Sofia [Bulgaria], May 7 (ANI): Indian wrestler Seema Bisla has secured a Tokyo Olympics berth in women's 50kg after reaching the finals of the World Olympic Qualifier in Bulgaria on Friday.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 7 (ANI): Karnataka's Covid Treatment Protocol Committee has taken the decision that stable patients will be shifted to Covid Care Centres (CCC) or step down hospitals, informed Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana on Friday.
Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI): Japan will send 100 oxygen concentrators to India on Saturday as a part of the first batch of emergency assistance from Tokyo in response to the current surge of COVID-19 infections.
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Delhi Police on Friday seized 10 medical oxygen concentrators among other items from two persons who have also been arrested.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): The Kandivali unit of Mumbai's Anti-Narcotics Cell on Friday arrested a 20-year-old drug peddler from Goregaon area and seized drugs worth Rs 22,20,000 from his possession.
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): Asserting that the welfare of India is critically important to the United States, US Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday said Washington is determined to New Delhi in "its hour of need" amid a COVID-19 surge in the country.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 7 (ANI): Banks, insurance and financial services, capital and debt market services and cooperative credit societies will function on three days in Kerala due to lockdown imposed to check surge in COVID-19 cases, according to an official order.
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): The Delhi Airport on Friday informed that British Airways has airlifted 675 oxygen cylinders to Delhi in the last two days.
New York [US], May 7 (ANI): A new study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and Fudan University suggests that Chinese parents find the loss of an only child to be approximately 1.3 times as psychologically distressing than the loss of a spouse.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): The Lahore High Court on Friday has granted conditional permission to Pakistan Leader of Opposition and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif to travel abroad once for medical treatment.
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Medicine Agency (EMA) said on Friday that its committee on vaccine safety asked AstraZeneca to provide additional trial data on its COVID-19 drug for an inquiry into cases of a rare autoimmune disorder following vaccination.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 7 (ANI): The West Bengal government on Friday moved to the Supreme Court seeking direction to disband the current COVID-19 vaccination policy and bring in uniform vaccination policy by doing away with the differential pricing mechanism.