Coronavirus live updates: First time since August, daily tests below 9 lakh for 3 days

The apex court said high courts have all the power to strike down Central Acts, like the Epidemic Act, and the petitioner should go there first. The apex court observed that the contention of petitioner that high courts do not have the power to strike down a Central Act is “totally misconceived”.

Global hopes of vanquishing the coronavirus pandemic were boosted Monday after a vaccine was found to be nearly 95 percent effective in a trial, bringing much-needed optimism amid surging infections and grueling new restrictions. The news from the US biotech firm Moderna comes after similar results were announced last week for a vaccine candidate developed by pharma giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. Top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci hailed the results, saying that the data exceeded expectations.

“In open court it is more relaxing. But in virtual court, it is more focused and leaves judges tired to the bones at the end of the day’s hearing,” he said.

Supreme Court dismisses a plea seeking a direction to CBSE and the Delhi government to waive off examination fees for students of classes 10 and 12 in the current academic year in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic & consequent financial problems being faced by parents.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 150, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri 77 and Bhadradri Kothagudem 71, a government bulletin said on Tuesday providing details as of 8 pm on November 16.

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday that there was “no chance” of a second closure in the capital. He asserted that the third wave in the city had passed its peak.

Total active cases at 4,53,401 after a decrease of 12,077 in the last 24 hrs, Total discharged cases at 82,90,371 with 40,791 new discharges in last 24 hrs

Rhode Island, Texas, New Mexico, and Tennessee were selected for the program because of their differences in overall size, diversity of populations and immunization infrastructure, the drugmaker said in a statement. "The four states included in this pilot program will not receive vaccine doses earlier than other states by virtue of this pilot, nor will they receive any differential consideration," Pfizer said.

In view of a possible surge, the Centre has suggested urgently increasing bed capacity in Delhi, particularly ICU beds to around 6,431, to handle the rise to 500 cases per million. Currently, Delhi has 3,491 ICU beds of which 88% are occupied. The assessment was presented to a meeting convened by home minister Amit Shah and attended by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and senior central and state officials on Sunday.