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The Suryanar Temple is one of the Navagraha temples, all located near Kumbakonam, and devotees pray at these temples to get rid of negative planetary influence on them.

And on November 5, 2013, the rocket was used for India’s first Mars Mission called Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). Nearly 15 years after its first flight and on its 25th mission, the rocket code named PSLV-C57 is being used for another interplanetary mission – to study the Sun- by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Well, that is India’s first rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). It was on September 20, 1993, that the first developmental flight of PSLV took place carrying the 846kg IRS-1E satellite. Come September 20, 2023, India’s first commercial rocket PSLV would achieve the milestone of three decades of nation’s service.

Over 100 cases have been detected in South Africa, where the new strain is slowly becoming the dominant one. Here are five things you should know about this deadly super Covid variant that has forced a number of countries, including the UK, Israel, Italy and Singapore, to restrict travel from South Africa and other countries in the region.

At a press briefing on the present Covid situation, he said that they had around 60-70 cases of Delta variant at the start and now have around 300 cases. Bhushan also said that the efficacy of the vaccines has been tested and they are effective against the Delta variant. Meanwhile, Health Ministry officials said that Kerala is the only state that currently has more than one lakh active cases.

N. K. Arora, the chief of the Covid-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), also said that Delta variant has mutations in its spike protein, which helps it bind to the ACE2 receptors present on the surface of the cells more firmly, making it more transmissible and capable of evading the body's immunity.

However, the study suggests that vaccination does provide a reduction in hospital admission and mortality, the ICMR said. The study conducted a clinical characterisation and genomic analysis of 677 Covid-19 positive cases. Of these 71 had taken the Covaxin vaccine, 604 got the Covishield vaccine, while two took the Sinopharm vaccine. The samples were collected from 17 states and Union Territories.