New Delhi: With 1.35 crore overall Covid-19 cases so far, India has actually now surpassed Brazil to be the world's 2nd most contaminated country.

On top is the United States, with 3.11 crore overall cases over the past year, while Brazil is number three, with 1.34 crore cases.

India ranks the 4th in global deaths, after the US, Brazil and Mexico.

According to price quotes by Johns Hopkins University, India's Covid tally is set to double in two months.On Monday, the Topic Expert Committee of the Drugs Controller General of India authorized Dr Reddy's application for emergency situation usage authorisation to Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.

The Sputnik V vaccine has actually been developed by the Gamaleya National Research Study Institute of Public Health and Microbiology of Russia and is marketed by Russian Direct Mutual Fund (RDIF).

The RDIF has signed up with Indian pharma business to produce around 750 million dosages of the Sputnik V vaccine.

This is the 3rd vaccine approved by the Indian government for use on its population, and the entry of Sputnik V is likely to deal with today shortage of vaccines in the country.

Russia's ambassador to India Nikolay R.

Kudashev stated: We keep in mind the reports that a committee of specialists advised Sputnik V for use in India.

This step would definitely add to the efforts of the Indian federal government to counter the Covid-19 pandemic.

We hope the approval by the DCGI will be completed quickly.

In the last 24 hours, 1.69 lakh fresh cases of Covid-19 were detected in India along with 904 deaths.

The total variety of cases with the South African, UK and Brazil variations of Covid infection in the nation is now 948.

A big volume of the caseload remains in Maharashtra, followed by Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Karnataka.

In UP, the ongoing Kumbh Mela has contributed tremendously to increasing cases, where lakhs were seen crowding and taking a dip in the Ganga waters without wearing masks or observing social distancing.

By Monday evening, over 21 lakh people had swum in the Ganga waters.

The local authorities said it was not possible to impose compliance of the social distancing standards in this crowd as it may lead to a stampede.

Uttar Pradesh on Monday reported 13,685 brand-new Covid-19 cases.

In view of the rising Covid cases, the civil aviation ministry has actually asked all airline companies not to serve meals in flights shorter than 2 hours and utilize just non reusable cutlery.The Maharashtra federal government, on the other hand, revealed post ponement of exams for Classes 10 and 12, while the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education has actually chosen to promote students of Class 6 and 7.

Offered the present Covid-19 scenario in Maharashtra, we have postponed state board tests for Class 10 and 12.

The Class 12 exams will be held by end of May, while the Class 10 exams will be kept in June.

Fresh dates will be revealed appropriately.

We will likewise be writing to the CBSE, ICSE, IB and Cambridge boards, requesting them to reconsider the examinations dates, said Maharashtra education minister Varsha Gaikwad.

The state is preparing a stricter lockdown to contain the rising cases.

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting with the job force to discuss the problem.

The task force has recommended that clients with less extreme infections must be kept in home isolation to reduce the burden on medical facilities.

Maharashtra Youth Congress chief Satyajeet Tambe Patil said the state was facing a scarcity of oxygen in some parts and demanded that oxygen kept for industrial usage needs to likewise be designated for health purposes.At the Maharashtra government's request, the Railways have turned 21 coaches into seclusion wards and sent them to Nandurbar.

Each coach has 16 beds.

The state is facing a huge shortage of Remdesivir injections.