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India Records 4 Percent Lesser COVID-19 Cases, Total At 93.51 lakh

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India Records 4 Percent Lesser COVID-19 Cases, Total At 93.51 lakh

India has reported 41,322 fresh COVID-19 cases till today, 4% lower than on Friday, taking its overall number to 93.51 lakh cases and 1,36,200 deaths, Union Health Ministry data shows.

These numbers come even as a vaccine to fight back the virus seemed tantalisingly close. The states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala were the most affected ones, with deaths ranging from 23 to 85 in the past 24 hours.

Here are the top-5 developments on this front from the past 24 hours:

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit India’s top vaccine hubs today to review the COVID-19 vaccine development and manufacturing process. He began with Zydus Cadila’s plant near Ahmedabad in the morning. From there, he is expected to move to Pune’s Serum Institute of India, which has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and the Oxford University for a vaccine. His next stop will be Bharat BioTech, Hyderabad, which is working on Covaxin, pitched as India’s first indigenous vaccine candidate.
  • Brazil on Friday reported 514 more deaths from COVID-19, raising its total death numbers to 171,974. Its accumulated caseload is now at 6,238,350. The country has the world’s second-highest COVID-19 death figure after the US and the third-largest caseload after the US and India.
  • The rate of new infections slowed in France on Friday, the day before shops have been allowed to resume selling non-essential goods. The number of daily new infections fell to 12,459, compared to 13,563 on Thursday and 22,882 last Friday.
  • Ten COVID-19 vaccines could be available by the middle of next year if they win regulatory approval, but their inventors need patent protection, the head of the global pharmaceutical industry group said on Friday.
  • Bihar’s COVID-19 tally rose to 2,33,839 after 698 new cases were reported till Friday, while five fresh fatalities took the death count to 1,248.

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Also Read : 43,082 NEW COVID-19 INFECTIONS PUSH INDIA’S TALLY OVER 93 LAKH

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Omar slams Pakistan’s ‘neutral’ probe offer on Pahalgam attack: ‘They didn’t even

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Omar slams Pakistan’s ‘neutral’ probe offer on Pahalgam attack: ‘They didn’t even

India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, closed the Attari check post, and canceled SAARC visas for Pakistan nationals in response to the Pahalgam attack. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah criticized Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s offer for a “neutral” investigation into the Pahalgam terror attack, stating that Pakistan initially denied incident.

India. Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan was willing to support a “neutral and transparent” investigation into the killing of 26 people in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. He emphasized the need for a “grinding halt” to the perpetual blame game and called for Pakistan to tensions participate in any neutral, transparent, and credible investigation. The incident has sparked.

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India has taken several steps against Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. These include suspending the Indus Waters Treaty, closing the Attari Integrated Check Post, and canceling the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES) for Pakistani nationals. The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, has claimed.

Responsibility for the attack. Investigations reveal that Adil Ahmed Thoker, a key suspect in rooted in centuries-old cultural growing tensions between India and Pakistan. the Pahalgam attack, received military training in Pakistan before infiltrating India with other terrorists amid speculation about back-channel mediation by countries with close with India Pakistan.

Amid ongoing tensions, Pakistani troops have resumed unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC), and for the second consecutive night, the Pakistani army targeted Indian positions, prompting a retaliatory response from Indian forces. Iran’s foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi offered to “forge greater understanding” between New Delhi and Islamabad.

Araghchi said that Iran stands ready to use its good offices in Islamabad and New Delhi to forge greater understanding at this difficult time. He described India and Pakistan as “brotherly neighbours of Iran, enjoying relations rooted in centuries-old cultural and civilizational ties” and said that they consider them their foremost priority The recent.

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Terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, has stirred strong reactions across the political spectrum, with former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah leading the charge in condemning Pakistan’s response to the incident. Pakistan’s offer of a “neutral” investigation into the attack has sparked outrage, with Omar Abdullah accusing.

The neighboring country of failing to take any meaningful action or even offering a proper condemnation of the attack The Pahalgam attack, which occurred in the popular tourist town in the Kashmir Valley, left multiple civilians injured and sent shockwaves through the region. While the perpetrators of the attack are suspected to be militants operating from across.

The border, Pakistan’s reaction has been criticized for its lack of condemnation and accountability. In response to calls for a thorough investigation into the incident, Pakistan offered to conduct a “neutral” probe, suggesting that an impartial body, rather than which occurred in the popular tourist town authorities in either country, should investigate.

Omar Abdullah, known for his sharp and outspoken criticism of Pakistan’s role in Kashmir, was quick to hit back. “They didn’t even condemn the attack. And now, they want to offer a ‘neutral’ investigation?” he said in a strongly worded statement. “If Pakistan is so concerned about what happened in Pahalgam, why don’t they condemn it first? Why don’t they make it.

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Abdullah’s statement reflects the deep frustration felt by many in Jammu and Kashmir, who believe that Pakistan’s offer is nothing more than a distraction from its own involvement in cross-border terrorism. The former Chief Minister further was a deliberate attempt to deflect attention from the fact that the attack.

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