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April 29 , 2020 1613 days 975 0
  • Five of the eight north east states namely Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh have become COVID-19 free. 
    • The other three states namely Meghalaya, Assam and Mizoram have not reported new cases.
  • Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a death penalty punishment for crime on Juveniles. 
    • Now judges will have to choose between fines, jail sentences and non-custodial alternatives such as jail sentences.
  • Unified Geologic Map of the Moon (1:5,000,000 scale) was released virtually by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) and the Lunar Planetary Institute.
    • It is the first ever digital, unified, global, geological map of the moon.
  • The Pune-based Vaccine Company Serum Institute of India said it plans to start production of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University.
    • Already it has collaborated with Oxford University, one of the seven global institutions manufacturing the vaccine, for a malaria vaccine project in the past.

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