<p>In your evening news brief, Bombay HC says door-to-door vaccination could have saved many lives; UK PM Johnson announces Covid-19 public inquiry and the Karnataka government postpones K-CET 2021 due to Covid-19.</p>.<p><strong>Here is the top news of May 12, 2021:</strong></p>.<p>The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said if the Union government had started door-to-door vaccination programme for senior citizens a few months back, then lives of many of them, including prominent persons, could have been saved.</p>.<p>A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni asked the Union government why not pro-actively start this programme when the lives of senior citizens, who are unable to go to vaccination centres to get inoculated, are concerned.</p>.<p>Britain will hold a public inquiry into the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic next year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/could-have-saved-many-lives-with-door-to-door-vaccination-bombay-hc-985159.html" target="_blank">Could have saved many lives with door-to-door vaccination: Bombay HC</a></strong></p>.<p>"This process will place the state's actions under the microscope," he told parliament. The inquiry will have the backing of legislation giving it far-reaching powers, Johnson said.</p>.<p>The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (K-CET) 2021 has been postponed keeping in mind the second wave of the Covid pandemic.</p>.<p>The K-CET-2021, which was earlier scheduled to be held on July 7, 8 and 9 has been now deferred to August 28, 29 and 30, the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) announced in a press statement on Wednesday.</p>.<p><em>Source: DHNS/ Reuters/ PTI</em></p>
<p>In your evening news brief, Bombay HC says door-to-door vaccination could have saved many lives; UK PM Johnson announces Covid-19 public inquiry and the Karnataka government postpones K-CET 2021 due to Covid-19.</p>.<p><strong>Here is the top news of May 12, 2021:</strong></p>.<p>The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said if the Union government had started door-to-door vaccination programme for senior citizens a few months back, then lives of many of them, including prominent persons, could have been saved.</p>.<p>A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni asked the Union government why not pro-actively start this programme when the lives of senior citizens, who are unable to go to vaccination centres to get inoculated, are concerned.</p>.<p>Britain will hold a public inquiry into the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic next year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/could-have-saved-many-lives-with-door-to-door-vaccination-bombay-hc-985159.html" target="_blank">Could have saved many lives with door-to-door vaccination: Bombay HC</a></strong></p>.<p>"This process will place the state's actions under the microscope," he told parliament. The inquiry will have the backing of legislation giving it far-reaching powers, Johnson said.</p>.<p>The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (K-CET) 2021 has been postponed keeping in mind the second wave of the Covid pandemic.</p>.<p>The K-CET-2021, which was earlier scheduled to be held on July 7, 8 and 9 has been now deferred to August 28, 29 and 30, the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) announced in a press statement on Wednesday.</p>.<p><em>Source: DHNS/ Reuters/ PTI</em></p>
