Covid-19 vaccination: Most districts have covered less than 10% of their population
Covid-19 vaccination: Most districts have covered less than 10% of their population
District-wise analysis shows that the first dose of approved Covid vaccines has been administered in only 5 per cent of all districts in India.
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UPDATED: May 5, 2021 19:33 IST
A beneficiary receiving the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Delhi on Monday (Photo Credits: PTI)
Mass vaccination is our only hope to flatten the Covid-19 curve. However, more than three months since the programme s rollout, India seems to have barely scratched the surface, data shows.
The district-wise vaccine rollout numbers analysed by India Today Data Intelligence Unit (DIU) show that only 37 of the 726 districts (just 5 per cent) reviewed have administered at least one dose of vaccine to 20 per cent or more people so far.
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The last week has thrown up some scary numbers for India on the Covid front. Daily cases and deaths have reached record highs almost every day, as positivity rates continue to spiral amid a healthcare crisis.
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UPDATED: April 27, 2021 00:17 IST
The fatality rate for India as a whole has increased from 0.55 per cent to 0.69 per cent in the last week. (File Pic)
The last week has thrown up some scary numbers for India on the Covid front. Daily cases and deaths have reached record highs almost every day, as positivity rates continue to spiral amid a healthcare crisis. In fact, there is one confirmed case out of every five tests conducted in India at present compared to one in seven only a week ago.
How women voters are changing the political script across states, one at a time
How women voters are changing the political script across states, one at a time
Women outnumbered men by a wide margin of 3.6 lakh votes in 2016 Tamil Nadu Assemby polls. During Chhattisgarh elections, there was a 23 per cent surge in female turnout in 2013 compared to what was seen 2008.
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UPDATED: April 9, 2021 08:27 IST
Women outnumbered men by a wide margin of 3.6 lakh votes in 2016 Tamil Nadu assembly elections in.
There was a trend reversal of sorts in the 2016 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. Women outnumbered men by a wide margin of 3.6 lakh votes, and the verdict came as a surprise, with incumbent AIADMK winning a successive term a first in the state in over three decades.
Poll-bound states become easy prey as second wave of Covid-19 grasps India
Along with worst-hit Maharashtra, the Covid-19 infection is spreading in several other states, including poll-bound West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
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Poll-bound states become easy prey as second wave of Covid-19 grasps India (Photo: Reuters)
New Covid-19 cases have leaped from 15,000 a day to over one lakh per day in just a month as India battles a second wave of the pandemic. Along with worst-hit Maharashtra, the infection is spreading in several other states, including poll-bound West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
In the last two weeks, new cases in Bengal have surged almost six times from 368 a day to 1,957 per day. The state has reported nearly six lakh cases in the last one year. In Tamil Nadu, new cases went up from 1,385 to 3,581, and in Karnataka, from 1,445 to 4,553 during the same period. Kerala, Assam and Puducherry have also followed the same path.
Nirav Modi may be extradited soon, but over 300 fugitives evade Indian laws at present
Nirav Modi may be extradited soon, but over 300 fugitives evade Indian laws at present
India is currently looking for 313 fugitives, including 224 citizens, who have been issued red corner notices by Interpol as of now. Apart from Modi, the list includes Mehul Choksi, gangster Iqbal Mirchi’s widow Hajra Memon and others.
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A demonstrator in Kolkata holds an effigy depicting Nirav Modi (Picture Credits: Reuters)
On February 25, Indian agencies tasted major success in its nearly three-year battle against Nirav Modi when a UK court cleared the first legal hurdle for the fugitive diamantaire’s extradition. However, India is looking for 313 fugitives, including 224 citizens, who have been issued red corner notices by the Interpol as of now. Apart from Modi, the list includes Mehul Choksi, gangster Iqbal Mirchi’s widow Hajra Memon and others.