With his latest address to the nation, Narendra Modi once again projected himself as the messiah who swooped in to save Indians when state governments had seemingly failed.
In a joint press briefing, Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal also said that almost 79% decline in daily new Covid cases has been noted since the peak on 7 May.
The SP chief welcomed Modi govt's decision to provide free vaccines to states for all above 18 years starting 21 June, and also appealed to people to get vaccinated.
The court in its 4 June order said permitting vaccinations at such camps would go a long way in making it convenient and safe for the residents of such colonies to get vaccinated.
China made it mandatory for travellers coming from India, 19 other countries to get Chinese Covid vaccines, following which many Indians went to other nations to get vaccinated.
Under 'Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination campaign', the booth-level officers will visit 280 wards in 4 weeks to identify & send eligible people at nearest polling booths.
Delhi govt said the direction will be applicable till further orders were issued. On Thursday, Delhi health department had issued the same order to all govt Covid vaccination centres.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Roger Wicker and Congressmen Michael McCaul, Adam Smith and Ro Khanna were among those highlighting India's Covid crisis.
Tamil Nadu floated a global tender for 3.5 crore doses on 15 May. Medical and Family welfare minister M Subramanian said Sunday that the state had so far received 1.45 crore doses.
It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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