Imphal (Manipur) [India], April 11 (ANI): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday at the launch of 'tika utsav' or vaccination festival in Imphal's Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences.
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): As more and more states flag shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Central government has pressed the accelerator to scale up vaccine production manifold.
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 10 crore mark on Sunday with over 35 lakh doses given in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said.
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): People arrived at inoculation centres in the national capital to receive the COVID-19 vaccine jab as a four-day-long 'Tika Utsav' or vaccination festival kicked off on Sunday.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 11 (ANI): The COVID-19 vaccination drive was halted at 178 vaccination centres in four districts of Uttarakhand on Saturday as stocks of vaccines ran out and were resumed on Sunday after officials went and sourced more doses.
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday informed 65 per cent of COVID-19 patients in the national capital are below 45 years of age and urged the Centre to lift the age limit in the vaccination process.
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called the 'Tika Utsav', Covid-19 mass vaccination festival, the beginning of the second big war against Corona and emphasised social hygiene along with personal hygiene.
Singapore, April 11 (ANI): With vaccinations against the COVID-19 well underway around the world, many are hoping that leisure and regular business travel will soon resume.
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the countrymen to abide by four things as 'Tika Utsav' or vaccine festival has started in the country from today with an aim to inoculate the maximum number of eligible people against COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a swipe at the Centre over several states talking of limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines with them and said the country needs "jobs and jabs" but the BJP government gives "jumlas and jibes".
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 10 (ANI): The Covid-19 vaccination drive was temporally halted at the Erandwane vaccination centre in Maharashtra's Pune district on Saturday as stocks of vaccines ran out and was resumed after 12 noon after officials went and sourced more doses.
New Delhi [India], Apr 10 (ANI): Domestic air passenger traffic for March is estimated at 77 lakh to 78 lakh against 77.4 lakh in the same month of last year, implying a flat growth, according to rating agency ICRA.