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India seizes 200 kg of heroin from Iranian vessel bound for Sri Lanka

COLOMBO (News 1st) – An Iranian fishing vessel with around 200 kg of heroin worth over ₹ 1,200 crore has been seized in a joint operation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian Navy, the NCB said on Friday (7).Sanjay Kumar Singh, Deputy Director General (operations) of the NCB, who met reporters, said the agency has arrested six Iran nationals and the boat, along with the heroin, was brought to Mattancherry wharf."The NCB has now seized the vessel and 200 kg of heroin. The six Iranian crew members have also been arrested under relevant sections of the NDPS Act, 1985," Singh said, adding that interrogation was on.He said the drug was found in 200 packets each of which has markings and packing specialties unique to Afghanistan- and Pakistan-based drug cartels."While some of the drug packets had 'Scorpion' seal markings, the others had 'dragon' seal markings.

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Covid jab Covovax to be available on CoWIN soon; to cost ₹225 per dose

₹225 per dose plus applicable GST. The move comes after a letter was written by Prakash Kumar Singh, Director, Serum Institute of India (SII) to the Union health ministry on March 27, the sources said. As per an official source, Singh had reportedly stated in his letter to the ministry that Covovax, which has been approved by DCGI, WHO, and USFDA, is a world-class vaccine.

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India seizes 200 kg of heroin from Iranian vessel; drugs were to be transferred to a Sri Lankan boat

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SII slashes prices for Covovax Covid vaccine. Check new rates

₹900 to ₹225, excluding taxes, Serum Institute of India (SII) on Tuesday informed. This comes a day after the Covid shot was included on the CoWIN portal for inoculation of children aged 12-17 years at private vaccination centres. Last week, the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) cleared the vaccine for this age.

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SII seeks emergency use approval for Covovax Covid vaccine for 12-17 age group

Covid-19 vaccine Covovax for the 12 to 17 year age group, reported PTI, quoting sources, on Monday.

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Covid-19: Serum Institute allowed to export 5cr doses of Covovax jabs to Indonesia

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SII gets nod to send Covid vaccines to Nepal, Bangaldesh, Myanmar, bulk to AstraZeneca; Bharat Biotech to Iran

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Jharkhand launches Vaccine Express to speed up Covid vaccination campaign

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren with an aim to vaccinate around 12,000 people per day.

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Serum Institute writes to Union Health Minister proposing reforms in drug regulatory system

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Covid-19 vaccine: Private hospitals say no clarity on procurement, seek proper guidelines

NEW DELHI : Several private hospitals across the country said they have no clarity on procuring Covid-19 vaccines under the new policy announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that it has led to the vaccination being put on hold at their centres.The hospitals have sought a proper mechanism and a single-window system to be put in place for procurement of vaccine doses.

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Serum Institute distances itself from executive's remarks on Covid vaccination drive

New Delhi: The Serum Institute has disassociated itself from its executive director's statement that the government began the Covid-19 vaccination of multiple age groups without taking into consideration the available stock, stating that this is "not the view of the company".In a letter to the Union Health Ministry on May 22, Prakash Kumar Singh, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), clarified that the statement by its executive director Suresh Jadav at a recent event is not the view of the company, sources said."On behalf of our CEO Adar C Poonawalla, I want to inform you that this statement is not issued on behalf of SIIPL (Serum Institute of India Private Limited) and the Company

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The Latest: 100s of bodies found buried on India riverbanks

Police are reaching out to villagers in northern India to investigate the recovery of bodies buried in shallow sand graves or washing up on the Ganges River banks. There’s been speculation on social media that they are the remains of COVID-19 victims.

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SII and Bharat Biotech to ramp up production of COVID-19 vaccine by August

PTI reported. PTI sources revealed the Union Health Ministry and the office of Drugs Controller General of India had sought from both the firms their production plan for June, July, August and September.

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No deaths seen in those who contracted coronavirus after vaccination: RML director

vaccine, Director and Medical Superintendent, RML Hospital Dr Rana Anil Kumar Singh on Wednesday said after inoculation no death has been reported and severity of Covid is also reduced.Dr Singh also urged people to take the vaccine at the earliest and asked others to follow Covid appropriate behaviour.Also Read | Inside Mumbai’s new extortion economy"If you look at the statistics, those who got vaccinated then scant minority do contract the virus and get infected. One thing is clear that there is not a single case of those who got vaccinated and contracted the disease died.

