The vaccination drive across India has gathered major momentum, with states vaccinating the eligible population swiftly. Setting a new vaccination milestone each day, India has been able to vaccinate over 40 percent of its population with the first dose of the COVID jab.

In recent news, a total of six states and union territories have vaccinated 100 percent of its eligible population with the first dose of the COVID vaccine.

BJP MLA Bhupendra Patel will take oath as the 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat today (September 13, 2021), two days after his predecessor Vijay Rupani resigned from the post of the CM almost a year before the state was due to go into assembly polls.

The announcement of Bhupendra Patel's name as the next CM-elect of Gujarat came as a surprise for many as his name was not among the top contenders for the post.

Gennova Biopharmaceuticals’ Covid-19 jab HGCO19, based on the mRNA technology platform, will be a lyophilized vaccine or one that is based on freeze-drying. This should help store the vaccine at much higher temperatures than the stringent sub-zero temperatures required to maintain a stable cold chain for other mRNA vaccines globally.

The lyophilized vaccine will come in a powder form and it will be mixed with diluents before administration.

Gold (24 carat) is selling at Rs 47,070 per ten gram on Monday in India while silver is selling at Rs 64,200 per kg, according to Good Returns website.

The price of gold jewellery varies across India, the second-largest consumer of the metal, due to excise duty, state taxes, and making charges.

Shares of Dish TV India continued northbound jouney, hitting a two-year high of Rs 19.70 on ralling as much as 10 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trades on Monday, in an otherwise subdued market. The stock of the broadcasting & cable TV operator was quoting higher for the eighth straight trading session and has rallied 56 per cent during the same period. It is trading at its highest level since September 2019.

At 09:30 am, the stock was trading 4 per cent higher at Rs 18.66 on the BSE, as compared to a 0.41 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex.

From September 15, the Punjab government will send its employees on compulsory leave if they fail to take even the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for any reason other than medical.

This measure was announced by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to protect the people of the state from the disease and to ensure that those who are vaccinated do not have to pay the price for continued vaccine hesitancy of those who are not, read a press release from the Chief Minister Office on Friday.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted light to moderate rainfall at many places in Delhi during the next 12 hours.

Light to moderate rainfall (upto 2 cm) is likely at many places of Delhi during next 12 hours. Moderate rainfall (3-5 cm) also likely at isolated places of Delhi during next 12 hours, IMD tweeted.

Solar storms are probably one of the most amazing phenomenons that one can witness. However, now new research has said that the solar storm which hits Earth next could potentially destroy the infrastructure and cause an 'internet apocalypse'. The internet blackout will last for months.

The research was conducted by Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi of the University of California, Irvine, and VMware Research. She presented her paper at the SIGCOMM 2021 data communication conference.

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 223.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.61 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.64 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload, death toll and vaccination tally stood at 223,790,289, 4,616,142 and 5,640,209,397, respectively.

America's Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry would travel to India next week, during which the two countries would launch the Climate Action and Finance Mobilisation Dialogue, the State Department said on Friday.

During his visit, the United States and India will launch the Climate Action and Finance Mobilisation Dialogue (CAFMD), one of the two main tracks of the US-India Agenda 2030 Partnership that President Biden and Prime Minister Modi announced at the Leaders Summit on Climate in April 2021, the State Department said.

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