New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): The COVID vaccination in India's largest district Kutch in Gujarat is underway at a rapid pace, said Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 22 (ANI): Chennai jewellers will hold a protest on Monday against the government's decision to make Hallmarking Unique ID mandatory on gold jewellery.
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): Hollywood star Sean Penn recently double-downed on his previous comments that the COVID-19 vaccine should be mandatory for all.
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): As India continues to evacuate people from Afghanistan, which has been taken over by the Taliban, the Centre on Sunday said it will also administer free polio vaccines to Afghan nationals who land in the country.
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 22 (ANI): Stirring controversy, JD-U MLA Gopal Mandal on Saturday alleged that Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad frequently visits Bhagalpur to "collect extortion money" from shop owners and demanded a probe into the matter.
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 21 (ANI): Police have arrested a youth for pouring petrol on a girl and "setting her ablaze" on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday at Chauduwada in Poosapatirega mandal of Vizianagaram district.
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the approval for the world's first DNA-based 'ZyCov-D' vaccine of Zydus Cadila group is a testimony to the innovative zeal of India's scientists.
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Zydus Cadila's wait for a regulatory nod for its ZyCoV-D plasmid DNA vaccine against Covid is over. The Ahmedabad-based pharma company has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will visit Gujarat on Thursday to participate in the ongoing Jan Ashirwad Yatra, as per the official statement.
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said that Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) has enabled poor people to afford treatment at the same hospital-like the well-off.
London [England], August 18 (ANI): Indian women's team opener Smriti Mandhana feels the country has enough depth to start a six-team women's IPL. The 25-year-old also stated the example of the men's team about how the quality of cricket went higher for them after the introduction of IPL.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 18 (ANI): Dr K Sudhakar, the Health Minister of Karnataka issued an order on Wednesday, directing to make counselling mandatory for transfers of medical officers and other staff in the state.