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This Article is From Mar 03, 2021

Latest News Highlights: 12,286 New Coronavirus Cases In India

Latest News Highlights: The death count due to the viral disease has gone up to 1,57,248 in the country with 91 more fatalities reported in a 24-hour period, the ministry's data showed.

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India News Edited by Nonika Sharma

Updated : March 03, 2021 6:00 am IST

Latest News Highlights: India's COVID-19 tally stands at 1,11,24,527. (File)

New Delhi:

India today reported 12,286 fresh coronavirus cases and the tally has climbed to 1,11,24,527, while the number of recoveries has surged to 1,07,98,921, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.

The death count due to the viral disease has gone up to 1,57,248 in the country with 91 more fatalities reported in a 24-hour period, the ministry's data showed.

Meanwhile, Judges of the Supreme Court will get COVID-19 vaccine shots from today. Those eligible for the vaccine in the drive starting today also includes the families of the judges and retired judges. The Supreme Court registry has arranged a vaccination facility at the court complex.

The judges and their families have an option of getting the jabs at the Supreme Court complex or any hospital listed by the government.

The cost of vaccination will be as per the centre's guidelines, the Supreme Court registry said. Private hospitals can charge up to Rs 250 per shot.

The Health Ministry said the judges will not have an option to choose which vaccine they want to take - Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, or Covishield, developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca and made by the Serum Institute of India.

Here are the Latest News Highlights:

Mar 03, 2021 04:56 (IST)

Texas Governor Lifts Mask Mandate, Opening State "100 Percent"

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday lifted a state mask mandate and said he was authorizing businesses restricted because of the coronavirus pandemic to open "100 percent."

"For nearly half a year, most businesses have been open either 75 percent or 50 percent and during that time, too many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities," Abbott said.

"Too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills," the Republican governor said in a speech to the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce.

"This must end. It is now time to open Texas 100 percent," he said to cheers and applause from his audience.

Mar 03, 2021 02:51 (IST)

Mumbai Reports Two COVID-19 Deaths, Lowest In Last 10 Months

Mumbai reported only two COVID-19 fatalities, the lowest in the last 10 months, on Tuesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

It took the death count due to the pandemic in India's financial capital to 11,476, while the caseload increased to 3,27,619 with849 new infections being reported.

The city had reported over 1,000 cases a day last week.

A BMC official said the number of fatalities on Tuesday was the lowest since April last year. The daily death count has declined since the start of this year, ranging

between three to 11.

On Monday, the city had recorded 855 new cases and four fatalities.

Mar 03, 2021 01:31 (IST)

Delhi High Court Issues Covid Guidelines For Physical Court Hearings

The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued certain guidelines to be followed upon resumption of physical court hearings from March 15, including that visitors and advocates shall maintain social distancing as per government norms.

A circular issued by the administrative branch of the high court said entry of litigants will be regulated as it was during the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period and facilitation counter/ pass counter will also function in the normal manner.

"All the visitors including lawyers shall maintain social distancing as per norms/ protocol issued by the government of India/ Delhi government and or this court," it said.

Mar 02, 2021 23:27 (IST)

Over 10,000 Senior Citizens Get Covid Vaccination In Delhi

Over 10,000 senior citizens in Delhi received their first shots of the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, almost double the number of people above 60 years who got the jab on the inaugural day of the vaccination drive's second phase, officials said.

The Health Department recorded a marginal increase for those under the age bracket of 45-59 as 1,442 people got vaccinated against 1,009 on the previous day.

During the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, which begun across the country from Monday, shots are being administered to the priority group of persons aged 60 years and above and those aged 45-59 with specified co-morbidities.

Mar 02, 2021 21:54 (IST)

Centre Urges States To Ensure Adequate Allocation Of Covid Vaccines To Hospitals

The Centre has urged the states and Union territories to ensure adequate allocation of COVID-19 vaccines to all hospitals, government as well as private, for the entire duration for which vaccination sessions have been planned.

