As India set a record by administering 2.5 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines in a day on PM Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17, he said, “I always stayed away from birthdays, but it was an emotional day yesterday.” “With the efforts of all of you (healthcare workers), it became a very special day for me,” he further said.

India produced the largest amount of social media misinformation on Covid-19 due to its internet reach and users’ lack of internet literacy, a new study has said. India (15.94 per cent), the US (9.74 per cent), Brazil (8.57 per cent) and Spain (8.03 per cent) are the four most misinformation-affected countries, PTI said quoting the study.

Telangana government has released ₹10 crore for the Reddy hostel building which is being constructed in Budwel, on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The state government has allotted 15 acres to Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy Educational Society in Budwel for the construction of hostel building for the Reddy community. Reddy Jana Sangha Advisor Dasaratha Reddy thanked CM K Chandrashekar Rao.

Pointing out that intelligence sources say CM KCR’s popularity has plummeted drastically, former minister and BJP leader Eatala Rajender alleged that the people of Telangana no longer trust the TRS chief. Speaking to the media here on Thursday, Rajender lambasted KCR for cancelling the Praja Darbar programme, which was launched by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers to address and resolve the grievances of people. He also blasted the TRS supremo for not appointing an SC CM, as the latter had promised previously.

A BJP worker has constructed a temple for PM Narendra Modi in Pune’s Aundh area. As per the worker, the temple is a tribute to PM Modi for building Ram Temple at Ayodhya and abrogating Article 370, among other things. Built at a cost of ₹1.6 lakh, the temple has PM’s bust and a poem displayed next to the structure.

Nara Lokesh on Wednesday said a website, itdpblog.com, has been launched to protect the party’s cadres. “The itdpblog.com website has been designed for the protection of party activists. This is another step in the direction of standing by the TDP family,” said Lokesh. He advised the opposition party activists to make use of the WhatsApp phone number listed on the website to alert in the event of any trouble from the police or YSRCP supporters.

Shaharyar Ali, a professor at SRK College in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad, has been arrested for allegedly making vulgar remarks against Union Minister Smriti Irani on Facebook in March. Ali had surrendered before Additional Sessions Judge Anurag Kumar and moved an interim bail application on Tuesday. The judge, however, denied the bail plea.

Amid the Pegasus controversy, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed the government wants to turn India into a surveillance state and added, “This isn’t a democracy but a detective-ocracy.” “The phones have become recorders to them,” she said. As she urged Opposition parties to come together against BJP, the Trinamool Congress chief said, “2024 isn’t far.”

PM Narendra Modi on Friday warned the citizens that coronavirus is “still among us” and the possibility of it mutating is also there. “We have to further enhance the preparedness of the country to meet the challenges ahead,” he asserted. PM Modi has launched six crash course programmes to train around 1 lakh frontline workers to help fight COVID-19 pandemic.

India will need to spend an additional ₹80,000 crore ($11 billion) to provide free vaccines and food to crores of people impacted by the second COVID-19 wave, Bloomberg reported citing sources. The government will earmark ₹70,000 crore to provide food to over 80 crore people till Diwali and will need an additional ₹10,000 crore to provide free vaccines, sources said.

The Telangana government has cancelled a Hyderabad hospital’s license for treating COVID-19 patients and issued show-cause notices to three other http://theshoalspharmacy.com hospitals for overcharging patients. This comes after Telangana High Court directed the state government to look into overcharging done by hospitals. The state has also issued a WhatsApp number- 9154170960 for people to notify about such incidents.

Reiterating the importance of full protection through two COVID-19 vaccine doses, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan appealed to all citizens to get the second dose which boosts the immunity against COVID-19 manifold. He further said 53,25,000 doses will be supplied to the states soon. He added that 180 districts haven’t seen a single COVID-19 case in the last seven days.

As the Trinamool Congress won the West Bengal Assembly elections, Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Monday said “arrogance, might, money power and using Jai Shri Ram for politics” lost the polls in the state. Sibal also hailed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is all set to continue her third term in West Bengal.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has tested Covid positive, a top official said on Monday. According to Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, the Chief Minister has mild symptoms. “He has been advised isolation and is staying at his farmhouse. A team of doctors is monitoring his health,” the Chief Secretary said.

With elections over on April 6, it is an anxious wait for Assam politicians till May 2. The anxiety is compounded by different astrologers making predictions about the political future based on the positions of stars. BJP state president Ranjeet Kumar Dass who contested from Pathacharkuchi seat declared that he will make his outcome of polls public on April 28.