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  Same problem will be  arising  from the farmers’ protest... Don’t know if they are protected from COVID-19... You must tells us what is happening,’   CJI Bob-de tells Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.                                         Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde on Thursday voiced the Supreme Court’s apprehension that mass gatherings of protesting farmers will lead to a “problem similar to the Tablighi Jamaat congregatio n” in March last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  “Same problem will arise from the farmers’ protest... Don’t know if they are protected from COVID-19... You must tells us what is happening,” Chief Justice Bob-de, heading a three-judge Bench, address ed Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for the Centre.  “We will find out the status,” Mr. Mehta responded.  The court was hearing a petition filed by a Jammu-based l...

New Delhi:  Across India, lakhs of birds have been found dead in the last 10 days. At least four states - Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Rajasthan- have confirmed bird flu , sounding an alert as the authorities step up efforts to contain the spread. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are also vigilant after 12,000 ducks found dead  in the last few days in neighboring Kerala.  In the northern part of the country, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana, close to Himachal Pradesh, have also started investigating samples amid the scare. Bird flu or avian flu viruses can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species. The disease is "zoonotic" but infection in humans has not been reported in India, according to the government; 12 epicenters in four contained states have been identified and the Centre has issued an advisory. A control room has been set up in Delhi to monitor the situation. Here is your ten-point cheat sheet on this big story: In Kerala, ar...

  cOVID-19 vaccine: Unlike the Serum Institute of India's (SII) vaccine Covid- shield, Covaxin will be used only in 'clinical trial mode', where consent will be taken and side-effects monitored, the heads of AIIMS and ICMR, part of the National Covid-19 task force, told The Indian Express. Written by RAJENDRA GOKHALE  | CHENNAI  Dry run of Covid19 vaccination process at Duttabad primary heath centre in Saltlake Kolkata on Saturday January 02, 2021. T he indigenous vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will be used as a “back-up”, only if the country needs extra doses to vaccinate a large number of people, particularly given the possibility of a surge triggered by the UK variant. And, unlike the Serum Institute of India’s (SII) vaccine Covid shield, Covaxin will be used only in ‘clinical trial mode’, where consent will be taken and side-effects monitored, the heads of AIIMS and ICMR, part of the National Covid-19 task force,...