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PM Modi to introduce Maritime India Summit’s second edition scheduled for March 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the Maritime India Summit’s second edition via virtual mode scheduled for March 2, 2021, as per the official statement by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. Modi will inaugurate the summit at 11 am. Rajiv Jalota, Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust said, “The objective of the Summit is…

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PGIMER director: New Covid-19 strains identified in UK, India found to be highly transmissible

 The novel Covid-19 strains which have been identified in India and UK have been fund to be highly transmissible, said Jagat Ram, Director, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) on Wednesday, thereby giving the warning that all the required norms and protocols must be strictly adhered to for preventing the cases. Jagat…

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Second phase of Covid-19 vaccination to commence from March 1, age above 60 years to get vaccinated

The second phase for Covid-19 vaccination in India will commence from March 1, where people with 60 years of age and above along with those above 45 years of age with existential co-morbidities will be vaccinated, revealed Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday. While addressing the press conference post the Union Cabinet meeting, the minister…

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India initiates Covid-19 vaccines supply to Africa under Covax facility

India on Tuesday had initiated the Covid-19 vaccines supply to Africa with ‘Made in India’ vaccines to Africa, which comes under the Covax facility. Anurag Srivastava, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson said, “Fulfilling our commitment to help the world with Covid-19 vaccines, supplies of Made in India vaccine commence today for Africa under Covax…

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Private hospitals to be used for extending further the vaccination coverage says Govt

The Union Government on Tuesday revealed that additional private hospitals will be used for increasing the pace and coverage of Covid-19 vaccination in the upcoming days. At a press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan was answering several queries where he said that from a count of 10,000 hospitals which will be utilized for vaccines…

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Over thousands of teachers and non-teaching staff protest over fee cut in Bengaluru

Thousands were protesting in a rally today which included the school teachers, non-teaching staff of private schools and representatives of the management which was initiated by the teaching and non-teaching staff coordination committee representing the Karnataka Private Unaided School Managements. The protest rally was pushed forth for demanding the state government to deliberate on the…

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