At a meeting held on Tuesday, the Centre reiterated that there is no shortage of the vaccines and hence, adequate vaccine doses should be allocated to the COVID vaccination centres (CVCs). The states and Union territories should not store, reserve, conserve or create a buffer stock of the vaccines, the health ministry said in a statement.

"The central government has adequate stock and will provide the required vaccine doses to the states and UTs," it said.

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Mar 02, 2021 21:19 (IST)

India's Overall Case Positivity Rate Suggests Covid Close To Being Under Control: Health Ministry

India's present overall COVID-19 case positivity rate of 5.11 per cent suggests the pandemic is close to being under control, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Addressing a weekly press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said though certain states, including Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, are seeing a surge in number of COVID-19 active cases, "the fact remains that recovered cases are still more than 97 per cent and India's total active cases are less than 2 per cent (1.51 per cent)".

Mr Bhushan said that central teams have been deputed to Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

"We are monitoring Haryana also," he said.

Mar 02, 2021 21:01 (IST)

Give Free COVID-19 Vaccine To Elderly Lawyers: Madhya Pradesh Bar Council

The Bar Council in Madhya Pradesh has demanded that lawyers above the age of 60 be given the COVID-19 vaccine free of cost.

The demand was made in a letter written to Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said Hitoshi Jai Hardia, co chairman of the Bar Council, in a statement issued on Tuesday.

He said hearings in courts are being held physically now and elderly lawyers need to be protected from the infection, for which they must be vaccinated soon.

Mr Hardia said some one lakh lawyers are registered with the state Bar Council, of which 20,000 of are above the age of 60, and, therefore, vaccination camps must be held at the district and tehsil levels.

Mar 02, 2021 20:34 (IST)

India Delivers "Made In India" COVID-19 Vaccines To Angola

A consignment of Indian-made vaccines has been delivered to Angola on Tuesday under the ''Vaccine Maitri'' initiative, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

"Landed in Luanda. Made in India vaccines delivered to Angola today. #VaccineMaitri," Mr Jaishankar tweeted.

Angola has reported 20,854 COVID-19 cases and 508 deaths so far, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Earlier, Mr Jaishankar had said that India has been "very much" at the forefront of the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and is providing vaccines to the world under ''Vaccine Maitri'' initiatives.

More than 25 nations across the world have already received Made-in-India vaccines and 49 more countries will be supplied in the coming days, ranging from Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean to Africa, South-East Asia and the Pacific Islands, he had said.

Mar 02, 2021 20:10 (IST)

Meghalaya Governor Felicitates NCC Cadets Who Participated In Republic Day Parade In Delhi

Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday felicitated NCC cadets who participated in the Republic Day Parade in the national capital this year, officials said.

Among the 22 NCC cadets who participated in the parade from the northeastern states, four were from Meghalaya, they said.

"All four cadets, two of whom are girls, from the state were felicitated by the governor at Raj Bhavan today," Defence spokeperson Wing Commander Ratnakar Singh said.

NCC NER directorate ADG Maj Gen Ananta Bhuyan also attended the event.

Mar 02, 2021 19:44 (IST)

India's Next Phase Of Covid Likely To Be Localised Outbreaks: Experts

Experts say that the relatively low hospitalisation and fatality rates in India suggest the coronavirus pandemic is approaching its next phase - largely manageable local outbreaks.

Although a handful of states are reporting a spurt in infections, for a country of 1.35 billion people with limited health facilities and where the practice of wearing masks and social distancing is falling off, the positive trend, if it holds, will be a respite.

Mar 02, 2021 19:16 (IST)

Mar 02, 2021 19:03 (IST)

Delhi Records Zero Covid Deaths, 217 New Cases Today

Delhi recorded no new COVID-19 fatality on Tuesday, even as 217 new cases pushed the city's infection tally to 6,39,681, and the positivity rate fell from 0.44 per cent to 0.33 per cent, the health department said.

