• The US has so far provided over $500 million in COVID-19 assistance to India, the White House said on Wednesday.
• India’s second wave of Covid-19 is expected to decline by July this year. A third wave of the pandemic is expected in about six to eight months.
• The partial lunar eclipse on May 26 will not trigger any tidal waves and cannot be linked to the cyclone, a senior astrophysicist has said.
• The Bombay High Court has directed the JJ hospital to form an expert panel to examine the health of the Elgar Parishad case accused Stan Swamy.
• The Bombay High Court ruled against cutting trees for the coastal road project, following a petition by an NGO opposing the cutting of 140 trees for the construction of coastal road interchange near Breach Candy in South Mumbai.
• Cyclone Tauktae is estimated to have caused a loss of about Rs 15,000 crore, which’s slightly over $2 billion with the agriculture sector being.
• The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday released an advisory for COVID-19 home testing using Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT).