India fights Covid: Kerala CM announces financial aid for pandemic orphans
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Pinarayi Vijayan also announced that the Kerala government would bear the child’s education expenses. The Chief Minister of Kerala announced on Friday that the state would provide financial aid to those children who have lost their parents to Covid.
Pinarayi Vijayan said in a tweet that the children would receive 300,000 rupees (Dh15,000) in immediate aid, along with a monthly amount of 2,000 rupees (Dh100) until their 18th birthday.
It was also revealed that the government of Kerala would “cover educational expenses till graduation.”
Several other state governments have also pledged aid to children whose parents succumbed to the virus. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had announced that the capital would provide for the children’s education as well as give them a monthly stipend of 2,500 rupees (Dh126).
Covid-19: India, South Asia teams to be vaccinated before Tokyo Olympics
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The move affects delegations coming from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Nepal.
Olympic delegations from India and five South Asian neighbours will be vaccinated before the Tokyo Games, organisers said on Friday, as concern rises over the risks of coronavirus variants spreading at the event.
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The move affects delegations coming from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Nepal, Tokyo 2020 and the International Olympic Committee said.
The six countries are all subject to Japan’s highest level border restrictions, in part because of concern about variants of the virus.
In Miss Congeniality, San Antonio got full pageant treatment for filming
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Miss New Jersey (Sandra Bullock) demonstrates an unusual talent in “Miss Congeniality.”Castle Rock Entertainment
Sandra Bullock’s FBI agent Gracie Hart may be in need of a makeover in the hit 2000 comedy “Miss Congeniality,” but San Antonio is pageant ready from the start.
The Alamo City is introduced with the kind of glamorous montage the Alamo, the Majestic Theatre marquee, a barge on the River Walk typically seen on TV when the city hosts sporting events like the Final Four. The Chamber of Commerce must have cheered.
Pakistan starts Covid vaccination for 30-39 age group
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Pakistan has already been vaccinating people aged 40 and above across the country.
Pakistan has started the vaccination against Covid-19 for people from 30 to 39 years of age, an official said.
Asad Umar, chief of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), told the media that the vaccination for the 30-39 age group started on Saturday and would continue for an indefinite period, while urging the Pakistani people to receive the jab, reports Xinhua news agency.
Pakistan has already been vaccinating people aged 40 and above across the country.
According to the NCOC, the country has administered 4,956,853 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine till date, with 1,193,441 people fully inoculated.