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PM Narendra Modi holds a meeting to audit India’s Coronavirus immunization methodology

21Nov

By Vedika KulkarniNo Comments

PM Narendra Modi holds a meeting to audit India’s Coronavirus immunization methodology

PM Narendra Modi on Friday held a virtual meeting with top officials including those from the centre's think-tank NITI Aayog on India's methodology for building up a COVID-19 immunization and making it accessible to the masses. "Held a meeting to review India's vaccination strategy and the way forward. Important issues related to progress of vaccine development, regulatory approvals and procurement were discussed," PM Modi tweeted. "Reviewed various issues like prioritisation of population groups, reaching out to HCWs, cold-chain Infrastructure augmentation, adding vaccinators and tech platform for vaccine roll-out," he tweeted. Held a meeting to audit India's immunization procedure and the path forward. Significant issues identified with progress of immunization improvement, reg...

PM Narendra Modi to lead the Indian delegation at the virtual Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on November 10: ME

7Nov

By Manas KhuranaNo Comments

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PM Narendra Modi to lead the Indian delegation at the virtual Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on November 10: ME

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are required to meet face-to-face virtually at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on November 10. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said Modi will lead the Indian delegation at the summit. "The prime minister will lead the Indian delegation to the 20th summit of the SCO council of heads of state which will be held in the virtual format on Nov 10. The meeting will be chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin," MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said. India has been focusing on growing its participation with the SCO, an eight-country regional grouping, that represents around 42 percent of the world's population and 20% of the global GDP. The Chinese delegation at the summit ...

India giving free ration to around 80 crores poor for last 7-8 months, says PM Modi

16Oct

By Gunjan SaxsenaNo Comments

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India giving free ration to around 80 crores poor for last 7-8 months, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India has been sans giving free ration to around 80 crores poor for the last seven to eight months in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. "During the coronavirus crisis, many kinds of discussions are going on around the world about starvation and malnutrition. India has been providing free ration to about 80 crore poor for the last 7-8 months. During this time, India distributed foodgrains worth about Rs. 1.5 lakh crores to the poor," Prime Minister Modi said during an occasion to release a commemorative coin of ₹75 denomination to mark the 75th Anniversary of India's long-standing connection with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). "Another important work is being done to tackle malnutrition. Now such crops are being promoted in ...

PM Narendra Modi regrets the absence of a vital vision of past systems for poor border infrastructure

3Oct

By Manas KhuranaNo Comments

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PM Narendra Modi regrets the absence of a vital vision of past systems for poor border infrastructure

At the introduction of 9.2km long Atal Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi illuminated three projects in the west, central and east India to underline that the past government needed vital vision and pitched for a fast border infrastructure upgrade to defend India. With the on-going stand-off between Indian Army and Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in east Ladakh as a primary concern, PM Modi took the case of 16,800 feet high airstrip at Daulat Beg Oldi post close to the Karakoram Pass which couldn't be initiated because of absence of political will from 1965 to 2008. The advanced landing ground was activated by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in 2008 using a Russian A 32 plane and the then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was educated afte...