There is a stabilization in the impact of COVID-19 in the country, but we have to be more careful in our hygiene practices as it is a respiratory virus and most respiratory viruses escalate during winter, said Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog on Tuesday. COVID prevention NITI aayog says people have to be more careful during winters, VK Paul, COVID-19 during winter
NITI Aayog member Dr. VK Paul during the Health Ministry briefing said that the vaccine developed by Russia has been under consideration of the country.
Delhi Transport Corporation bus ran into the boundary wall of NITI Aayog building late last night. The driver was admitted to a hospital.
On being asked about the post-COVID symptoms are visible in some patients, Member of NITI Aayog, VK Paul on August 18 stated that a new dimension of the disease is coming forward, scientific and medical communities are monitoring it.
A new dimension of the novel coronavirus is coming forward, reckons VK Paul of the NITI Aayog on post-recovery symptoms appearing in several COVID-19 patients. He further said that that there may be some impact later too.
In a bid to further deepen financial inclusion in the country, the NITI Aayog has suggested the creation of a Dak Bank -- postal bank -- by merging the regional rural banks, among other recommendations to the government.
The government may fund specific research projects in responsible Artificial Intelligence and introduce ethics of AI into the university curriculum as the new-age technology is expected to boost India's annual growth rate by 1.3 per cent by 2035, according to a discussion paper by Niti Aayog.
The Indian economy will start recovering completely by the fourth quarter of the current fiscal and could grow by 6 per cent in the next financial year as green shoots are visible in many sectors where business is back to pre-COVID levels, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Friday.
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Tuesday said all apps released in India must adhere to the country's data integrity, privacy and sovereignty, a day after the government banned 59 apps.
India's economy will recover after the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic and the country will maintain its sound net external position, Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday.
While addressing a press conference in the national capital on May 28, a member of Niti Aayog Dr VK Paul spoke on coronavirus pandemic.
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Saturday that the government's Covid contact tracing app Aarogya Setu has alerted the government about more than 650 hotspots across the country which could have been missed otherwise.
The continuous rise in the number of people testing positive for coronavirus is expected to stabilise sometime soon, Niti Aayog member V K Paul said on Sunday.
India's COVID-19 recovery rate has improved from 15 per cent on April 19 to 24.56 per cent as of Wednesday, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said. He also stressed on the need to keep working tirelessly on states and districts with high load of cases to further improve the recovery rate.
A Niti Aayog official has tested positive for coronavirus in New Delhi on Tuesday. Following this development, all necessary precautions are being followed. Meanwhile, the building in which the official was working has ben sealed for two days for thorough disinfection and sanitisation procedure, informed Ajit Kumar, Deputy Secretary (Administration), NITI Aayog.
One officer in NITI Aayog has been tested positive for COVID-19 in Delhi. The building has been sealed temporarily for thorough disinfection and sanitisation.
Speaking at a virtual session on 'COVID-19 & The Future of Work', NITI Aayog CEO Kant further said the pandemic has created a unique challenge, which is complex and unpredictable.
NITI Aayog has selected the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir for the first pilot project on Sustained Developmental Goals during which the J&K administration would get a chance to work with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
India's slowdown has bottomed out and now its economy needs to be opened up if the country wants to realise the ambition of a 10 per cent growth rate, former NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya has said.
The government's target of achieving a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25 is a statement of intent, which sounds idealistic, a Niti Aayog official has said, asserting that "tough times" don't last as she dispelled concerns over economic slowdown.
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