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2021-06-28 13:03:52 A forest department employee in the state of Assam has been suspended for an "unwarranted firing" that led to the death of a Royal Bengal Tiger at the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

The post-mortem revealed that the bullet injured the animal's lungs and heart, and thus led to its death. Open / Comment

2021-06-28 12:47:39 India registers less than 1,000 new COVID-19 deaths for the first time since April Open / Comment

2021-06-28 12:26:08 India has overtaken the US in the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.

While India launched the COVID-19 vaccination drive on 16 January, and has administered over 32.36 crore doses to date, the US, which started its inoculation drive on 14 December 2020, has given over 32.33 crore doses.

"India achieves another milestone in COVID-19 vaccination and overtakes USA in total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered", the ministry said Open / Comment

2021-06-28 11:56:13 Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday once again took a potshot at the Narendra Modi government over the COVID vaccination programme, saying the country expected the truth from them.

"The country expected truth from them. Those who don't know what the truth is", he said in a tweet in Hindi with the hashtag #VaccineJumla.

He attached a news report that claimed "the government has revised the list and cut down the production expectations to 135 crore doses from five COVID-19 vaccines in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court on June 26" Open / Comment

2021-06-28 11:16:49 At least four people were killed and many others left critically injured when a bus with around 60 passengers rammed into a truck from behind early Monday morning on a highway connecting Delhi to Lucknow in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The truck was also carrying nearly 25 people.

"The injured have been rushed to the hospital. At this point, it is not clear how many more people may lose their lives. Many are critically injured and being treated at a local hospital. Rescue operations are underway. As soon as the situation is a bit clearer, we will update", Neeraj Dhama, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Moradabad told Sputnik while confirming the number of deceased so far Open / Comment

2021-06-28 11:03:44 India is boosting its military presence near the border with China, having increased its contingent there by 50,000 soldiers within the past several months, Deccan Herald news outlet reports. Open / Comment

2021-06-28 10:50:00 Naturalist Dhruv Prajapati took to Twitter and shared pictures of the new jumping spider species in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

A new species of spider, Icius Tukarami, is being named after Mumbai Police Assistant Sub-Inspector Tukaram Omble, who was killed in the 26/11 terror attack. Tukaram was responsible for the capture of terrorist Ajmal Kasab.

"The specific epithet is dedicated to a hero of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, ASI Tukaram Omble AC, who took 23 bullets and captured the terrorist of the attack", the research paper states Open / Comment

2021-06-28 07:23:25 India is boosting its military presence near the border with China, having increased its contingent there by 50,000 soldiers within the past several months, Deccan Herald news outlet reports. Open / Comment

2021-06-28 04:37:41 Catch up on our latest updates:

Hundreds of dead fish were found floating in the Dighalipukhuri water tank in Guwahati.

A Special Police Officer or SPO and his wife were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district after terrorists entered their home and sprayed them with bullets.

The Delhi Metro has bagged an award from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers for its "high-quality" infrastructure development projects under phases I-III

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal intervention to ensure an adequate supply of coronavirus vaccines to the state to prevent a possible third wave Open / Comment

2021-06-27 20:51:37 Delhi recorded less than 100 cases of coronavirus for the third day today.

Amid declining COVID-19 cases in the city, the lockdown restrictions will be further relaxed starting Monday.

Meanwhile, experts are concerned that people have again started to take the coronavirus lightly, saying that even though reopening is necessary, not following COVID-19-appropriate measures may lead to the third wave of the pandemic.

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