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On the availability of vaccines, Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan told CM Amarinder Singh at a review meeting that the situation is critical, with only three days of stocks left

The decision on a liberalised and accelerated Phase 3 strategy of COVID-19 vaccination was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Singh, 88, has been admitted to the AIIMS trauma centre here, which is a dedicated COVID facility, sources said, adding his condition is stable.

Social distancing went for a toss as people queued up to get their stock for the week.

The boat with its crew has been escorted to the nearest port, Kochi, for further investigation, the spokesman said.

The order did not specify for how many days the night curfew will be in force.

Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra governments had earlier approached the Railway Ministry to explore whether liquid medical oxygen tankers could be moved by the rail network.

Despite the Covid-19 related lockdown last year, the number of patents filing was 184 (Indian 119, International 65), a shade less than the 190 filings (Indian 128, International 62) made the previous year.

Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 68,631. It is followed by Uttar Pradesh with 30,566 while Delhi reported 25,462 new cases.

Noting that the decision to impose lockdown was not an easy one, Kejriwal appealed to migrants in the city not to leave Delhi.

The PMGKP was announced on March last year, and was extended thrice till April 24, the ministry said.

This is the first time that the self-sustainable oxygen generation technology for fighter pilots would be used in makeshift hospitals in Uttar Pradesh.

According to the guidelines, the bazaars, malls, shopping complexes, cinema halls and all religious places shall remain closed.

Maharashtra, which is the worst-hit state in terms of the number of cases and deaths, on Sunday reported the highest number of 68,631 fresh infections.

India's total tally of COVID-19 cases crossed the 1.50-crore mark with a record single-day rise of 2,73,810.

Registering a steady increase for the 40th day in a row, the active cases have increased to 19,29,329 comprising 12.81 per cent of the total infections.

The tax officers would also be provided analysis reports on identifying e-way bill EWB with no movement of goods as it would help officials identifying cases of circular trading

Visit to beaches, zoos, parks, monuments, museums and all tourist destinations like Nilgiris, Yercaud and Kodaikanal is barred on all days

Central govt-constituted Empowered Group-II has reviewed the supply of oxygen for industrial use in order to divert the same to meet the rising demand for medical oxygen

He also said that this is the time to invoke the compulsory licensing provisions in the law, so that a number of companies are able to produce the vaccines under a licence

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took the decision after meeting officials of the crisis management group

According to Alon Gal, CTO of security firm Hudson Rock, a threat actor has claimed to have hacked Domino's India database worth 13TB

Barman, a veteran Congress leader, was a two-time chief minister of the state

The incident occurred at the Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) here on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday