10th May 2021 : Headlines of the Day

  • India becomes the fastest country in the world to administer 17 crore COVID vaccine doses. 
  • Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar says Centre rigorously monitored and took swift measures in response to the COVID surge in the country.
  • Centre provides nearly 18 crore vaccine doses to States and Union Territories free of cost so far.
  • Country registers more than three lakh recoveries daily during the past many days;  Recovery rate further improves to 82.38 per cent.
  • Haryana Government extends lockdown upto 17th of May in the state.
  • In Karnataka and Rajasthan 14 day-lockdown begins.
  • In Mizoram, seven-day-long statewide total lockdown to control the surge of COVID cases begins.
  • In Maharashtra, Nashik district registers significant decline in malnourishment cases amidst COVID pandemic.
  • Himanta Biswa Sarma sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Assam along with 13 ministers.
  • In West Bengal, 43 ministers sworn in at Raj Bhavan in Kolkata .
  • The fate of Olympics hangs in balance as Japan extends a state of COVID-19 emergency in Tokyo.