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TTS is thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, which is basically a clot in blood vessels of the brain or elsewhere, along with a low platelet count. It is known to occur in very rare instances following certain types of vaccines and also from other causes. According to the WHO, adenovirus vector vaccines in particular have been rarely associated with this condition. Although COVID vaccines have prevented numerous deaths, reports of these extremely rare but potentially serious immune-mediated events have also been published in reputed journals: Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-Chairman National IMA COVID Task Force, Kerala

Five people have been killed in a bomb attack in northern Kenya, the interior ministry said Monday. The bomb exploded in El Wak town in Mandera County near the border with Somalia and wounded five other people. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the area has had other attacks carried out by Somalia-based al-Shabab militants affiliated with al-Qaida. The bomb had been placed on a donkey cart to avoid detection, the interior ministry said.

Authorities at the Kolkata airport on Monday received a bomb threat by email, three days after a similar communication, triggering a frantic search across the facility, officials said.

However, the mail, which threatened to blow up the airport, turned out to be a hoax, they said.

The threat mail was sent to all airports in the country on Monday, said Aishwariya Sagar, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Airport Division of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate.

Security agencies at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBIA) conducted a thorough search operation after receiving the email, she said.

The CISF conducted the search in the airport’s terminal building and operational area, while police personnel carried out checks in the city side area. Sniffer dogs were also deployed during the operation, airport sources said.

Pleas seeking review of the Supreme Court judgment where it upheld the validity of the Union government’s 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution which conferred the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, listed before it on May 1.

Airport Director SVT Dhanamjaya Rao said, “We received a mail. We have alerted our security agencies and airlines. We are taking necessary action on this. As of now, there is no panic. (Flight) operations are normal…We are doing general additional security checks…”

India’s Manipal Hospitals has agreed to acquire 87% stake in Medica Synergie and will integrate Medica Synergie into its portfolio and rebrand it, Manipal said on Monday.

UGC chief Jagadesh Kumar announced on Monday that UGC-NET  exam will now be conducted on June 18, in order to avoid clash with UPSC prelims. 

 The Supreme Court today stayed  the Calcutta High Court order directing CBI to investigate West Bengal government officials’ role in the teacher recruitment scam.

A special PMLA court on Monday extended the judicial custody of the now-suspended Trinamool Congress leader, Shajahan Sheikh, till May 13 in connection with a money laundering case over alleged siphoning of cash in the garb of pisciculture business. Sheikh was taken into custody by the ED on March 30 in connection with a mob assault on the agency’s officials when they had gone to search his premises in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on January 5 in relation to another money laundering case.

Senior Advocate Singhvi said, “I’m not named, charge-sheeted,” referring to Delhi chief minister during the hearing in the Supreme Court against his arrest by ED in connection with the liquor policy case. “Sarath Reddy made no allegations in his 9 statements. These were put in unrelied documents. Fairness of a prosecutor is the uppermost consideration. Obligation of prosecutor is to bring exculpatory material to light,” Singhvi added.