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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 […]

Madhya Pradesh declares black fungus a notified disease

3:34 pm May 22, 2021

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has declared black fungus or mucormycosis a notified disease in the state. The state Public Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday issued an order, in which it notified black fungus under the provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act and the Madhya Pradesh Public Health Act. A notifiable disease is required by law to be reported […]

UP to declare black fungus notifiable disease

11:27 pm May 21, 2021

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government will declare black fungus a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act. During a meeting on Friday, the Uttar Pradesh CM said, “In compliance with the order of the central government, black fungus should also be declared a notified disease on the lines of COVID. Order in this regard should […]

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

5.31 lakh police posts vacant in India, max in UP: Govt

7:11 pm March 16, 2021

New Delhi: There were over five lakh vacancies in police departments across states and Union territories in the country, with the maximum posts lying vacant in Uttar Pradesh, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. As per data compiled by the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), the sanctioned strength of police was 26,23,225 while the […]

PM to launch ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ on Friday, flag off march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi

11:20 pm March 11, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ event on Friday by flagging off a 241-mile march from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to Dandi in Gujarat’s Navsari district to celebrate 75 years of India’s Independence, Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said Thursday. Addressing the media, the culture and tourism minister […]

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