The focus now is on managing public expectations not by foolish triumphalism but through actions like robust inoculation and lockdown phase outs, writes Shubhayan Bhattacharya.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease increased to 3,23,74,497, while Covid fatality rate was recorded at 1.33%, health ministry data showed.
MR Ravi, deputy commissioner of Chamarajanagar, said Covid vaccination would be made a condition for accessing rations & pensions. But then he issued a clarification.
The Ministry of Education has also asked states and UTs to jointly design a roadmap at district level for vaccination of all teaching and non-teaching staff.
Following a marked improvement in the Covid situation, the Delhi government Friday announced that schools for classes 9 to 12, colleges and coaching institutions will reopen from 1 September.
Studies are already underway to determine the need and timing of booster for used vaccines being used in India currently, said Dr N K Arora, chairman of Covid working group of NTAGI.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya thanked the trial participants for their 'incredible commitment & contribution' to Covid vaccine research & treatment.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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