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He also gave directions to the police to strictly implement the quarantine protocol and the contact tracing of the patients to contain the spread of the virus.

A militant was killed in an encounter in Shopian, while two ultras - including LeT commander Naseer-u-din Lone, who was involved in the killing of six CRPF personnel earlier this year - were killed in a gunfight in Kupwara.

A report by a globally renowned research institute on the impact of 'Happiness Curriculum' in Delhi schools has noted that these classes have shown improvement.

Avigan has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate Covid-19 cases.

Many Congress leaders feel the party is missing the mark by focusing all its energy on the alleged BJP-Facebook nexus, instead of cornering the Modi government on unemployment and economy.

The Chairperson of the Board, Zufar Farooqui, had informed that the Trust would have 15 members, of which nine names were declared and the remaining six would be co-opted by these nine members.

The vehicles were procured on lease for five years from Energy Efficiency Services Limited, a company promoted by PSUs which has been working on energy efficiency across verticals.

The conductor of the bus said that a group of four men first asked the driver to get off and later, forced him inside another vehicle.

Minister Banna Gupta had a few symptoms of Covid-19 but still attended the meeting, which is likely to force the entire cabinet, including Chief Minister Hemant Soren, to go into quarantine.

According to the officials, the CBI had got to know that after Sharma's transfer to Chennai, he had been allegedly collecting his pending bribes for favours granted during his ICD tenure.

DK Shivakumar said even though Congress leaders have no role in the violence, the BJP is trying to politicise the issue by linking their names to the incident.

A major focus of the conclave will be to review the Indian Navy's operational readiness as well as issues relating to India's security interests in the Indo-Pacific, a region where China has been rapidly expanding its military presence, they said.

Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in spite of a sustained level of 7-8 lakh coronavirus tests a day, the positivity rate has come down from 10.03% to 7.72%.

Pakistan's drug regulator greenlit the country's first Phase 3 clinical trial for a potential COVID19 vaccine, which is being developed by China's CanSino Biologics (CanSino) and Beijing Institute of Biotechnology.

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