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- India on Saturday reported 1,73,790 new coronavirus cases, the lowest single-day rise in the last 45 days.
- India’s unemployment rate rose to 7.11% during the pandemic hit-2020 to reach the highest level in at least three decades, according to the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) ILOSTAT database.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced that the GST Council has decided to extend the exemption of IGST on import of Covid-19 relief items till August 31.
- Delhi government has floated a Global Expression of Interest (EOI) for procuring 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
- A Delhi-based advocate has filed a complaint against IMA Chief Dr JA Jayalal for “maliciously bringing Christianity in all statements made by him”.
- Scottish High International School in Gurugram has decided to give a full fee waiver to those students who lost a parent to COVID-19.
- A PIL filed in Kerala HC claimed that the newly introduced reforms in Lakshadweep are “compromising the fundamental rights” of its residents.
- The Maharashtra government on Friday said that students in Mumbai who have been admitted to universities abroad and need to get vaccinated before travelling will be inoculated on priority.
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