Updated Jan 20, 2021 | 07:23 IST
Bhutan is the first country to receive the Government of India s gift of the COVID vaccines, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII). Consignment of Covishield vaccine being dispatched to Bhutan | Photo Credit: ANI
Mumbai: As a gift from India, the first consignment of 1.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield was dispatched to Thimphu, Bhutan from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai in the wee hours of Wednesday.
According to the sources, a consignment containing 1,50,000 doses of Covishield will reach Thimphu today. Bhutan is the first country to receive the Government of India s gift of the COVID vaccines, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII).
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A file photo of Adani Group Chairperson Gautam Adani. | Sam Panthaky/AFP
The Adani Group won bids for six airports despite the Ministry of Finance and NITI Aayog raising objections about the 2019 bidding process,
The Indian Express reported on Friday, citing documents accessed by it.
Earlier,
Newsclick had reported on how the Narendra Modi-led government bypassed norms to allow the Adani Group to gain entry into the airport business.
The Centre had privatised the airports at Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati in 2019. The Adani group won the right to operate them for 50 years, surpassing even established players like GMR in the bidding process.
As health care and frontline workers start getting inoculated from January 16, Forbes India looks at how states are gearing up to implement last-mile vaccination, where the private sector is chipping in, and the fears, hesitancy or confidence beneficiaries have regarding the vaccine shot
Narendra Modi to launch vaccination drive on 16 Jan, says Centre; over 56 lakh doses of Covishield sent to 13 cities The Union health ministry was also quoted as saying that Modi is likely to launch the Co-WIN app, and interact with vaccine beneficiaries across the country FP Staff January 14, 2021 18:11:51 IST Representational image. PTI
With India s COVID-19 inoculation drive set to commence on Saturday (16 January), Pune s Serum Institute of India dispatched over 56 lakh doses of the Oxford vaccine Covishield to 13 cities on Tuesday, according to several media reports.
On Thursday, the Union health ministry said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the rollout of the COVID-19