Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar says Telegram bot was not accessing CoWIN database directly, but may be showing information from 'previously stolen data'.
National average on 27 December was 62 per cent. ‘Vaccine indifference’, strike by healthcare staff cited as reasons for pace of vaccination in Punjab.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said India is inching closer to administering 36 crore doses of Covid vaccine, a feat achieved in less than 6 months since the launch of vaccination drive.
While addressing the CoWIN Global Conclave, PM Modi asserted that India has been committed to sharing its expertise and resources with the global community in combating Covid.
The chairman of the empowered group for Covid-19 vaccine administration said PM Modi has directed officials to create an open source version of the platform and give it free of cost.
We continue to take appropriate steps as are necessary, from time to time, to ensure that the data of the people is safe with CoWIN, the health ministry said.
Union health ministry announced the feature Monday, saying it is being enabled only for govt Covid Vaccination Centers (CVCs), and is not present for private CVCs yet.
Booked slots on CoWIN are a problem of the ‘announce-now, plan-later’ method that India loves so much. Millennials desperately want some of that vaccine maitri.
As people struggle to find slots at Covid vaccination centres, many software developers and tech companies are providing real-time updates to help people book appointments.
The health ministry said in some instances citizens who booked an appointment for vaccination but didn't go on the scheduled date received an SMS that a dose had been administered to them.
Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi moved to Goa to synthesise big ideas and build an Indian sci-fi mythiverse with MAYA. ‘In a way, the job title in the East for this enterprise is the Buddha.’
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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