New Delhi: Slight change in fuel prices in the country. Petrol prices have been reduced by 15 to 20 paise per liter and diesel by 18 to 20 paise per liter. Petrol prices have come down by 20 paise after remaining unchanged for more than a month. Petrol prices remained unchanged for 35 consecutive days. Diesel prices were down by 60 paise for three consecutive days from August 18 to 20. However, fuel prices in all major cities of the country have remained at all-time highs for the past one month.

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has announced a major relaxation in Covid restrictions. The state has also decided to open theaters from Monday. Theaters are allowed to operate with 50 percent of the seats. The permission was given at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister MK Stalin.

With these concessions, the lockdown in Tamil Nadu has been extended till September 6. The government has announced that schools and colleges will be reopened from September 1. Schools for classes IX to XII will be open from September 1. And colleges will open. Before the opening of schools and colleges, teachers and other staff at the school will ensure that both doses of the vaccine are received.

Before the opening of schools and colleges, teachers and other staff at the school will ensure that both doses of the vaccine are received. Polytechnic colleges are also allowed to open along with it. Schools will be open to students in grades nine through 12 in the first phase, but will also be open to students in grades one through eight after September 15. The decision will be made after evaluating the circumstances.

Thiruvananthapuram: With the lockdown concessions announced by the government being in place, there will be no complete lockdown in the state tomorrow. This time the care is also in the hope of surviving any adversity. There were no Onam festivals. The government had relaxed the Covid restrictions on Onam.

Meanwhile, Covid-19 cases have been on the rise in the state, with Covid-19 confirmed at 20,224 in the last 24 hours. The test positivity rate is 16.94.

New Delhi: ZyCoV-D, the second vaccine developed in India, will be launched in September. This is the sixth Covid vaccine to be approved in the country. The DNA vaccine developed by the Ahmedabad – based Zydus Cadila Company, was approved by the Drug Controller General of India. With this, the manufacturers are preparing to launch it in the market.

The effectiveness is 66 percent. At the same time the price is not fixed. The company has said it will announce the price by next week. The company has said it will produce one crore doses per month by October.

ZyCoV-D vaccine should be taken in three doses. The interval between injections is 28 days. The  vaccine is a non-injection needle-free vaccine.

Guwahati: Assam police have arrested 14 people for posting pro-Taliban posts on social media. Police have arrested 14 people who came out in support of Taliban activities on social media. I advise you to be careful about posts and likes on social media platforms’ – Special DGP GP Singh tweeted on Saturday.

According to police, the accused have been booked under sections of the Illegal Activities (Defense) Act, IT Act, and the CRPC. Chief Public Relations Officer Rajib Saikia said two people each from Kamrup, Dhubri, and Barpeta districts had been arrested for sharing pro-Taliban posts.

One each was arrested from Darang, Kachar, Hailakandi, South Salmara, Hojai, and Golpara districts. One of those arrested was a student. A police official said they were on the lookout for pro-Taliban posts being shared on social media.

Srinagar: Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. The national media reported that Jaish-e- Muhammad was killed by security forces. The clash took place in the forest area of Tral. Police said they could not identify the gunmen and were searching the area.

Three rifles were recovered. The Jammu and Kashmir Police tweeted that more details would be revealed later. This is the third time in the last 24 hours that security forces in Tral have been involved in a joint operation between the army and police. Two militants were killed in a crew attack near Srinagar on Friday.