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Serum Institute seeks govt's intervention over import of COVID vaccine raw material from US

New Delhi: Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, has sought the central government's intervention so as to enable the firm import essential raw materials from the US for uninterrupted manufacturing and supply of COVID-19 vaccines.In a letter to Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Pune-based SII, Prakash Kumar Singh said the US government has invoked the Defence Production Act because of which the firm is facing difficulties in importing necessary products like cell culture medias, raw material, single-use tubing assemblies and some specialty chemicals from the US.He said in the letter that Covishield

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Bihar COVID death toll reaches 574, cases rise to 1.15 lakh

PATNA : The COVID-19 death toll in Bihar rose to 574 with six fatalities in the past 24 hours, while 2,451 fresh infections took the states coronavirus count to 1,15,209, a health department official said on Thursday.Altogether 3,585 patients also recovered from the disease since Wednesday, Health department Secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said.He said that 88,163 people have been cured of COVID-19 till date and the states recovery rate now is 76.52 per cent which is better than the national average of 73 per cent.The number of active cases in Bihar is 26,472.The state has tested 1,07,945 samples in the past 24 hours, while 21.16 lakh tests have been conducted so far, Sigh said.Of the 2,451 new cases, Patna accounted for the highest at 367

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Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine India trial: Serum Institute asked to modify protocol

Covid-19 vaccine in India. The Subject Expert Committee evaluated the submitted protocol by SII and asked the Pune-based firm to revise its protocol for the phase 2 and 3 clinical trials, besides seeking some additional information.On Wednesday evening, SII submitted a revised protocol for conducting the trials to the DCGI.

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AIIMS-Bathinda to start COVID-19 testing

CHANDIGARH : COVID-19 testing will begin at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bathinda with an initial capacity of 180 tests a day, and in a months time, will be increased to 500 a day, according to a Punjab government release issued on Tuesday.Within a month, a 30-bed Level-II COVID care facility will also become functional at the hospital, it said.Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the hospital's COVID care preparedness, the release said.The meeting was attended by AIIMS-Bathinda's Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Dinesh Kumar Singh and other officials, it said.Describing AIIMS-Bathinda as a highly prestigious institute of Punjab, Amarinder Singh said the health

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Bihar Cabinet nod to 'special family pension' for dependents of govt staff who die of covid-19

PATNA : The Bihar Cabinet on Saturday agreed to give "special family pension" to the dependents of state government staff who die of covid-19 while on duty, according to an official release.The dependent of a government employee, who die of covid-19 while on duty, will be given the benefit of compassionate ground, for getting a job, besides other existing benefits, Cabinet Secretariat Department's Special Secretary Mithilesh Kumar Singh said in the release.If the dependent doesn't want to avail the benefit of compassionate ground, then the family will be given full salary of the staff, who died due to covid-19, as "special family pension" till the date retirement, he said.This decision will be effective from April 1, 2020 to March 31,

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Small firms need to reinvent themselves: official

NEW DELHI : Small firms will need to reinvent themselves and some of them may need to change their line of business to tap new opportunities while the government is backing them in their efforts to survive, said a government official.According to Devendra Kumar Singh, additional secretary in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) ministry and MSME development commissioner, small firms will have to diversify and match the present day demand for goods and services for staying in business, for which many have shown the potential.“MSMEs have that capability. A few months ago, nobody knew about personal protection gear.

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Four National People's Party ministers resign from BJP-led govt in Manipur

Imphal: Four National People's Party (NPP) ministers including Deputy Chief Minister Y JoyKumar Singh resigned from the BJP-led government in Manipur on Wednesday.The other three who tendered their resignation letters are Tribal and Hills Area Development Minister N Kayishii, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Letpao Haokip and Health and Family Welfare Minister L Jayanta Kumar Singh.Joykumar Singh also held the finance portfolio.In separate letters addressed to Chief Minister N Biren Singh, Joykumar, Haokip and Kayishii stated, "I am to intimate that I tender my resignation from Cabinet ministership of the BJP-led coalition government of Manipur led by your good self."Meanwhile, speaking to reporters, Joykumar Singh said, "We have submitted

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Covid-19: Maharashtra plans to allow film and TV industry resume business

MUMBAI : Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, on Wednesday, said that the state, which is the home to Bollywood film industry, is open to work on a plan to allow resumption of the entertainment industry if it agrees for a limited number of filming or post-production processes and strictly follow physical distancing rules within a restricted environment.

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Rajnath Singh urges armed forces to ensure judicious utilisation of resources

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday urged the armed forces to ensure judicious utilisation of financial resources in the face of stymied economic activity due to the countrywide lockdown to arrest the progress of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a government statement said.

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83 new cases in Jaipur take Rajasthan's Covid-19 tally past 1,000-mark

Meanwhile, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has directed the officials to make arrangements on war footing to check the spread of the dreaded virus

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Air Deccan ceases operations, all employees put on sabbatical without pay

NEW DELHI : With revenues in the aviation sector having drastically reduced amid the 21-day lockdown imposed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, Air Deccan announced on Sunday that it is ceasing its operations until further notice and all employees are being put on sabbatical without pay with immediate effect.

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Over 200 Iran evacuees reach Army facility in Rajasthan's Jodhpur

Preliminary screening of the passengers was conducted at the airport and thereafter, they were shifted to the Army Wellness Facility set up at the Jodhpur Military Station

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0