Month: May 2021

PM condoles the demise of Times Group Chairperson Smt Indu Jain

DELHI, MAY 13: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of Times Group Chairperson Smt Indu Jain ji.  In a tweet, Shri Modi said : “Saddened by the demise of Times Group Chairperson Smt. Indu Jain Ji. She will be remembered for her community service […]

Relaxation in procurement rules for containment of COVID-19 pandemic

DELHI, MAY 14: The Government of India has exempted the public procurement of supplies required for containment of COVID-19 global pandemic from the applicability of Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017. The order issued by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce […]

PM releases 8th instalment of financial benefit under PM-KISAN

For the first time, farmers of West Bengal will benefit from this scheme Wheat procurement at MSP has set new records this year Government is fighting COVID-19 with all its might DELHI, MAY 14: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released 8th instalment of financial benefit of Rs 2,06,67,75,66,000 to […]

India’s Cumulative Recoveries exceed 2 Crore

24-hour Recoveries Outnumber Daily New COVID Cases for Third Time in last Four Days Decline of 5,632 in Active Caseload in the last 24 hours India’s Cumulative Vaccination Coverage steadily nearing 18 Crore More than 39 lakh beneficiaries of age group 18-44 Vaccinated, so far Government of India […]

Petrol, diesel prices rise again, reach record highs

New Delhi, May 14: Petrol and diesel prices on Friday touched record high levels across the country after rates were increased for the fourth time this week. Petrol price was hiked by 29 paise per litre and diesel by 34 paise a litre, according to a price notification by […]

Vaccine purchase should be centralised, distribution decentralised: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, May 14:  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at the government’s vaccine policy, saying it is compounding problems and demanded that the vaccine purchase should be centralised and distribution decentralised. “GOI’s vaccine policy is compounding the problem. Vaccine purchase should be centralised and distribution […]

Recoveries outnumber daily COVID-19 cases, over two crore recovered so far

New Delhi, May 14: India’s daily COVID-19 recoveries have outnumbered the daily new cases, taking the total recoveries to over two crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. This is the third time in the last four days that recoveries have outnumbered daily cases. India’s cumulative recoveries have […]

Massive augmentation of oxygen generation infrastructure in Jammu

Comprehensive audit at hospitals for further capacity building initiated JAMMU, MAY 13: Government is continuing efforts for augmenting oxygen supply in hospital to meet the requirements in wake of rising number of cases and a large number of oxygen plants have been installed. Oxygen generation plants are under […]

PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 13 MAY 2021, Delhi India’s Cumulative Vaccination Coverage exceeds 17.72 CroreMore than Half a Crore patients served by the National Telemedicine Service (eSanjeevani) during the COVID-19 PandemicDCGI approves Phase II/III clinical trial of COVAXIN in the age group of 2 to 18 Years #Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona PRESS […]

Delaying second COVID-19 vaccine doses can help reduce deaths – study

Giving a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine but delaying a second dose among people younger than 65 could lead to fewer people dying of the disease, but only if certain conditions are met, a predictive modelling study showed. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, there is debate over whether […]

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