Harsh Vardhan

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 […]

Health Minister Vardhan, wife get COVID-19 vaccine shot

5:50 pm March 2, 2021

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and his wife took the first dose of indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin at the Delhi Heart and Lung Institute on Tuesday. India opened up vaccination for those over 60 years and within the age bracket of 45 to 59 years with specified co-morbidities from March 1. The […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

‘States have started implementing IMI 3.0 for kids, pregnant woman not immunised in routine drive’

4:08 pm February 23, 2021

New Delhi: Various states and Union territories have started implementing the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0, a campaign aimed at reaching those children and pregnant women who were not covered during the routine immunization program due to COVID-19, with nearly 29,000 children and 5,000 pregnant women vaccinated on the first day, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The campaign […]

Budget's transparency on numbers will enthuse rating agencies: SBI economists

Budget turns paperless; FM reads out speech from tablet for first time

8:09 pm February 1, 2021

New Delhi: From Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reading out her 110-minute speech from a tablet to seating arrangements in tune with pandemic times, there were quite a few firsts during the presentation of the 2021-22 Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Also, for the first time, the Budget went paperless and members were provided soft copies of the speech and documents. Clad in […]

President Kovind launches pulse polio programme for 2021

10:29 pm January 30, 2021

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday launched the pulse polio programme for 2021 by administering polio drops to children below five years of age at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. In a statement, the Health Ministry said President Kovind and First Lady Savita Kovind administered polio drops to children on the eve of the Polio National Immunization Day, which is observed on […]

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