Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij says state is prepared to combat increase in infections, will set rules and get people to follow them strictly.
Govt has said vaccine shortage is a problem of states’ planning not supply, but several states say they haven’t received doses despite PM’s focus on increasing inoculation.
While Haryana is battling sharp spike in cases, situation in Karnal, which has 12-14% positivity rate, is worse. District officials say proximity to Punjab, location on GT road are factors.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan dismissed states’ shortage claims as baseless, but govt officials and some private hospitals across the country say the crisis is real.
In meeting with state chief secretaries Friday, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba said states must step up contact tracing & containment even as vaccination goes on, highlights 11 'states of grave concern'.
Premas is developing the vaccine while Israeli partner Oramed is working on delivering it in oral form. JV firm applying for phase-1 trials in many countries.
How Trump responds to the growing Russia-China alliance and their anti-American diatribes will require some strategising among the Indian foreign policy and national security mandarins.
Bangladesh is already reeling from low coal-fired power production & inability to import enough coal, gas. Now, Adani has cut supplies over unpaid dues. However, this could hurt Adani too.
Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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