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COVID vaccination drive: What people said

10:46 pm January 16, 2021

New Delhi: As India launched the world’s largest vaccination drive against the coronavirus pandemic, showing the light at the end of a 10-month tunnel that upended millions of lives, here are some of the quotes from people who took the jab and politicians: — Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan: These vaccines are ‘sanjivani’ in our fight against this pandemic. […]

Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

Covaxin shipped to 11 cities in India- Bharat Biotech

6:37 pm January 13, 2021

Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday that it has successfully air-shipped its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin to 11 cities in India in the early hours and that it has donated 16.5 lakh doses to the centre. The company also expressed its deepest gratitude to the nation, all clinical trial volunteers and its partners for making this […]

Reports of over 50 bird deaths received by Delhi govt, samples sent for testing, say officials

Over 400 birds found dead in Rajasthan amid avian influenza outbreak

9:46 pm January 10, 2021

Jaipur: Amid an outbreak of bird flu, over 400 birds, mostly crow, were found dead in different parts of Rajasthan on Sunday, officials said. With the 428 fresh deaths, the number of birds that have died in the past few days reached 2,950 in the state. So far, 51 samples of dead birds from 13 districts have […]

Cold wave conditions prevail in north India; minimum temperature in Delhi drops to 9.6 deg C

10:40 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: Cold wave conditions continued unabated in several parts of north India on Friday with the minimum temperature in Delhi dropping to 9.6 degrees Celsius and a MeT official predicting severe winter for Rajasthan in the coming days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that due to the prevailing of dry north or northwesterly winds over most parts of northwest India, minimum […]

12-year-old boy suffering from bird flu dies at AIIMS in Delhi

Another dry run for COVID vaccination roll-out in Delhi; AIIMS, Safdarjung among sites

11:49 pm January 7, 2021

New Delhi: The authorities will on Friday conduct the second dry run for the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in Delhi that will span across at least three districts of the national capital, officials said. These districts are South Delhi, South East Delhi and North West Delhi, they said. The first dry run for COVID-19 vaccination roll-out was held in Delhi on January 2 for which […]