Govt to only organise Sub-National Immunization Days for 200 'high-risk' districts. Virologists say no major ramifications likely as India's has good routine vaccination track record.
The govt had earlier scheduled the Pulse Polio Immunisation programme for 17 January, but rescheduled it as the Covid vaccination drive will roll out from 16 January.
India, which began a polio immunisation programme in 1995, recorded its last case in 2011. The interim 16 years was marked by misinformation, vaccine hesitancy and scientific hurdles.
Apart from the polio vaccine, ‘expired’ Easy 6 vaccine was also administered to the children. A CRPF officer, however, said not all vaccines were expired.
The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?
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.
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.
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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