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  International community came forward with offers of solidarity and assistance for specific medicines and equipment that were not immediately available in the country, the govt said International community came forward with offers of solidarity and assistance for specific medicines and equipment that were not immediately available in the country during the second wave of COVID-19 and material from 52 countries have been received till date, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said in a written reply that India has imported 31.5 lakh units of Sputnik Component 1 and 4.5 lakh units of Sputnik Component 2 vaccine till date. “During the unprecedented crisis of the second wave of COVID pandemic, the International community came forward with offers of solidarity and assistance for specific medicines and equipment that weren’t immediately available in country till such time our own domestic production improved,” he said. ...

  Cinema halls and multiplexes will reopen in several parts of the country today with 50% capacity and seats will be marked ‘not to be occupied’ for ensuring physical distancing to combat Covid-19 After a gap of seven months, cinema halls and multiplexes will reopen in several parts of the country today with 50 percent capacity and seats will be marked ‘not to be occupied’ for ensuring physical distancing to combat COVID-19. Cinema hall owners in cities like Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Chennai and Delhi have ensured the safety of their customers by enforcing the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) guidelines that include sanitisation of the halls, social distancing, paperless tickets, and theatres limited to 50 percent occupancy at a time. Speaking to ANI, Gagan Kapoor, Regional head of Delhi  PVR Cinemas  said that theatres will follow safety guidelines announced by the MHA along with the global standards defined by the Global Cinema Federation (GCF). “PVR has involved several goodw...