The new cases came out of 66,624 tests for COVID-19 conducted on Monday, as per data shared by the department.

78 more people have recovered from the disease in the national capital, it showed.

Delhi had recorded 175 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. The death count due to the disease in the city stands at 10,911.

Mar 02, 2021 18:19 (IST)

Uproar In UP Assembly Over Fuel Price Rise, Samajwadi Party Stages Walk Out

The issue of rising fuel prices rocked the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, with Samajwadi Party MLAs staging a walkout over the matter.

Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, Leader of Opposition in the assembly Ram Govind Chaudhary said the prices of LPG cylinders have increased significantly and the people are also getting less subsidy.

He said in 10 months' time, the price of an LPG cylinder in Ballia has increased by over Rs 240.

In an apparent reference to the UP Assembly polls next year, Mr Chaudhary said, "If the government does not wake up now, then there will be a silent revolution in 2022."

"The prices of petrol and diesel are increasing almost everyday. This is impacting the farmers and the common man," he said.

Mar 02, 2021 17:44 (IST)

Congress Forms Screening Committee For West Bengal Assembly Polls

The Congress on Tuesday constituted the party's screening committee for the eight-phased West Bengal Assembly polls starting March 27 with Delhi leader JP Aggarwal as its chairman.

The other members of the committee are Mahesh Joshi and Naseem Khan. The panel also has some ex-officio members, including the state Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president and the AICC in-charge for West Bengal.

"Congress president has constituted the screening committee for the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal with immediate effect, with JP Aggarwal as its chairman," an official statement from the party said.

The ex-officio members include AICC in-charge for West Bengal Jitin Prasad, state PCC chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and CLP leader Abdul Mannan, besides the AICC secretaries in-charge for West Bengal.

Mar 02, 2021 17:28 (IST)

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Gets Covid Vaccine Shot

Union minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad was administered the first dose of coronavirus vaccine in Patna on Tuesday for which he paid Rs 250.

He said all the Union ministers have decided to voluntarily pay the price fixed for the vaccine.

"I also got myself administered the made in India vaccine -- Covaxin -- at AIIMS Patna," Mr Prasad tweeted.

"Though the coronavirus vaccine is free in Bihar, I paid Rs 250 to the hospital as price for the shot," he said.

Mar 02, 2021 16:53 (IST)

Prithviraj Chavan Questions Covid Vaccine Rates At Private Hospitals

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday questioned the central government's decision to charge for COVID-19 vaccine in phase-II that began on March 1.

In phase-II, people over the age of 60 and over the age of 45 with co-morbidity can get inoculated at the designated centres by paying Rs 250.

Mr Chavan said that in phase-I, the union government had procured 1.65 crore doses of vaccine at a cost of Rs 210 per dose.

"According to the budget speech delivered by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on February 1, 2021, Rs 35,000 crore has been earmarked for the vaccination drive. In this amount, at the cost of Rs 210 per dose more than 1.5 billion doses can be procured which can inoculate 75 crore population twice covering almost the entire adult population of India. If budgetary provisions are made then, why charge common people?" Mr Chavan asked.

Mar 02, 2021 16:37 (IST)

Over 1.48 Crore Doses Of Covid Vaccine Administered Till 1 PM Today: Health Ministry

Mar 02, 2021 16:33 (IST)

Mar 02, 2021 16:23 (IST)

Mar 02, 2021 16:19 (IST)

Delhi Police Close Ghazipur Border Hours After Opening It

The Delhi Police on Tuesday afternoon closed the Ghazipur border again, hours after it reopened a portion of NH-9 for traffic movement, officials said.

The stretch was closed since January 26 when violence broke out during the farmers' tractor parade in the national capital on Republic Day.

Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at the Delhi border points -- Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur -- demanding a repeal of the three farm laws enacted by the centre in September last year.

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