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The Union government has only fallen short of 2.82 crore doses from its target of delivering 51.6 crore doses of the Covid vaccines to states and union territories, as promised in the Supreme Court of India affidavit, informed the health ministry on Saturday.

"More than 48.78 crores (48,78,63,410) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through all sources and a further 68,57,590 doses are in the pipeline," the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a press release on July 31.

Of this, the total consumption, including wastages, is 45,82,60,052 doses as per provisional data available at 8 am on July 31.

New Delhi:  Kamalpreet Singh shone in an otherwise disappointing day for India. Kamalpreet Singh reached the finals of women’s discus throw but Amit Panghal, Pooja Rani and PV Sindhu lost. However, the Indian women’s hockey team qualified for the quarter-finals after winning 4-3 against South Africa and with Great Britain beating Ireland 2-0. Here are the results from July 31, 2021

KAMALPREET SINGH SHINES IN WOMEN’S DISCUS THROW

Kamalpreet is within striking distance of fetching India a historic athletics medal at the Olympic Games after qualifying for the finals with a 64m throw, a brilliant effort. The 25-year-old was ahead of defending gold-medallist Sandra Perkovic (63.75m) of Croatia and reigning world champion Yaime Perez (63.18) of Cuba. She was one of the only two automatic qualifiers for the final round to be held on August 2, the other being American Valarie Allman (66.42m).

As the threat of the third wave of coronavirus looms, the Centre has warned 10 states to consider imposing strict curbs in the 46 districts where the positivity rate is above 10%. The 10 concerned states are Maharashtra, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram, Assam, Manipur, and Meghalaya. The restrictions that the Centre has asked states to consider include curtailing or preventing the movement of users and crowding, since these states are witnessing a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, becoming a cause for concern. Apart from this, the Centre said that there were 53 other districts where the COVID positivity rate was between 5% and 10%, and thus, it asked the states to ramp up the conducting of tests to detect the cases.

The Union Health Ministry also warned these states that any kind of laxity, as that could cause the situation to worsen in these areas, and consequently, these states. But what is the current status of these states in terms of COVID-19 cases?  State-wise details: 

New Delhi: Within an hour of penning an emotional but firm post on social media announcing he has quit politics, singer-turned-politician and BJP leader Babul Supriyo edited his Facebook post setting off speculations that he may be joining another party.

The Asansol MP’s first post on Facebook where he said ‘Alvida’ to politics was posted at around 4:30 pm and read: “Alvida. Am not going to any other party - TMC, Congress, CPIM, nowhere. I am confirming that nobody has called me. I am going nowhere. I am a one-team player! Have always supported one team #MohunBagan - Have been with only one party - BJP West Bengal. That’s it!!"