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On the occasion of reaching India’s record of delivering more than 100 crore doses COVID-19 vaccination, Prime Minister Narendra Modi writes: “Humanity was dealing with a pandemic like this after 100 years and nobody knew much about the virus. We remember how unpredictable the situation was at that time, as we were faced with an unknown and invisible enemy that was changing rapidly. The journey from worry to assurance has been completed and our country has become stronger thanks to the world’s largest vaccination campaign.”
While India reaching the 100 crore vaccine dose milestone is a significant public health effort, it is now It is important that the country keeps pace About 88 million additional doses are needed to fully vaccinate the adult population. However, in the first 20 days of October, the average daily vaccination has fallen from 78.69 lakh doses in September to 46.68 lakh doses. In such a situation, the biggest challenge for the states will be to increase the second dose coverage.
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Ten months after the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign began, India on Thursday achieved the historic milestone of 100 crore. As the country celebrates the milestone, Indian Express takes a look On some health workers overcoming conflicts ranging from mountainous terrain to wild snakes, and hesitation to vaccinate to make it possible.
A few weeks before the Covid-19 vaccination campaign for senior citizens began across the country in March, Dr Indira Parkhe, 39, a medical officer at Shell Pimpalgaon Primary Health Center in Khed tehsil of Pune district, faced a devastating reality . Her husband, Dr. Deepak Thackeray, a medical officer in Khamgaon tehsil of Buldhana district of Maharashtra, died on February 15. Shocked by the shock, and yet refusing to avert the tragedy, Parkhe sought condolence counseling – Keep advising the villagers to get the dose of vaccine.
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On 17 October, three railway rakes carrying di-ammonium phosphate were dispatched from Mundra, Pipavav and Kandla ports in Gujarat to Kanakapura, a station in Rajasthan, for catering to mustard growing areas of Jaipur, Tonk, Ajmer and Sawai Madhopur districts. . had gone. Permission to move these rakes was obtained on an “out of turn” basis – that too on Sundays as a courtesy. “24/7 War Room” set up by Department of Fertilizers to make up the shortfall.
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When India launched its nationwide vaccination campaign, it faced insurmountable obstacles. Previously there were limited supplies of vaccines, which were further pressured by the United States’ decision to ban the export of the raw material. Then came the second wave, when the shortage was felt most acutely. Despite this, India managed to achieve perhaps the fastest rate of vaccination anywhere in the world. But while India’s achievement is huge, it is important to note that 100 crore doses have to be crossed. An important milestone, but not a destination.
Meanwhile, tire maker CEAT Ltd’s latest Diwali-themed advertisement has created quite a stir in Karnataka. in actors Aamir Khan Advised people to refrain from bursting crackers on the streets this festive season. Karnataka BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde has objected to the new advertisement. Claiming that it causes “unrest among Hindus”.
On October 19, their son turned 1 year old. That’s what the 23-year-old leader of the CPM’s student wing, the SFI, knows, as she visits police stations, the Kerala State Commission for Women and the child. The welfare committee in search of her child, whom she alleges, is forcibly abandoned by her parents as they disapproved of her relationship with the father. An FIR has been registered against his parents – both local CPM leaders.
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Tabrez Shamsi is an amateur magician. He also worries about the professional that some googlies don’t turn as much in cricket as he would like. Harry Potter fans may know this as the Room of Necessity; Muggle cricketers call this a backend operation. For the Proteas chinaman bowler, the room of necessity from where he could extract any game data, used to be the dependable ‘pea dog’, with former South African analyst Prasanna Agoram mixing his cans and nuggets and fast-processing laptop.
in today’s episode ‘3 Things’ PodcastLet us see why Aryan Khan’s bail plea has been rejected till now, Congress’s announcement for women in UP elections and what the Supreme Court has said on the farmers who blocked the highway.
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