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TopicCovid vaccination

Topic: Covid vaccination

Kolkata Police adds attempt to murder charge against accused in fake vaccinations case

Debanjan Deb, who allegedly posed as an IAS officer to organise vaccination camps, and his accomplices have also been charged with criminal conspiracy, forgery and cheating.

An age-old tradition is helping MP’s tribal villages raise vaccination numbers

Vaccine hesitancy and misinformation surrounding Covid shots have been widespread in MP's Jhabua district. But the administration has successfully used an old custom to fix that.

‘Forced’ Covid vaccination violates fundamental rights, Meghalaya High Court says

Court observes that while vaccination was need of the hour, use of force or coercion was against Constitutional rights. Meghalaya has made vaccination a must for business resumption.

Risky for Indian states to ease lockdowns despite low vaccination, Oxford Economics says

States are easing lockdowns based on lower test positivity rates rather than vaccination progress, increasing chances of renewed outbreaks that could delay recovery, Oxford Economics warns.

Even one dose of Covid vaccine effective in preventing death, says study on TN Police

Conducted by ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, the analysis uses data documented by Tamil Nadu Police department. It was published in Indian Journal of Medical Research.

Modi govt plans to revive ‘Vaccine Maitri’ in July-August, but only in neighbourhood

India started sending Covid shots abroad from 20 January under an initiative labelled ‘Vaccine Maitri’. However, amid a domestic shortage, Vaccine Maitri came to a halt in April. 

UGC draws flak as ‘Thank you PM Modi’ posters for free vaccines spring up at universities

DU was among institutions that put up posters expressing gratitude for PM Modi. The message read: 'Vaccine for All. Free for all. World’s largest vaccination camp. Thank you Modiji.'

Fast pace of vaccination is key to opening of economy, says Niti Aayog member VK Paul

Paul further said that the third wave of the Covid pandemic can be stopped only if appropriate behaviour is followed and a majority of people are vaccinated.

CDL, Kasauli — the Himachal lab which makes sure that every Covid vaccine you get is safe

Central Drugs Laboratory, Kasauli, is only lab authorised to test safety & efficacy of vaccines in India, including those for Covid. It's also only lab authorised by WHO to test vaccines exported from India.

PM Modi boasts of world’s largest free Covid vaccine drive as Centre revises policy

In a Twitter post, the Prime Minister also said the biggest beneficiary in this phase of the vaccine drive shall be the poor, the middle class, and the youth of the country.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.