In Madhya Pradesh’s Panna, a tribal-majority district, villagers say they ‘recovered from Covid on our own’. Now they don’t want vaccine, say would rather die from virus than the needle.
Vaccine hesitancy in the Muslim community has little to do with faith as religious scholars have backed Covid vaccination drive. Authorities in Bihar attribute it to misinformation & illiteracy.
US State Department official Gayle E. Smith says India is a ‘major priority’ for US but can’t say what allocation of vaccine doses per country will be.
The health ministry said that Centre has so far provided more than 20 crore vaccine doses to states and UTs of which the total consumption including wastages, is 18,43,67,772 doses.
According to the health ministry, there have been over 42 lakh beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years since the country's third phase of the vaccination drive began.
In a virtual meeting, USTR Katherine Tai reaffirmed the United States' commitment to help India. And stated her support for the waiver of IP protections for Covid-19 vaccines.
According to the Union Health Ministry, the government of India has so far provided more than 17.56 crore vaccine doses to states and union territories free-of-cost.
In an India that was post-Mughal but pre-British Raj, diplomacy, popular religion, and a constellation of genius painters created the most spectacular Ramayana adaptation ever.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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