Breaking News LIVE: No Vaccination In Mumbai On Aug 19, 20 Due To Shortage Of Jabs, Says BMC
Breaking News LIVE, 18 August, 2021: This blog brings to you the latest breaking news from across India and the world. Refresh the page to find the latest updates.
Due to shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, there will be no vaccination in government and municipal corporation-run centres in Mumbai on August 19 and 20. Vaccination will resume from August 21: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
Some school and university students in capital Kabul on Tuesday demanded the resumption of their educational institutes and asked the Taliban to facilitate, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.
99% of the eligible population has been vaccinated in Rudraprayag. One lakh people will be vaccinated in 100 wards of Dehradun on Aug 22. Our target is to vaccinate Uttarakhand's entire population of within 4 months. We've received 19 lakh doses this month: CM Pushkar Singh Dhami
Kerala on Wednesday reported as many as 21,427 new cases of Coronavirus, 179 deaths and 18,731 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The state has a positivity rate of 15.5%.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has responded to Sanjay Raut's comments on BJP's Jan Aashrivad Yatra. Puri said, "Please tell Sanjay Raut that I've taken note of this but we don't stop taking govt policies to the people. I shouldn't say this but look at the scenes when concerned leaders aren't wearing masks, are in close proximity to each other&are in the well of the House."
4 people have been arrested In J&K in connection with procuring MBBS seats for students from Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan via Hurriyat & terror funding: J&K DGP Dilbagh Singh
Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Wednesday termed "very unfortunate" certain "speculations and reports" in the media about Collegium meeting regarding the appointment of judges' in the Supreme Court.
CJI Ramana, while speaking in the ceremonial function to bid farewell to Justice Navin Sinha who is retiring, said the process of appointment of judges is sacrosanct and has dignity attached to it and the media must understand and recognise its sanctity.
"On this occasion I want to take the liberty to express my concern about certain speculations and reports in the media. You are all aware we need to appoint judges to this court. The process is ongoing. Meetings will be held and decisions will be taken. The process of appointment of judges is sacrosanct and has certain dignity attached to it. My media friends must understand and recognise the sanctity of this process," he said, as quoted by PTI.
BJP workers protest near Pakistan High Commission against vandalisation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Statue. Adesh Gupta, Delhi BJP president said, "The attackers who vandalized the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore should be arrested."
Delhi Court discharges Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case., says ANI
UP Police file FIR against Samajwadi party MP for a statement on Taliban.
"It was complained that MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq compared Taliban to India's freedom fighters. Such statements qualify as sedition. So FIR registered against him u/s 124A (sedition), 153A, 295 IPC. Two others said similar things in an FB video, they've also been booked": Sambhal SP
EAM Dr S Jaishankar & UN Secretary-General António Guterres to sign MoU between India& UN in support of partnership for technology in peacekeeping in presence of Secretaries-General, Representatives of Members of UN Security Council, Military Attaches&Special Invitees
Assam's COVID-19 tally mounted to 5,81,398 on Tuesday as 741 more people tested positive for the infection, while 11 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 5,513, a health bulletin said. Three fresh fatalities were registered in Dibrugarh, and one each in Bongaigaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Sivasagar, and West Karbi Anglong districts. A total of 1,347 coronavirus patients have died due to other ailments so far, it said. Kamrup Metropolitan district, under which Guwahati falls, recorded the highest number of new cases at 153, followed by Barpeta (46), Lakhimpur, and Sonitpur (41 each).
The Assam government's new set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in regard to Covid-19 pandemic will come into effect from Wednesday. The state revised its existing SOPs on Tuesday which was imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). This was done after reviewing the pandemic situation.
“In exercise of the powers, conferred under Section 22(2) (h) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the undersigned, in his capacity as chairperson, state executive committee of the state disaster management authority, Assam, do hereby issues the following directives for both rural and urban areas which will remain in force w.e.f 5am of August 18 until further orders,” an official order stated.
Background
Breaking News LIVE, 18 August, 2021: The Assam government's new set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in regard to Covid-19 pandemic will come into effect from Wednesday. The state revised its existing SOPs on Tuesday which was imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). This was done after reviewing the pandemic situation.
“In exercise of the powers, conferred under Section 22(2) (h) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the undersigned, in his capacity as chairperson, state executive committee of the state disaster management authority, Assam, do hereby issues the following directives for both rural and urban areas which will remain in force w.e.f 5am of August 18 until further orders,” an official order stated.
The Republican governor of Texas, who has been a forceful opponent of mask mandates, has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said Tuesday, one day after attending an indoor public event.
Greg Abbott, who is fully vaccinated, "has been testing daily, and today was the first positive test result," said a statement from his spokesman Mark Miner. "The Governor will isolate in the Governor's Mansion and continue to test daily," the statement said, adding that Abbott is receiving an antibody cocktail treatment.
he Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday projected an export of 62 crore COVID-19 testing kits between July and September. “The ICMR/DHR (Department of Health Research) supports the manufacturers to export surplus quantities of the COVID-19 diagnostic kits after meeting the in-country demands.
The projected export till September 2021 is a cumulative total of 62 crore test kits of RT-PCR, Viral Transport Media (VTM), RNA extraction and rapid antigen tests," the ICMR stated in a tweet.
It further said the production capacity of COVID-19 testing kits has been substantially enhanced, “making India atmanirbhar (self-reliant)". This has resulted in significant reduction in cost and improved availability.
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