The launch of ‘At War with the Single Strand’, attended by numerous senior officials from the science and health ministries, was all about India’s ‘scientific triumph’ over Covid-19.
With 'pattern of disease' being stable & no alarming spike in hospitalisations and deaths in past few months, govt likely to call meeting of Covid task force soon, it is learnt.
PM Modi released ‘India TB Report 2023’ in Varanasi along with an initiative which enlists village councils to help combat the disease. TB, he said, will be eradicated in India by 2025.
The auto industry expects 2023 to see sales grow by up to 7.5% for passenger vehicles over the levels seen in 2022, which itself was a record high for the segment.
The country is currently importing active pharmaceutical ingredients worth Rs 35,000 crore and exporting these raw materials worth Rs 33,000 crore, according to officials.
Amid a surge in Covid cases across China, the survey by LocalCircles also found that 57% Indians support compulsory masking inside aircraft and in airports.
Official sources also said the next 40 days would be crucial going by trends; the country has already stepped up surveillance to thwart a possible wave.
A day before, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had said that India would start randomly testing 2% of international passengers arriving at its airports for Covid.
The daily positivity rate, or the confirmed Covid cases as a percentage of overall tests, stands at 0.95% while the weekly positivity rate has begun inching up, the data show.
The Indian govt has maintained a veil of silence in a sense to allow it to manoeuvre with the US, which is an increasingly important technological partner and supremely important for Indian exporters.
Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
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