Tucked away in a corner on the eighth floor of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur outpatient block at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, people excitedly queue up next to a photo booth that proudly exclaims: ‘I got my Covid-19 vaccine today!’ Wearing green wrist bracelets that signify their vaccination status they pose happily for friends and families to have their pictures clicked. In another corner, nursing officers turn people away, asking them to come back the following day. “It is 4 pm and we are out of vials. We are seeing more people than we had anticipated,” says a nursing attendant to his associate.
Reading the thoughts of the first generation of Independent India’s women political leaders
The Constituent Assembly of India had 15 women members, each of whom brought unique perspectives to the debates over the Constitution. 11 of the 15 women members of India s Constituent Assembly | Meera Velayudhan/CWDS
India has had its significant share of influential women politicians over the years. It’s a tradition that goes back to the freedom struggle, which had significant participation by women.
When the Constituent Assembly of India was formed in 1946 to draw up a Constitution for the soon-to-be independent nation, it had 15 women members. They are mainly known as freedom fighters but they were also opinionated political leaders, who were unafraid to speak their minds and passionately advocated their beliefs.
Get Vaccinated To Defeat The Pandemic â It Is Absolutely Safe: Trust Me, Iâm 94 Dr Hande taking a second dose of the Covid vaccine as Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan looks on.
Snapshot
If more people are vaccinated, we can stop the pandemic in its tracks â the reason why the government is ratcheting up vaccination centres.
Being 94 years of age, I received my second dose of vaccine against Covid-19. I am aware that I canât say âmission accomplishedâ because there is still a surge of cases in Maharashtra and Kerala.
I am also aware that the mantras of âsocial distancing, masks, and constant hand washingâ have to be continued till things settle down.
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India became the first country to launch an atomic energy programme in 1954.
Shortly after the Independence, a group of Indian scientists led by physicist Homi Bhabha convinced Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to invest in the development of nuclear energy. The subsequent 1948 Atomic Energy Act led to the creation of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission “to provide for the development and control of atomic energy and purposes connected therewith.
India designs and builds Asia’s first nuclear reactor – Apsara nuclear reactor – in 1956.
Apsara is the oldest of India s research reactors. It was designed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and was built with assistance from the United Kingdom, which also provided the initial fuel supply, consisting of 80 percent enriched uranium.