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'*-+*89 n a case of serious concern " #$ Ion the Covid-19 front, the overall daily cases on Thursday surged past 17,000 — the high- '*-+*89 those in 2020. est in eight weeks — with just Researchers, including six States accounting for 88.76 mid cases of new variants those from London School of per cent of the new deaths Aof mutated SARS-CoV-2 Hygiene and Tropical pushing India’s death toll to emerging in India, a new Medicine estimate that the 1,57,435 and cases to modelling study has found novel variant has a 43-90 per 1,11,56,923. that a variant of the virus that cent higher reproduction As many as 89 fatalities causes Covid-19 in the UK in number than pre-existing vari- were recorded in the last 24 November 2020 is more trans- ants of SARS-CoV-2 in hours with Maharashtra missible than pre-existing England. reporting maximum 42, Kerala variants and will lead to a large Reproduction number 15 deaths and Punjab reported resurgence of Covid-19 indicates the average number 12 deaths. cases. of people who will contract a However, 23 States and The study should come as contagious disease from one UTs have not reported any a warning to India where infected person. deaths due to infections in the number of infections with the After emerging in last 24 hours. The rise in new mutant UK, South Africa, and November last year, evidence cases of this magnitude was last Brazil variants of SARS-CoV- began to emerge in December reported in the early week of '*-+*89 “We are not utilising it 2 jumped to 242 on Thursday. that VOC 202012/01 was January, pointed out experts. fully. We are either donating it The new Covid-19 UK strain rapidly outcompeting pre- The rate of active cases has he Delhi High Court to foreign countries or selling is more contagious and spread existing variants in southeast also been rising gradually, Governments, the recent surge Rajasthan, J&K (UT), Odisha, of the population in the city has TThursday asked the Centre it to them and are not vacci- faster, and vaccines could be England, the researchers said. pushing it to 1.55 per cent. As is due to the rise in marriage Uttar Pradesh, Himachal been exposed to the virus and to explain the rationale behind nating our own people. So less effective on these patients, They noted that as of per the Ministry’s data, there ceremonies and State and local Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, developed antibodies against it. keeping strict control over class there has to be that sense of according to a new modelling February 15, the variant com- are 1,73,413 active cases at bodies elections. In mid- Jharkhand, Puducherry, The study was jointly con- of persons who can be vacci- responsibility and urgency,” a study published in the journal prises roughly 95 per cent of present after 14,031 patients February, officials had said the Assam, Lakshadweep, ducted by the Centre for nated against Covid-19 cur- bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi Science. new SARS-CoV-2 infections were discharged in a day. average daily new infections Nagaland, Sikkim, Ladakh Cellular and Molecular Biology rently as under the present sys- and Rekha Palli said. However, the study has its in the UK, and has now been The experts have pointed oscillated between 9,000 and (UT), Tripura, A&N Islands, (CCMB), the ICMR-National tem those above the age of 60 The high court directed the limitation as it was based on a identified in at least 82 coun- out that number of possibilities 12,000 while the deaths were Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Institute of Nutrition (NIN) years or with comorbidities two institutes to file separate relatively smaller number of tries, including India. could be due to the stride between 78 and 120 while on Daman & Diu, Dadar & Nagar and the pharmaceutical com- can receive vaccination. affidavits on their capacity to intervention and vaccination India is taking all steps to ranging from the lax attitude of February 9, India had report- Haveli and Arunachal Pradesh. pany Bharat Biotech. The high court said the two manufacture the vaccines on scenarios. speed up vaccination pace people towards following ed 9,110 new cases, the lowest So far, 1,66,16,048 doses of “The data indicate that the institutes which have developed per day/ week/ month basis and The research noted that and hopes to inoculate around Covid protocols to the like- this year so far. Last year, the vaccine have been adminis- population of Hyderabad the vaccines COVISHIELD also the current optic of the without stringent control mea- 30 crore people by August this ability of “mutations and new lowest 9,633 cases were