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1. Huge gap is being reported between deaths versus Covid deaths from government data in Madhya Pradesh. Death registry data shows 290 per cent jump during the second Covid wave. But official Covid deaths do not capture this massive jump. 2. Tax on medicines, some hospital equipment and other items needed in the fight against COVID-19 is reduced by the Goods and Services Tax Council. 3. At a time when vaccine shortage is being reported across the country, government data shows that only 17 per cent of doses are utilised in private hospitals last month, leaving them with massive unused stock. 4. The government and the CBI seek to join the fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi case in the Dominica High Court. Sources say the government may rope in the top lawyer Harish Salve to fight the legal case to bring Choksi back. 5. Tom Hiddleston talks to NDTV about playing the Marvel character Loki for ten years. Tom Hiddleston recalled watching Shah Rukh Khan's old classic Devdas, when asked about the Bollywood actor.
