Highlights: Train carrying tar sands derails in Canada's Alberta

A train carrying tar sands and timber derails in Canada. No injuries have been reported, news agency AP said.

Delhi recorded 86 cases of Covid-19 on Saturday.

Maharashtra reports 9,489 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 6,088,841.153 deaths have also been recorded in the last 24 hours, the death toll now stands at 1,22,724.

The ministry of health said on Saturday that the country's cumulative Covid vaccination coverage exceeded 35 crore, out of which a total of 57,36,924 vaccine doses have been administered today, reported ANI.

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa announced further lockdown relaxation measures in the state. Night curfew has been lifted and government offices have been allowed to reopen. District Administration have been given the power to apply more restrictions as they see fit, reported ANI.

Kerala recorded 12,456 Covid-19 cases, active cases in the state now stands at 1,03,567. 135 deaths in the span of 24 hours, pushes the death toll to 13,640, reported ANI.

Dr NK Arora, chairman, Covid working group, said Covaxin's efficacy results will help the vaccine in getting WHO's emergency use approval, which in turn will increase the visibility of the country in the world stage, reported ANI.

Pushkar Singh Dhani was elected as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand on Saturday at the BJP legislature meeting. He will be taking over from Tirath Singh Rawat who resigned on Friday.

Punjab police detained Aam Aadmi Party state legislators Bhagwant Mann & Harpal Singh Cheema, who were protesting at Mohali, reported ANI. AAP leaders have been protesting near chief minister Amarinder Singh's farm house in village Siswan.

Twitter Inc informed Delhi high court on Saturday that the company is in the the final stages of appointing a Resident Grievance Officer, after their interim Resident Grievance Officer withdrew his candidature on June 21.

The Mumbai police arrested actor Pracheen Chauhan Saturday for allegedly molesting a woman in an inebriated state, said police. Read more

The curfew imposed to the spread of the Covid-19 disease in Tripura has been extended till July 9, a government notification said. However, the curfew has been lifted from the state's villages. "The Covid curfew will remain in force in the jurisdiction of Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and eight other urban local bodies (ULBs) till July 9," the notification read.

Europe is currently struggling to speed up its vaccination drive against Covid-19 and outpace the increased spread of the virus' delta variant. According to the European Centre for Disease Control, the risk of infection from the Delta variant is high to very high for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated citizens.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh has been issued fresh summons by the enforcement directorate for appearance on Monday with regard to a probe being carried out against him and others in a money laundering cases, officials told news agency PTI on Saturday.

India's cumulative vaccination coverage against Covid-19 exceeded 34 crores of which 43,99,298 doses were administered in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.

Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati, who has joined hands with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab, hit out at the Congress led state government over the electricity crisis in the state. Taking to Twitter, Mayawati said that Congress is responsible for poor management of industry-business, agriculture, farming in Punjab. All of this has been badly affected due to power crisis. "Ruling govt is only engaged in factionalism, tussle & conflict. Public needs to take its cognizance," she added.

India on Saturday recorded 44,111 fresh cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 738 related fatalities, taking the country's cumulative tally past 30.5 million and the death toll to 401,050, the Union health ministry's data showed. Read more

South Africa's caseload of the Covid-19 disease breached the two million mark on Friday after 24,720 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Over 1.7 million have recovered from the viral disease so far while the death toll has climbed to 61,332.

A fire broke out at Delhi's Budh Vihar area in the early hours of Saturday, news agency ANI reported. The Delhi Fire Service said that 3-4 people, including the fire fighting personnel, have been hospitalised with burn injuries and five tenders have been rushed to the spot.

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech said on Saturday that its has completed the final analysis of its vaccine Covaxin as a part of phase III clinical trials, after evaluating 130 confirmed cases. The vaccine's efficacy was demonstrated at 77.8% against asymptomatic Covid-19 patients.

The Uttarakhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be holding its legislature party meeting on Saturday to decide on a new chief minister of the state after Tirath Singh Rawat resigned from the post. Uttarakhand BJP President Madan Kaushik said the meeting will be held at 3pm and Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar will be the central observer.

Brazil's caseload of the Covid-19 disease climbed to 18,687,469 after 65,165 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry. As many as 1,857 more succumbed to the viral disease, taking the death toll to 521,952.