharvi, an Indore-based transgender activist, began noticing that not many members of the community had been vaccinated yet.

Covaxin effectively neutralises both Delta & Alpha variants of Covid, US NIH studies find

Interim results from the phase 3 trial indicate that Covaxin has 78% efficacy against symptomatic disease & 100% efficacy against severe Covid, including hospitalisation, NIH said.

How well did states handle 2nd wave? Survey puts TN, Andhra on top, Bengal, Bihar, Delhi last

LocalCircles survey of 17 of the biggest states in India asked residents to rate, from 'very effective' to 'ineffective', how their state govts had handled the second Covid wave.

mRNA vaccines could cause heart inflammation in rare cases, studies in JAMA suggest

According to the two studies, there is a link between mRNA-based vaccines and the heart condition myocarditis. But experts caution that the link between the two does not establish causality.

Process of relaxing Covid restrictions should be ‘carefully calibrated’, govt tells states

The health ministry also said the states should focus on 5-fold strategy for effective Covid management i.e. test-track-treat-vaccination & adherence to Covid-appropriate behaviour.

Cipla gets DCGI nod to import Moderna’s Covid vaccine for restricted emergency use in India

Permission for restricted emergency use potentially opens up a clear possibility of this vaccine being imported to India in the near future, said NITI Aayog Member Dr V K Paul.

Around 49% population aged 60 & above received first dose of Covid vaccine, says govt

According to the govt, out of estimated 59.7 crore people in the age group of 18-44 years, about 15% have also been vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine.

Physical punishment doesn’t improve children’s behaviour, makes it worse, study in Lancet says

The researchers said physical punishment was not associated with any positive outcomes for children and increased the risk of children experiencing severe violence or neglect.

CM Bhupesh Baghel writes to PM Modi, seeks 1 crore Covid vaccines for Chhattisgarh for July

In the letter to PM Modi, CM Baghel further added that despite repeated demand, sufficient stock of vaccines is not being provided to the state.

On Camera

Tirupati scandal isn’t political or communal. It’s about temple economics

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?