New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Monday informed that the budget outlay for health increased to Rs 2,23,846 crores in 2021-22, an increase of 137 per cent in comparison to the previous year's budget.
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): A consignment of Indian-made vaccines arrived in Kuwait in the early hours of Monday, tweeted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, adding that it shows the close friendship and strong ties between the two nations.
Surat (Gujarat) [India], February 1 (ANI): The second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive kicked off in Surat on Sunday with the inoculation of police personnel.
Dubai [UAE], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The UAE emirate of Dubai on Sunday announced creating a "logistics alliance" to speed up supplies of two billion doses of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease via the COVAX initiative.
La Paz [Bolivia], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Bolivia expects to get nearly one million doses of coronavirus vaccines next month, Bolivian President Luis Arce has announced.
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's motto is to provide adequate health, education, and nutritional facility to every child and safety to women in the country by the year 2022.
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): The Pentagon (the US Department of Justice Headquarters) on Saturday announced that it is pausing the vaccination of Guantanamo Bay detainees against COVID-19.
Muscat [Oman], January 31 (ANI): A consignment of India-made vaccines arrived in Muscat on Saturday, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar adding that India providing vaccines to Oman is a friendship "spanning millennia."
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 30 (ANI): A civil court in Pune rejected the injunction application filed on behalf of CUTIS Biotech against Serum Institute of India (SII), claiming trademark "Covishield" of the Covid-19 vaccine, on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday advised states and union territories to increase the percentage coverage of COVID-19 vaccine beneficiaries and optimize sessions per day.
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Pharma giant Serum Institute of India (SII), whose Covishield vaccine has already received restricted emergency use approval by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), has now sought permission to start clinical trials of 'COVOVAX', a COVID-19 vacci
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday in New Delhi.