Vax Exporter India Now Seeks Imports As Covid Cases Mount
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And the Election than 1.38 crore Covid cases is the second-highest globally, blockage by the vessel held up an estimated $9.6 billion-worth $250 billion, people familiar with the dealings have said. Commission has grown into a strong, viable institution.” behind the United States and ahead of Brazil's. of cargo between Asia and Europe each day it was stuck. Vax exporter India now seeks Covid forces CBSE to defer Class XII exams imports as Covid cases mount PNS n NEW DELHI Class 10 board exams have been PNS n NEW DELHI cancelled and Class 12 exams have been deferred because of a nation- India on Tuesday said it will fast- wide Covid surge that had led to track emergency approvals for demands by parents, students, COVID-19 vaccines authorised politicians and various states for a India's National by Western countries and Japan, government rethink. The big paving the way for possible announcement affecting over 35 Education Policy is imports of Pfizer, Johnson & lakh students followed Prime futuristic: Modi Johnson, and Moderna shots. Minister Narendra Modi's meeting The move, which will exempt this afternoon with the Education companies from carrying out Minister and top officers. local safety trials for their vaccines, The CBSE (Central Board of would be given the chance to take follows the world’s biggest surge in Secondary Education) exams for the exams whenever they can be 5 cases in the country this month. Class 12, which were to be held held. Since April 2, India has report- from May 4 to June 14, have been For schools under the ICSE ed the highest daily tallies of infec- postponed, said Education (Indian Certificate of Secondary tions. It reported 161,736 cases on Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Education) board, a decision is yet Tuesday, taking the total to 13.7 Nishank in tweets. A decision will to be announced. million, while deaths rose by 879 be taken on fresh dates on June 1, Around 21.5 lakh students were to 171,058. he said, adding that students will to take the Class 10 exams and On Tuesday, India’s richest state have at least 15 days' notice before some 14 lakh students are regis- Maharashtra, which accounts for the exams. tered for Class 12, according to the about a quarter of the country’s Lakhs take holy dip AP reports 18 On the Class 10 exams that were CBSE. cases, said it would impose strin- cancelled, the minister said the PM Modi reportedly said in the gent restrictions from Wednesday Covid deaths, results would be prepared "on the meeting that while academics are to try to contain the spread. in Ganga at Haridwar basis of an objective criterion to be important, "the health and well- India has the biggest global vac- most since Oct developed by the Board" and stu- being of students has to be the top cine manufacturing capacity and PNS n DEHRADUN(UTTARKHAND) akhadas were through with the PNS n VIJAYAWADA dents not satisfied with their marks priority for the government". had exported tens of millions of snan' by this time. The officer said doses before its own demand Throwing caution to the wind the event was going on without Andhra Pradesh reported 18 skyrocketed and led to a shortage amid rising cases of coronavirus, any hindrance. Covid-19 fatalities on in some states. thousands of seers congregated He said the crowds at the Wednesday, the highest in a day Democracy sans Dozens of poor countries have on Wednesday at Har ki Pairi in Ganga ghats were much smaller after October 27 even as 4,157 decency is the hall- relied on Indian exports to run Haridwar to take a dip in the than expected at the third shahi fresh cases of the infection were mark of campaign for their inoculation drives. Ganga during the third shahi snan - considered the most registered in the state. The health ministry said vaccines snan of the Kumbh mela. important in the series - and A health department bul- Tirupati by-poll authorised by the World Health The royal bath' marked Mesh attributed this to the Covid letin said 1,606 coronavirus Organization or authorities in the Sankranti and Baisakhi, and fell restrictions in place. patients had recovered in the United States, Europe, Britain and two days after a similar conver- Police personnel were seen state in 24 hours ending 9 am Japan could be granted emergency gence of sadhus' and other devo- distributing masks among people on Wednesday, while the num- 2 use approval in India. tees for the second shahi snan -- in the Mela area. ber of active cases increased to “If any of these regulators have events where following social However, social distancing a near six-month high of approved a vaccine, the vaccine is distancing norms appears almost norms were violated openly by 28,383. now ready to be brought into the impossible. the seers when they and their fol- After 1. 55 crore tests, at an country for use, manufacture and By noon between eight and 10 lowers descended the steps at Har overall infection positivity rate fill-and-finish,” Vinod Kumar lakh people had take a bath in the ki Pairi to wade into the river. of 6.03 per cent, the cumulative Paul, a senior government health river, Uttarakhand DGP Ashok No masks were worn by a Covid-19 positives shot up to official, told a news conference. Kumar, who was supervising the large proportion of them. 9,37,049. arrangements at Haridwar, said. 2 Sadhus from four of the 13 2 2 Jagan is implementing ideology of Professional Bankrupt TDP behind education no Naidu’s aloofness? Ambedkar in letter and spirit: Sajjala MARTHI SUBRAHMANYAM they point out that the TDP had Infosys board government n VIJAYAWADA been known to even finance polls PNS n VIJAYAWADA society and that it was becoming in Karnataka and West Bengal. approves up to Rs distressing that the later genera- As the momentum builds for the They point out that Naidu used 9,200-crore buyback YSRCP leaders on Wednesday tions had limited themselves to largesse: SC Tirupati by-poll, the goings-on in to send money to the contestants plan marked the 130th birth anniversary only making speeches on human the TDP are leaving even seasoned —more than what was asked for — of 0Dr BR Ambedkar by paying rights. PNS n NEW DELHI political analysts flummoxed. even when the party was in the rich floral tributes to the man who He said for the first time in the The party appears to be a divid- opposition, baffling leaders like Dr drafted India’s Constitution and history of the state that the govern- Access to professional education ed house, with questions being YS Rajasekhar Reddy.