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Family members can also be covered under workplace COVID-19 vaccination: Govt

11:56 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry Saturday announced that family members and dependents of workers can also be covered under the COVID-19 vaccination drive at industrial and workplace inoculation centres. In a letter to all chief secretaries, the Health Ministry said that for industrial and private workplace CVCs (COVID-19 vaccination centres), the vaccine doses will have to be procured […]

17.14 lakh more doses given; 18.22 cr jabs so far

11:55 pm May 15, 2021

New Delhi: A total of 17.14 lakh coronavirus vaccine doses were administered on Saturday and the number of jabs given in the country so far rose to 18.22 crore, the Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, 5.58 lakh beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group received their first dose and 48.22 lakh such people got the shot across the […]

Hamas, Israel fighting escalates even amid truce efforts

8:00 pm May 13, 2021

Gazacity: Hamas sent a heavy barrage of rockets deep into Israel in a matter of minutes on Thursday and Israel pounded Gaza with more airstrikes. The relentless escalation of hostilities came even as Egyptian negotiators held in-person talks with the two sides, intensifying efforts at mediation. Previous fighting between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, including a devastating 2014 war, was largely confined to the impoverished and blockaded Palestinian territory […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Indian-Americans from Boston send USD 600,000 worth medical supplies to COVID-hit India

9:20 pm May 7, 2021

Washington: A group of Indian-Americans from the US city of Boston have pooled in USD 600,000 to send medical supplies to India, which is experiencing a deadly wave of the coronavirus. A plane carrying the medical supplies, which includes 3,400 oxygen concentrators, will leave for India on Saturday (May 8) and reach Mumbai by Monday (May 10), reported local […]

20 lakh jabs on Friday, highest so far: Govt

4:27 pm March 13, 2021

New Delhi: The Health Ministry said on Saturday that more than 20 lakh vaccine doses against the coronavirus were administered across the country the previous day, the highest single-day count so far. As many as 16,39,663 beneficiaries — healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) — were vaccinated for the first dose and 4,13,874 such […]

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