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14.8 lakh COVID vaccine doses administered on Monday

11:37 pm May 17, 2021

New Delhi: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 18.44 crore with 14,79,592 doses given on Monday, the Union Health Ministry said. The ministry said 6,63,329 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday and cumulatively 59,32,704 people across 36 states and […]

Open community kitchen, provide dry ration & facilitate transportation of migrant workers: SC

11:32 pm May 13, 2021

New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday directed Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to open community kitchens in the NCR for stranded migrant workers amid the current wave of COVID-19 pandemic and facilitate transportation for labourers who want to return home. Passing a slew of interim directions to ameliorate the miseries of migrant workers facing difficulties in wake of the recent surge […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

April 11 to 14 can be observed as ‘Tika Utsav’, suggests PM Modi

9:36 pm April 8, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that a challenging situation was emerging again due to COVID-19 and urged states to ramp up testing. Chairing a meeting with chief ministers over the COVID-19 situation in the country, he said many states including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Punjab had crossed the peak of the first […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

PM to interact with CMs on Thursday over COVID situation, vaccination drive

7:47 pm April 5, 2021

New Delhi: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers on Thursday to discuss the COVID-19 situation and the ongoing vaccination drive, sources said Monday. Modi”s last interaction with chief ministers was on March 17 during which he had expressed concern over the rise in COVID-19 cases in […]

India records highest single-day vaccine coverage

3:04 pm April 2, 2021

New Delhi: More than 36.7 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day coverage till now, the Union Health ministry said on Friday. Of the 36,71,242 vaccine doses, 33,65,597 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 51,215 sessions for the first dose and 3,05,645 beneficiaries received the second dose of vaccine, the Health […]