NDTV TOP STORIES
1. India on Saturday reports 38,628 new Covid cases, a drop of nearly 13 per cent from yesterday's 44,643 cases. It also reported 617 deaths, which is an increase on yesterday's 464 number, taking the total death count to 4,27,371. 2. US-based vaccine maker Novavax files regulatory submissions for emergency use authorization in India. The submission was made to the Drugs Controller General of India through its partner, Serum Institute of India, which also manufactures the Covishield vaccine which is being administered in the country. Global healthcare major Johnson and Johnson also applies for Emergency Use Authorisation of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in India. 3. In a step towards defusing tensions at the Line of Actual Control, India and China disengages troops from the Gogra heights area and moves them back to their permanent bases.
