Prime Minister Narendra Modi said 75 per cent of total vaccines in the country will be procured by the Centre directly and distributed free of cost to states. He also said that states will no longer be involved in the procurement of vaccines. The Prime Minister also reiterated that private sector will continue to have access of 25 percent of total vaccines manufactured in the country. His address comes on a day India reported 1,00,636 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 61 days. The Centre's decision came after more and more states had been asking the Centre to step in after having drawn a blank in global tenders to purchase vaccines. On May 1, the Centre had expanded vaccine coverage to the 18-44 age group, opened the market, introduced differential pricing and public-private split in supplies.
The sharp drop in cases in the city was preceded by a lockdown, which was partially eased last week wherein construction and factories were allowed to restart.
The Bombay High Court also directed the GMCH to start testing the 37 unboxed life-saving ventilators in phases.
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The fire incident happened at the SVS Aqua Technologies, a company that produces chlorine dioxide tablet for water purification
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On checking and testing the sample content, the GPCB officials found 60,000 litres of rejected hydrochloric acid in the two vehicles which were being disposed of without ETP process as prescribed by the GPCB.
Subhan Ali, a resident of Balrampur, went missing after his vehicle fell in Drass river last June
Tanuja Kathula rushed to Chetpet junction after her daughter was stopped by police for driving without masks and e-registration pass, and claimed that she is an advocate and could make the cops pay for their actions.
The two women passengers from Uganda and Zambia concealed heroin in their checked-in baggage.
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For years, Apple has used WWDC to show what’s coming next to iOS and other software platforms that power the company’s most popular products, including the iPhone and Mac.
The Republican inadvertently ended up revealing his PIN number and the password to his Gmail account, which was taped under his laptop screen.
The institute has launched the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (CAIDS) and two MTech programmes will be offered from the academic session 2021-22.


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