● India on Sunday received the second consignment of Sputnik V, the Russian vaccine that recently joined the country’s arsenal against Covid-19.
● Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday targetted the Centre over the availability of vaccine in the country, especially in the national capital.
● Navneet Kalra has been accused of hoarding and black marketing oxygen concentrators in Delhi, has been arrested by the Delhi Police's Crime Branch.
● Triple lockdown will come into effect in four Kerala districts reporting the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the state, from Sunday midnight and remain in force till May 23.
● The first batch of anti-COVID drug 2-DG, developed by the DRDO, will be released on Monday (May 17) by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, officials said.
● Six people have been arrested by the SIT probing the incidents of the desecration of a religious text in Punjab's Faridkot in 2015, an official said on Saturday.
● Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to provide ₹ 6,000 per month to the poor and needy in various states under lockdown.
