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  Yogi's vaccination push: Special booths for auto rickshaw drivers, street vendors

  India | June 09, 2021 9:05 IST

  The Uttar Pradesh government will organise special vaccination booths for street vendors, auto-rickshaw drivers, e-rickshaw and rickshaw drivers in a bid to encourage them to take the jabs.

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  J-K: Bandipora achieves 100 pc vaccination of 45-plus age group in 20 villages

  Good News | June 08, 2021 22:33 IST

  Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora, Owais Ahmad said the district administration has been able to administer one lakh doses and vaccinate the 100 percent population of the eligible age group in 20 villages of the district.

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  What went behind PM Modi's decision to announce new vaccine policy

  India | June 07, 2021 22:53 IST

  According to government sources, the plan for centralised free vaccination was presented to PM Modi June 1, on the completion of one month of the decentralised vaccination model.   

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  PM announces free vaccine for 18+; 'one simple question...', Rahul Gandhi's prompt criticism

  India | June 07, 2021 22:15 IST

  Addressing the nation, PM Modi said that the has decided to buy 75 per cent of jabs from vaccine makers, including 25 per cent of the state quota, and give it for free to state governments.

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  'Humility, reaching out will not hurt him': Congress slams PM Modi over new vaccination policy tweak

  India | June 07, 2021 19:49 IST

  Moments after PM Modi concluded his address to the nation, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh attacked him and said that the prime minister has finally accepted the Opposition's demand concerning vaccine procurement.

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  PM Modi announces free vaccination for 18+ from June 21

  India | June 07, 2021 19:28 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced free vaccination for 18 plus age group June 21 onward. He also announced the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana till Diwali.

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  Covid Crisis: Safeguarding children from future waves with vaccination

  Health | June 07, 2021 9:50 IST

  Western countries are moving ahead with the vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 and efforts are being made to go even younger than this age group. Given the vulnerability of children against future waves, countries are planning to vaccinate children from 2-years onwards.  

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  Over 2 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Uttar Pradesh till now

  India | June 06, 2021 23:00 IST

  Uttar Pradesh has administered over two crore COVID-19 vaccine doses till now with over 30 lakh jabs given to beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group, the state government said on Sunday.

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  24.60 crore vaccine doses provided to states/UTs: Centre

  India | June 06, 2021 22:44 IST

  It said that it has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 24 crore vaccine doses to states/UTs.

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  West Bengal issuing vaccination certificates to 18-44 with Mamata Banerjee's photo

  India | June 05, 2021 17:19 IST

  While beneficiaries of 45 plus are getting certificates of vaccination with the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as in other parts of the country, but those falling in the 18-44 age bracket have photographs of Mamata Banerjee.

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  Quickly deliver second doses, provide boosters for Delta variant: Lancet

  India | June 04, 2021 23:17 IST

  For the 'Delta variant' of the coronavirus, there needs to be shorter gap between two doses of anti-Covid vaccines, says a Lancet study, as the contagious virus continues to evolve, infect people.

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  Over 33.5 lakh vaccine doses administered on Friday, total crosses 22.75 crore

  India | June 04, 2021 22:58 IST

  It said 16,23,602 beneficiaries in the age group 18-44 years received their first dose and 31,217 in the same category their second dose on Friday.

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  'Will boost vaccine production': Poonawalla thanks Jaishankar, Biden for policy change

  India | June 05, 2021 0:06 IST

  Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla has thanked US President Joe Biden, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for policy change with respect to raw material needed for vaccine production saying it will boost manufacturing and strengthen fight against Covid.

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  India has overtaken US in vaccinating people with 1st dose: Centre

  News | June 04, 2021 18:40 IST

  Exuberating confidence in the nation-wide Covid vaccination drive, the Centre on Friday patted its own back and said that India has overtaken the US in terms of the number of people who have received the first dose of vaccine.

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  India has overtaken US in terms of vaccinating people with single dose: Centre

  India | June 04, 2021 21:12 IST

  As per the Union Health Ministry, over 60 per cent elderly population has received at least one dose of vaccine.

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  US to swiftly boost global vaccine sharing, Biden announces

  World | June 04, 2021 8:29 IST

  President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will swiftly donate an initial allotment of 25 million doses of surplus vaccine overseas through the United Nations-backed COVAX program.

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  Deeply appreciate assurance of vaccine supplies: PM Modi after call with Kamala Harris

  India | June 03, 2021 22:50 IST

  US Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday dialed PM Modi and discussed India-US partnership and vaccine support. The phone call was at the request of vice president Kamala Harris.

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  Jeetega India | Covaxin trial on children begins at AIIMS Patna

  News | June 03, 2021 20:52 IST

  COVID vaccine trial for children underway at AIIMS Patna - Trial of COVID vaccines for the children started at AIIMS Patna from 28th May.

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  COVID vaccine trial for children underway at AIIMS Patna

  News | June 03, 2021 20:25 IST

  Trial of COVID vaccines for the children started at AIIMS Patna from 28th May.

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  Rajasthan HC upset with state govt’s ‘inaction’ over vaccination of Pakistani migrants

  India | June 03, 2021 19:00 IST

  A Jodhpur bench of the high court also took strong exceptions to the government’s failure to apprise it of their steps for giving Covid shots to people not having the prescribed identity cards, including the Hindu migrants from Pakistan.