Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:03
"If vaccines are free for all, why should private hospitals charge for them?" Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked on Monday as the opposition party demanded universal free vaccination against COVID-19, after the prime minister announced that his government will provide free jabs to states for inoculation of all above the age of 18.
The Congress also sought to credit the Supreme Court for the cha
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Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:56:39
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the United Nations had to "step in" as India's own institutions have stopped taking notice of human rights violations.
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Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:53:20
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 23.59 crore, the health ministry said on Monday.
It said 16,07,531 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years received the first dose and 68,661 in the age group received the second dose of the vaccine on Monday.
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Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:47:07
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should clarify which states had demanded to purchase Covid vaccines for the inoculation of the beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group.
"To my knowledge, no state had made such a demand. The PM's advisors seem to have given him wrong information," he wrote on Twitter.
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Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:44:13
Amid speculations about a leadership change in the state, Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar said that the governance is suffering due to the "endless factionalism" in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:41:09
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday asked ruling BJP legislators not to indulge in signature campaign or issue political statements on speculation about his replacement, and instead focus on COVID management in their constituencies and help the needy.
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Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:37:07
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the decision on vaccinating all above the age of 18 for free should have been taken long back and the delay has cost many lives.
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Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:34:54
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that the central government will provide free coronavirus vaccine to states for inoculation of all above the age of 18 from June 21, and asserted that vaccine supply would be increased significantly in the country in coming days.
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Mon, 07 Jun 2021 23:29:37
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) asked schools to complete the pending practical and internal assessment through online mode only and upload it by June 28.
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