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1. The Union health ministry has said the states have not provided any information on deaths of Covid patients in hospitals due to lack of oxygen. With a number of deaths due to oxygen shortage making headlines during the second wave, especially in Delhi, the matter drew sharp criticism from the opposition. Health is a state subject and states and UTs regularly report the number of cases and deaths to the Centre, junior health minister Bharati Praveen Pawar says in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. 'However, no deaths due to lack of oxygen have been specifically reported by states and UTs,' adds Ms Pawar, responding to the question on whether Covid patients died on roads and hospitals due to oxygen shortage. 2. Washington-based Center for Global Development says India's deaths during the Covid pandemic could be as high as 4.9 million. 3. Roughly two-thirds of all Indians over six, or 67.6 per cent of India's population, have antibodies against the coronavirus, the government says as it announces the results of the fourth serosurvey. This means around 40 crore are still at risk of infection, the government adds, as it warns against laxity in following Covid-appropriate behaviour and urges eligible people to get vaccinated. 4. Phone numbers linked to the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government in Karnataka were possible targets for surveillance in 2019, at a time when the ruling coalition collapsed and the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP took power, the Wire says in the latest revelations connected to Israeli spyware 'Pegasus'. 5. French President Emmanuel Macron leads a list of 14 current or former heads of state who may have been targeted for hacking by clients of the notorious Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, Amnesty International says. 6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi extends his wishes to the people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha today.