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Over 72 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far: Govt PTI

The doses were provided through the government of India (free of cost channel) and through the direct State procurement category

Why countries abandoned ‘Zero Covid’ strategy

‘Clusters from family, social events causing a rise in cases in T.N.’

Cautious optimism among Kochi traders about lifting of Sunday lockdown

‘COVID impact on hospitality sector will not last long’

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Education

Liberal education can inculcate curiosity and ability to learn, say experts

Special Correspondent Panelists share views at webinar on liberal education hosted by The Hindu jointly with Sai University

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U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. Photo: U.S. Department of State via Reuters.

International

John Kerry to visit India next week for climate talks

Sriram Lakshman He will discuss efforts to expedite clean energy transition, says State Department

International

President Joe Biden (C) waves as he is joined by (L-R) former President Bill Clinton, former First Lady Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady Jill Biden and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, during the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2021 in New York.

International

Unity the central lesson from 9/11 attacks, says U.S. President

Sriram Lakshman Biden attends events at sites of 2001 attacks.

Shining Path founder Abimael Guzman attends a trial during sentence of a 1992 Shining Path car bomb case in Miraflores, at a high security naval prison in Callao, Peru September 11, 2018.

International

Peru: Abimael Guzmán, head of Shining Path insurgency, dies

AP Guzmán, a former philosophy professor, launched an insurgency against the state in 1980 and presided over numerous car bombings and assassinations in the years that followed

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Family members mourn the death of a COVID-19 patient at a hospital. Photo: PTI

Data

Data | 'Excess deaths' during the pandemic in India was 5.8 times the official COVID-19 death toll

The Hindu Data Team The data is based on 'excess deaths' analysis in 11 States/UTs

Vidyagama programme was started for students of rural and semi-urban areas who have no access to online education.

Data

Data | Only 8% of children in rural areas studied online regularly in August

The Hindu Data Team According to the latest report by ASER in rural Karnataka, the share of Class 5 students enrolled in government schools who could read Class 2-level texts came down from 47.6% in 2018 to 32.8% in 2020

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Tamil Nadu

Vellore reports 22 new cases

Special Correspondent The total number of COVID-19 cases in Vellore district reached 49,028 with 22 new cases reported on Saturday.While a total 47,718 persons have been discharged, the active cases in the district stands at 196. The district's death toll is 1,114.In Ranipet district, 19 cases were reported positive and the total tally stood at 42,741. In Tirupattur district, 6 new cases were reported on Saturday and the total number of positive cases stood at 28,699.In Tiruvannamalai district, the number of new

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Rich tributes: Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararaj garlanding the statue of Bharathi on Saturday. Photo: Special Arrangement

Puducherry

100th death anniversary of Tamil poet Subramania Bharathi observed

Special Correspondent L-G, CM, Ministers and leaders of various parties garland statue at Bharathi Park

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