record- tered in the country since the might be slowly moving and COVAXIN — Serum vaccines and how much sures such as limited closure of year in the second phase. strains” causing the surge, as ed on June 3. drive began on January 16. towards herd immunity, which Institute of India and Bharat unused capacity is lying. educational institutions and a Estimates of its growth has been studied by the labo- The 23 States/UTs which Meanwhile, the latest will be certainly accelerated by Biotech — have more capacity They also have to indicate greatly accelerated vaccine rate, disease severity and ratories involved in the Covid have not reported any Covid- round of seroprevalence survey the ongoing vaccination effort,” to provide the vaccines but it if they can scale up their pro- roll-out, Covid-19 hospitali- impact are crucial for inform- detection across the country. 19 deaths in the last 24 hours conducted in Hyderabad has said Doctor Rakesh Mishra, the seems that their full capacity is duction capacities, it sations and deaths across ing policy responses, accord- According to State are: Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, showed that about 54 per cent CCMB director. not being exploited. said. 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Wneed for enhancing con- 7,200-km-long multi-mode Noting that in the modern ' nectivity for development, transport project for moving age, the correlation between External Affairs Minister S freight among India, Iran, connectivity and economic !" # Jaishankar on Thursday pro- Afghanistan, Armenia, growth has got even more pro- & posed the inclusion of Azerbaijan, Russia, Central nounced, Jaishankar said # ')*+ Chabahar port in the Asia and Europe. growth in trade, commerce, '*-+*89 ,O- International North-South “We also welcome the industrial development and '*-+*89 #$ Transport Corridor (INSTC). interest of Uzbekistan and technological advancement has he Supreme Court on The port is in Iran and Afghanistan to join the multi- gone hand in hand with ease of TThursday said that a few mid concerns among some #$ % India helped in its construc- lateral corridor project. connecting. over-the-top (OTT) platforms AOTT (Over-the-Top) play- &'& tion. The location of the Establishing an eastern corri- Maritime connectivity, in show some kind of porno- ers about the new digital media ('(" +. Chabahar port has the strate- dor through Afghanistan particular, has played a signif- graphic content at times, and rules, Information and !&" gic advantage and potential to would maximise its potential,” icant role in creating regional there should be a mechanism Broadcasting Minister Prakash provide connectivity among he said. corridors for trade and eco- to screen such programmes. als on their platforms,” the Javadekar on Thursday said his . ) / #" India, Iran, Afghanistan, “I am hopeful that during nomic linkages, as indeed for A Bench headed by Justice bench, also comprising Justice Ministry will partner with the Uzbekistan and other the INSTC Coordination cultural and intellectual Ashok Bhushan asked Solicitor RS Reddy, said. industry to make the audience " Commonwealth of region. Council meeting, member exchanges over the centuries, General Tushar Mehta to place Senior advocate Mukul experience better and asserted OL Independent States countries, Highlighting these points states would agree to the he pointed out and added that before it the recent guidelines Rohatgi, appearing for Purohit, the guidelines focus on self- M$ and boost trade. here on “Chabahar Day” at the expansion of the INSTC route they too assume a new promi- of the Government to regulate termed the case against her as classification of content instead Located in the Sistan- Maritime India Summit 2021, to include the Chabahar Port nence in contemporary times, social media platforms on “shocking” saying this woman of any form of censorship. O ' % Balochistan province on the the Minister expressed hope and also agree on expanding for being more competitive Friday, when it would hear the is an employee of Amazon Javadekar, after a meeting '$ *+P energy-rich Iran’s southern that member states involved the membership of this pro- and seamless. plea of Amazon Prime Video’s and she is neither a producer with representatives of OTT -./ 2 coast, the port can be easily with the INSTC will agree on ject,” Jaishankar said. The access of land-locked India head Aparna Purohit nor an actor but still she has platforms such as Netflix, 34 accessed from India’s western expanding membership of this He also said as the world economies to maritime move- challenging the Allahabad been made an accused in Amazon Prime, Hotstar and coast, bypassing Pakistan.