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1. The army says a major threat was averted after two drones were seen last night near a military station in Jammu and fired at by alert troops, hours after drones were used in a terror attack on the Jammu Air Force base. 2. India sees a new vaccine record as it surpassed the United States in total number of doses administered so far. While India has so far given 32.36 crore doses, the US has given 32.33 crore doses. This comes amid a dip in fresh Covid cases. 3. Centre submits 375-page affidavit to the Top Court on vaccine policy. Centre says 186.6 crore doses needed for vaccinating people above 18 years who are around 93-94 crores. Centre also added walk in vaccination permissible for all and digital divide not a constraint for access to vaccination. 4. A first of its kind pan-India study has highlights- Mumbai and Pune among hotspots in the country, where high air pollution from transport and industrial sectors has a clear visible relationship with higher number of Covid-19 cases and casualties. The study has been conducted by scholars and experts from Utkal university in Bhubaneswar, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune, National Institute of Technology in Rourkela and IIT-Bhubaneswar. 5. Madras HC Chief Justice says maintain social distancing. This is his appeal to all the lawyers. 6. "Will not contest U.P. district polls," say Mayawati.