Breaking News, Latest Updates May 13 | HIGHLIGHTS

Assam reports 5,468 new Covid-19 cases, 4,219 recoveries and 75 deaths.

Nepal's Opposition fails to garner a majority, KP Sharma Oli re-appointed as the Prime Minister.

18 elephants found dead in Assam’s Nagaon. As per the information provided by Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya said, "The preliminary investigation found that 18 jumbos were killed due to electrocution caused by lightning. The exact reason will be known only after post- mortem. I will visit the spot tomorrow."

West Bengal reports 20,839 new COVID-19 cases, 19,181 discharges and 129 deaths. 

Tamil Nadu reports 30,621 new COVID-19 cases, 19,287 recoveries and 297 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Maharashtra reports 42,582 new COVID-19 cases, 54,535 recoveries and 850 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Three more special flights, containing 100 portable oxygen concentrators, 10 ventilators, 100 negative pressure carriers & 10,000 antigen detection kits (for 250,000 tests) are arriving in Delhi, on 13th, 14th, and 16th May, from South Korea.

Uttarakhand reports 7127 new COVID-19 cases, 5748 recoveries and 122 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Uttar Pradesh reports 17,775 new COVID-19 cases, 19,425 recoveries and 281 deaths today.

Mumbai reports 1946 new COVID-19 cases, 68 deaths and 2037 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

As per the information provided by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, "In Kerala, all districts are showing are rising trend since April 15. There is an increase in daily new deaths. Karnataka is showing a rising trend in daily new cases since March 2021, Bengaluru is the worst affected."

PM Narendra Modi to hold two meetings with DMs of districts with high caseload. The meeting will be held on May 18th and 20th, with DMs of 46 districts across 9 states and 54 districts across 10 states respectively. CMs will also be present in these meetings: Govt of India Sources.

As per the information provided by Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog said, "Dept of Biotechnology, other depts concerned, MEA have been in touch with Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson from beginning. They were officially asked if they'd like to send doses to or manufacture in India, we will find partners and assist."

As per the information provided by Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, "Nearly 18 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in India. In the US, the number stands around 26 crores. So, India stand in the third position."

As per the information provided by Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry said, "17.72 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered till now."

As per the information provided by Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministr said, "187 districts have shown a continued decline in cases since last 2 weeks."

Tamil Nadu: Actor Rajinikanth took his second dose of COVID-19 vaccination today in Chennai.

Delhi reports 10,489 new COVID-19 cases, 15,189 recoveries and 308 deaths in the last 24 hours.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Thursday postponed the civil services preliminary examination, scheduled to be held in June, to October 10 in view of the alarming COVID situation.

The gap between the two Covishield doses should be increased to 12 to 16 weeks from the existing 6-8 weeks, , says government panel National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 (NEGVAC), headed by Niti Aayog member (health) VK Paul has suggested.

olice seized arms and ammunition including a country-made rifle and pistol during raids in Jharkhand''s Chaibasa district. The raids were conducted at Tirilposhi area under Manoharpur block on Wednesday after a tip-off that arms and ammunition were kept for likely attack on security forces. During the raids, the police recovered a country-made rifle, a pistol, detonator, wireless set, camera flash and wires among other things.

Delhiites woke up to a cloudy sky accompanied by a drizzle on Thursday as the minimum temperature settled at 21.3 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

The weatherman has forecast thunderstorms with rain during the day. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 36 degrees Celsius.

The relative humidity recorded at 8.30 am was 71 per cent.

The minimum and maximum temperatures recorded on Wednesday were 23.5 degrees Celsius and 36.8 degrees Celsius respectively. 

Two people, including a minor, were killed and another person was injured when their two-wheeler was hit by a truck in the Manjhanpur area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place near Devra village on Wednesday when the two-wheeler on which Chhotu (15), Abhishek (20) and Ramesh were travelling was hit by the truck, they added.

While Chhotu and Abhishek were killed on the spot, Ramesh was admitted to a hospital, where his condition was stated to be stable.
The truck overturned after hitting the two-wheeler and was seized by the police. The driver of the truck is absconding.