While delivering the keynote address at the VivaTech meet, PM Modi stressed on the need to augment India's healthcare infrastructure and also prop up the economy.
This is the second consecutive year when Indians will miss going for the annual pilgrimage, owing to travel restrictions that have been put in place because of the Covid pandemic.
The SDM of Ujjain district's Badnagar was a doctor before he turned to civil service. His training helped him set up the facility in a town that had no dedicated Covid treatment centres.
The Karnataka district had emerged as a Covid hotspot by April as daily case tally rose to over 1,500. In the last week of May, the district reported between 1,500 and 2,000 cases daily.
Recent reports suggested that Nanded gurdwara in Maharashtra was using gold donated to it over past 50 yrs to build hospitals. The gurdwara board has clarified that it has other resources.
During the Covid lockdown in MP between April and May, 391 attempted cases of child marriage were reported — more than half the number reported in the whole of last year.
Calls on the helpline, Elderline, have, however, gone up from 475 to 20,000 in the past three weeks, said the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
Vaccine manufacturers China and Russia never came forward to share the formula with or waive IPR for other BRICS members. So much for the cooperation in the Covid fight.
Hearing a suo motu case on the Covid management in the country during the second wave, the SC questioned why can't the Rs 35,000 crore vaccination budget be used for 18-44 year olds.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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