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This comes after the US pharma company sought fast-track approval for its jab in India.

The death toll due to the disease rose to 3,15,235 with 3,847 fresh fatalities being reported in a span of 24 hours

Indian envoy urges the NRIs to opt for Covishield vaccines since it was one of the approved vaccines in Saudi Arabia

The new rules, announced on February 25, require large social media platforms to follow additional due diligence, including the appointment of chief compliance officer.

The main requirement of the rule is that social media platforms have to appoint a resident grievance officer who is from India as part of a larger grievance redressal mechanism

India has been hit by a number of cyclones since ages; tropical cyclones originate over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur, which is organising the test this year, postponed the entrance test for admissions into IITs on account of the Covid-19 pandemic

India registered 2,95,955 recoveries in a single day as against 2,08,921 new cases.

Mohabbat Singh, who was under treatment for the last five days at Gurugram's Medanta Hospital was on Tuesday given the drug over a 30 minute intravenous supply.

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers D.V Sadananda Gowda announced that the additional 29,250 vials of Amphotericin-B were allocated to all states and the UTs

Standalone shops and commercial establishments dealing with essential items like groceries, vegetables, milk, meat, fish, animal feed, fodder shall remain open from 6 am to 12 noon.

From Friday, the night restrictions on people's movement will be effective from 9 pm to 6 am in 36 cities, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said.

The temple is carved mainly out of sandstone and was built, according to the experts, between 685 and 705 AD.

Apart from the new infections recorded on Tuesday, 27 patients died and 612 were discharged from various treatment facilities, mounting the toll to 2,968

India is proud of its scientists for developing vaccines, Modi said, and also saluted healthcare and frontline workers for risking their lives to save others.

The flights to other regions, however, continue to operate as per schedule, CSMIA said a statement.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal also raised a black flag at his house in Badal village in Muktsar district and urged the Central government

The operation was carried out with a C-130 and two An-32 aircraft. Another C-130 airlifted 62 passengers and 6.8 tonnes of cargo from Lilabari to Kolkata.

The Total Lunar Eclipse occurring on Wednesday will be visible in several countries as the Moon turns into a bloodmoon. The full moon today will be the year's biggest 'supermoon' and feature the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years.

Lakshminarayanan, a law graduate, has been holding the Raj Bhavan constituency since his first win in 2001.

The maximum impact will be in Balasore and Bhadrak district, Odishas Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Jena said.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had asked social media platforms to abide by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules

The three farm laws brought in by the government are -- Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

India's overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 27,11,57,795 with 24,95,591 active cases and 3,11,388 deaths so far.