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Bharat Biotech positive over acquiring WHO’s emergency use listing for Covaxin: Sources

Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), the company manufacturing the Covid-19 vaccine has expressed confidence to get included in the World Health Organization’s  (WHO) Emergency Use Listing (EUL), considering the other vaccines developed by the company have been approved by WHO, according to news agency ANI. ANI stated quoting the sources, “BBIL is confident about obtaining…

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BBMP launches new helpline and declares Covid-19 last rites to be free of cost

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagere Palike (BBMP) has introduced a 24*7 helpline to provide assistance over conducting the final rites of Covid-19 infected patients. BBMP launched the helpline number 8495998495 for the Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 victims and emphasized that cremation will be carried out without any charges for Covid-19 victims. This comes at the time when private…

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BBMP assigns civil defence teams at crematoria to assess profiteering by ambulances

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has appointed civil teams at the crematoria in Bengaluru as a measure to deal with the profiteering by private ambulance services ferrying bodies. According to the sources in BBMP, as many as 100 civil defence personnel have been appointed throughout the crematoria in the city to provide services against…

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India urges the social media intermediaries to remove the content with the term ‘Indian variant’

India has presented a strong objection over the usage of the term ‘Indian variant’ for the Covid-19 variant B.1.617 on several contents posted on various social media platforms. According to reliable sources, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MIETY) has urged the social media intermediaries with a written letter to take down any such…

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13 Maoists killed amid an operation conducted by C-60 commandos at Gadchiroli in Maharashtra

Thirteen Maoists were assassinated in an operation executed by the exclusive C-60 commandos at Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. The police operation was conducted in the forest area revealed Gadchiroli DIG Sandip Patil. The operation was initiated early morning at 4 am in Paithi jungles based in the Kotmi outpost of the district. According to the reports…

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Karnataka to resume the vaccination drive for the age group 18-44 starting from May 22

Karnataka will commence the vaccination drive for the age group from 18-44 years scheduled from May 22, however the drive in the initial phases will be exclusively for priority groups within the specified age group, according to the statement given by the Health Department. The Karnataka Health Department in a tweet made the announcement, “Vaccination…

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