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  Kerala had reported the highest ever single day spurt in positive cases on Wednesday adding 41,953 infections Thiruvananthapuram : The Kerala government on Thursday announced a complete lockdown in the state from May 8 morning in view of the severe COVID-19 surge in the second wave of the pandemic. The 9-day-lockdown would come into force on May 8 morning and extend up to May 16, according to official sources. Strict lockdown-like restrictions are already in place in the southern state and the Pinarayi Vijayan government decided to clamp the complete shutdown in the wake of severe spike in the positive cases. Kerala had reported the highest ever single day spurt in positive cases on Wednesday adding 41,953 infections.

  பதிவு: மே 07,  2021 12:57  PM   மாற்றம்: மே 07,  2021 13:16  PM தமிழகத்தின் முதலமைச்சராக பொறுப்பேற்ற பின் மு.க.ஸ்டாலின் 5 முக்கிய கோப்புகளில் கையெழுத்திட்டு உள்ளார். சென்னை சட்டசபை தேர்தலில் தி.மு.க. தலைமையிலான கூட்டணி அமோக வெற்றி பெற்றது. தி.மு.க. 125 தொகுதிகளில் வெற்றி பெற்று தனிப்பெரும்பான்மையுடன் ஆட்சி அமைக்கிறது. சட்டமன்ற தி.மு.க. தலைவராக மு.க.ஸ்டாலின் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டதைத் தொடர்ந்து அவர் கவர்னர் பன்வாரிலால் புரோகித்தை சந்தித்து பேசினார்.  தன்னை ஆதரிக்கும் எம்.எல்.ஏ.க்கள் பட்டியலையும் அப்போது கவர்னரிடம் மு.க.ஸ்டாலின் அளித்தார். அத்துடன் ஆட்சி அமைக்க உரிமை கோரினார். அதைத்தொடர்ந்து முதல்-அமைச்சரான மு.க.ஸ்டாலினை அறிவித்ததுடன் பதவி ஏற்க வருமாறு கவர்னர் அழைப்பு விடுத்தார். இதைத்தொடர்ந்து இன்று (வெள்ளிக்கிழமை) சென்னை கிண்டியில் உள்ள கவர்னர் மாளிகையில் புதிய அரசு பதவி ஏற்பு விழா எளிமையான முறையில் நடைபெற்றது. பதவி ஏற்பு விழாவுக்காக  மு.க.ஸ்டாலின் காலை 8.45 மணிக்குத் தனது இல்லத்திலிருந்து அரசாங்கம் வழங்கிய அரசு முத்திரையுடன் கூடிய காரில் ஏறி கவர்ன...

  The new version is identical to the first dose of the two-dose Sputnik V and has yet to complete the advanced testing needed Moscow : Russian authorities gave regulatory approval on Thursday to a single-dose version of the country’s Sputnik V vaccine, arguing that the move could accelerate the process of achieving herd immunity against the coronavirus. Named Sputnik Light, the new version is identical to the first dose of the two-dose Sputnik V and has yet to complete the advanced testing needed to ensure its safety and effectiveness in line with established scientific protocols. Russia started human trials of Sputnik Light in January, and the studies are still ongoing, according to official records. Sputnik Light is the fourth domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine approved in Russia. Commenting on the decision to authorize it for use, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, It’s nice to know that this range of tools (against COVID-19) is expanding. Russian health minister Mikh...

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A number of states and governorates of the Sultanate witnessed heavy rains, falling hail, valleys flowing, rising sea waves on the coastal areas of the Sea of ​​Oman, and active winds that led to the dispersal of unstable objects and caused many damages to the property of citizens. courtesy: Oman News Agency Heavy rain flooded parts of Oman on Thursday, damaging properties and injuring dozens of people, state media reported. Oman Television broadcast video of water-logged roads, damaged shops and partially submerged vehicles in the densely populated regions of Al Dakhliya and Al Batinah. Oman’s meteorology office said more seasonal rains are expected in the next few days. The floodwaters have dampened Eid spirits.

  Sunder Pichai from Google, Punit Renjen from Deloitte and Shantanu Narayen from Adobe have joined the steering committee of the Global Task Force on Pandemic Response. Three Indian-American CEOs Sunder Pichai from Google, Punit Renjen from Deloitte and Shantanu Narayen from Adobe have joined the steering committee of the Global Task Force on Pandemic Response, which is overseeing an unprecedented corporate sector initiative to help India successfully fight COVID-19. The names of the three CEOs were added to the list of the steering committee on May 6. The CEOs have been active in organising U.S. companies’ response to the COVID-19 crisis in India. Others who were added to the list on May 6 are Mark Suzman, CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Joshua Bolten, president and CEO, Business Roundtable; and Suzanne Clark, president and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The task force is a newly formed public-private partnership organised by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and supported b...

  India’s test positivity rate is about 21.5%. That is, approximately one in five persons tested are positive. India  continues to record  the most number of daily COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the world. The country accounts for one in every two infections and one in four deaths recorded worldwide every day. The average cases in India are six times that of Brazil, which records the second most infections globally — over 58,400 cases. India also records 1.5 times more average deaths than Brazil, which records the second most deaths globally — over 2,300 deaths. You can track  coronavirus  cases, deaths and testing rates at the national and State levels  here . A list of  State Helpline numbers  is available as well. oDISHA Odisha records highest single-day spike, cases breach 12,000 mark Odisha on May 7 recorded a steep rise in daily COVID-19 cases with 12,238 persons testing positive for coronavirus – a jump of 16.31% in new cases in...

  The DMK government under Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will have 34 Ministers. Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday appointed DMK president M.K. Stalin as the Chief Minister and invited him to form the government in the State on May 7. The swearing-in ceremony of the Cabinet of Ministers is underway.