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SAD chief demands probe into order to supply vaccines to pvt hospitals; Pu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Following the withdrawal of the Punjab government order of providing "one-time" limited vaccine doses to the 18-44 age group population through private hospitals on Friday, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal called the matter a scam and said
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Delhi HC anguished over shortage of COVID vaccines in India
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday expressed anguish over COVID-19 vaccine shortage and "the way things have transpired during the second wave".
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COVID-19: US to share 'substantial number' of vaccines with India under CO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 4 (ANI): A 'substantial number' of vaccine doses will go to India under the US strategy for global vaccine sharing program, said Gayle E Smith, the US State Department Coordinator for COVID-19 Response and Health Security on Friday.
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Punjab withdraws order to supply vaccines to private hospitals
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Punjab government on Friday withdrew its earlier order of providing "one-time" limited vaccine doses to the 18-44 age group population through private hospitals after allegations by opposition of "diverting" Covaxin doses at "hefty margins", sparked a row
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MoS Muraleedharan interacts with Indian community in Nigeria, Benin and Ch
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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-
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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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Tokyo to send over 1.2 million free AstraZeneca vaccines to Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan has expressed readiness to ship more than a million shots of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines at no cost to Taiwan as requested by the East Asian nation, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Friday.
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US students who took India's Covaxin, Russia's Sputnik V, asked to get re-
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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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Sukhbir Badal demands HC-monitored probe into Punjab govt selling COVID va
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 4 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday demanded a High Court-monitored probe into the alleged selling of COVID vaccine doses by the Punjab government to private hospitals for profit.
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US says India's increased COVID vaccines manufacturing capacity has potent
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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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