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Mayawati slams Punjab govt over profiteering from Covid-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday said that Punjab government selling Covid vaccines to private hospitals at a premium was "indecent, inhuman, condemnable and very unfortunate."
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US contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility
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Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): US has so far contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Karnataka Congress submits memorandum, seeks one crore COVID-19 jabs daily
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5 (ANI): Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar has urged President Ram Nath Kovind to direct the Central government to ensure administration of one crore COVID-19 vaccines doses per day and universal free vaccination.
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Harsimrat Badal accuses Amarinder Singh government of profiteering from CO
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New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday lashed out at Congress government in Punjab over its order, which was later withdrawn, for providing one-time limited vaccine doses to 18-44 age group population through private hospitals and questioned "si
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MoS Muraleedharan interacts with Indian community in Nigeria, Benin and Ch
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New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Friday interacted with the Indian community in Nigeria, Benin and Chad via virtual mode and reassured them of the government's commitment to their welfare.
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Taiwan says China seeking political gains in lieu of providing COVID-19 va
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Taipei [Taiwan], June 4 (ANI): Taiwan's foreign minister Joseph Wu on Thursday remarked that China is seeking political gains abroad in lieu of providing COVID-19 vaccines and other pandemic assistance, partly to increase pressure on the self-governing island.
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Punjab govt assures probe into opposition allegations on selling of COVID-
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 4 (ANI): Responding to allegations by the opposition about COVID-19 vaccines being sold to private hospitals by the state government for profit, Punjab health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Friday said that he will definitely initiate an inquiry.
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US students who took India's Covaxin, Russia's Sputnik V, asked to get re-
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Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Since March, over 400 US colleges and universities have announced students get Covid-19 vaccinations, ahead of the Autumn semester but those who have been inoculated with India's indigenous Covaxin or the Russian-made Sputnik V are being asked to re-vaccinate a
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US says India's increased COVID vaccines manufacturing capacity has potent
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Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): The US Department of State on Thursday (local time) said that the increased manufacturing capacity of COVID-19 vaccines in India has the potential to be a 'game changer' well beyond the country's borders, which is why an arrangement to provide support to India
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India to be key part of Biden's allocation plan of 25 million COVID-19 vac
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Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday (local time) announced that India will be a big part of US President Joe Biden's newly-launched Global Allocation Plan of 25 million COVID-19 vaccines to neighbours and partner countri
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US will not use it to secure favours from other countries: Jack Sullivan o
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Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Thursday (local time) discussed the sharing of 25 million COVID-19 vaccines with the world and said that the US will not use it to secure favours from other countries in lieu of the pandemic assistance.
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If you are unvaccinated, you are still at risk of getting seriously ill: W
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Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients in a press briefing on Thursday (local time) said that unvaccinated people are at risk of getting seriously ill or spreading the disease to others.
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