In a significant shift in its policy on Covid-19 vaccination, India, which is witnessing an unprecedented surge, Monday announced that every citizen above the age of 18 years will be eligible for a vaccine shot from May 1. The decision came after a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In another shift in the policy, the Health Ministry said that 50 per cent of the vaccine supply will be made available directly to the open market and the state governments for the vaccination programme. “Vaccine manufacturers would supply 50% of their monthly Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL) released doses to centre government and would be free to supply the remaining 50% doses to state governments and in the open market,” the ministry said.
Sidhu’s lawyer Abhishek Gupta had opposed the police remand stating that the Delhi Police was “acting like emperors” and “are playing fraud with the criminal process”.
His clarification came after a certain Tanmay Fadnavis posted his photograph on social media while taking a dose of the vaccine at Nagpur's National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Banerjee also called on Modi to resign over what she claimed was a botched response to the pandemic’s second wave.
The special court had sentenced Ansari to the death sentence along with four others.
Gatherings of more than 20 persons, including for weddings/cremations, have also been banned across the state, with prior approval of the district administration needed for all gatherings of more than 10 persons, except for cremation.
Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel says won't impose lockdown in Gujarat , announces the extension of state health insurance scheme card — Mukhyamantri Amrutam Yojana for next 3 months .
Voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm with over 3.23 crore voters eligible to exercise their franchise.
Mansoor Ali Khan, while addressing reporters at SIMS hospital, had allegedly said that the government's decision making masks compulsory was a foolish move.
The CM had held a public meeting at Nalgonda district on April 14 ahead of the bypoll to the Nagarjuna Sagar assembly constituency.
After heated discussions during the all-party meeting in Bengaluru, the government has announced that a final decision on announcing a lockdown would be taken on Tuesday.
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Ariadna Hafez, who is also a choreographer, was 10 meters underwater when she gracefully performed for ‘Tang'O,’ a three-minute film directed and produced by Frenchman Bastien Soleil.
Earlier, the summer holidays for all government, aided, and private schools were from May 11 till June 30, however it has been preponed
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