INDIA
Wake up from slumber, mitigate Covid challenges: IMA to Health Ministry
In the last 20 days, an IMA statement said, the association has been insisting on the need for complete, well- planned pre-announced national lockdown rather than few states declaring lockdown ranging from 10 days to 15 days - so as to get breathing time for the health care infrastructure to recoup and replenish both the material and manpower.
Delhi gears up for mass vax, Kejriwal says 3 cr vaccines needed
Addressing a press conference, the chief minister said, around 300 centres have been set up for vaccination in the city with an aim to complete vaccination drive in the next three months, if Delhi gets adequate supplies from the Centre. The Centre has already been alerted that India will witness the third wave of Covid and therefore the Delhi Government wants to vaccinate all its citizens within next three months.
Rahul Gandhi questions GST on Covid vaccines
In a tweet in Hindi, Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said, "Lives of people can be lost, but the tax collection of the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) should not be lost." He also used the hash tag of GST. His remarks came after several Congress-ruled states questioned the five per cent GST on the Covid vaccines.
States, UTs to get 53L more vax doses in 3 days
The Central government has so far provided more than 17.49 crore vaccine doses to states and UTs free of cost. Of this, the total consumption including wastages is 16,65,49,583 doses, according to official data made available at 8 a.m. "More than 84 lakh Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered. States with negative balance are showing more consumption than vaccine supplied " the Ministry said.
In 7 years, Modi govt bogged by 11,424 LoC ceasefire violations: RTI
Year-wise, the border infringements shot up astronomically from just 1 in 2004 to a staggering 4,645 in 2020 - or a rough daily average of 13 - a year after India's sensational air-strikes in Balakot (Feb. 2019) and the country acquired a sleek fleet of Rafale fighter jets. (July 2020). As per RTI replies given to Pune-based activist Prafful Sarda, the revelations largely pertain to the CFVs along the LoC, which has always been a super-sensitive issue
Will Cabinet formation be a bother for Vijayan?
The reason being, the Left Democratic Front consists of 10 political parties and one Independent Kovoor Kunjumon, who has won his fifth straight election. However, up for grabs are a maximum of 21 cabinet positions, including the post of Chief Minister and three other posts, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chief Whip. In the outgoing cabinet, Vijayan as part of sending a signal of maintaining austerity, decided to settle for just 20 in the cabinet.
Covid crisis can impact child nutrition in India: UNICEF
"With 27 million births and 30 million pregnancies every year, life-saving services to help women give birth are critical in India," said Yasmin Ali Haque, UNICEF Representative in India, on Friday. "However, as health facilities continue to be overwhelmed treating Covid-19 patients, there are reports of pregnant women struggling to find the required support to give birth."
Stalin announces two-week lockdown in Tamil Nadu starting May 10
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday announced total lockdown in Tamil Nadu between May 10-24 to prevent spread of coronavirus. He also said with the impending two week lockdown from Monday onwards all shops and establishments are allowed to function from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. In a statement issued here Stalin said the two week lockdown is announced to intensify actions to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Covid 19 Update: Record 4,187 deaths in India, as fresh cases mount to 4.01L
It is the fourth time after May 1 that India has crossed the four-lakh-mark of new cases in last 24 hours. On Friday, India recorded 4,14,188 cases. It also breached the maximum deaths in 24 hours. On May 6, India recorded 3,980 deaths the highest till then. In the past 16 days India has continued with over three lakh cases and over 3,000 casualties have for last 10 days.
Fire breaks out onboard INS Vikramaditya
The duty staff observed smoke emanating from the part of ship having accommodation for the sailors. The ship's personnel on duty acted immediately to fight the blaze and there are no reports of any casualties in the incident. "All personnel onboard have been accounted for and no major damage has been reported. An inquiry into the incident is being ordered," said the official.
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