# Coronavirus transmission     Aerosols can be carried in the air for upto 10m and improving the ventilation of indoor spaces will reduce transmission. The principal scientific advisor to the government of India has released this advisory on stopping the spread of covid 19. Using exhaust systems, ventilating spaces with improved directional […]

    # Covid-19 vaccination rules     Vaccination should be deffered by three months after recovery in individuals having lab test proven covid-19 illness. Covid-19 patients who have been treated with plasma therapy should also defer vaccination by three months. These recommendations have been made by health ministry based on the evolving situation and […]

    # Cyclone Tauktae     Cyclone Tauktae that entered Maharashtra early on tuesday, whipping upwinds close to 180 KMPH. The wind speed reduced in intensity and lay about 35 KM west of Ahmedabad late in the evening-according to Indian meterological department. Rain is expected to continue in Gujarat and Rajasthan for the next […]

    # Cyclone Tauktae     High speed winds, heavy rain and high tidal waves swept the coastal belt of Kerela, Karnataka and Goa due to cyclone Tauktae. According to the IMD, Tauktae has intensified into a ” very severe cyclonic storm”. It will further intensify during the next 24 hours and reach the […]

    # Tauktae cyclones     Cyclonic storm Taukate in the Arabian sea is expected to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm by sunday. Cyclones windspeeds expected to touch 160 Kmph by monday. Heavy rains accompanying the storm claimed two lives in Ernakulam and Kozhikode districts of Kerela and forced more than 2000 […]

    # Sputnik v     India on friday began using Sputnik v in its battle against Covid-19. The first dose of the vaccine from Russisa administerd in Hyderabad. The vaccine is being sold at a maximum retail price of 995 rupees per dose. Local production of Sputnik v vaccine in Hyderabad will start […]

    # Vaccine availability     NITI aayog member VK Paul said Sputnik v vaccine will be available in India from early next week. VK Paul also said that India is proactively engaging with foreign vaccine manufacturers like Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson and johnson for vaccines. VK Paul also said that overall 216 crore […]

    # Opposition letter to PM     In a joint letter to PM Modi, 12 opposition parties have urged the government to immediately begin a free, universal mass vaccination campaign across the country. The signatories to the letter include CM Mamta Banarjee, MK stalin, uddhav thackeray and Hemant soren, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, […]

    # Covid-19 positivity rate     The national covid-19 positivity rate stood at 21%. 310 of the 734 districts had reported positivity rate greater than or equal to the national average. Health ministry said the country now had the RTPCR testing capacity of about 16 lakh a day and rapid antigen test (RAT) […]

    # Vaccination production     The centre informed the supreme court that the production capacity of covid-19 vaccines had been “gradually ramped up” in light of the immunisation drive. The SII had ramped up production from five crore doses a month to 6.5 crore doses. A further increase was expected in july 2021. […]