PM Narendra Modi was speaking at his first BJP parliamentary party meeting since Covid outbreak last year. He urged MPs to facilitate the vaccination process in their constituencies.
There was frustration for the elderly as technical glitches in the CoWIN app meant many couldn’t register while change in hospital protocols led to long queues.
India began phase 2 of its immunisation programme Monday, vaccinating citizens above 60 years and those above 45 with comorbidities. Citizens can also get vaccinated at private hospitals.
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Promises tend to become irrelevant if care is not taken to create necessary enabling conditions to make them feasible. This is even truer of electoral promises.
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.
Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.
Do we need a PM who warns or pleads and begs for the attendance in parliament.