As of Monday, India distributed about 2 million shots nationwide.
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Most of the world is struggling to secure enough vaccines to inoculate their populations. India has the opposite problem: Plenty of shots, but a shortage of people willing to take them.
As India rolls out one of the world s biggest inoculation programs, some health-care and other frontline workers are hesitating because of safety concerns over a vaccine that has yet to complete phase III trials. As of Monday, only about 56% of people eligible to get the shot have stepped forward in a nation with the world s second-worst Covid-19 outbreak.
Old notes of ₹100, 10 and 5 to be demonetised? What the govt has to say All banknotes in the denomination of ₹ 100 issued by the RBI in the earlier series will continue to be legal tender, RBI had said.
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Several reports are doing rounds that the old banknotes of ₹100, 10 and 5 would be demonetised by March-April. The government s fact-checking unit has termed has debunked the report and said the central bank has not made any such announcements. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) conducted a fact check and termed the report as FAKE. “It is being claimed that hundred, ten and 5 rupee notes will no longer be legal tender from March 21, as per the information given by RBI. This claim is false , the PIB tweeted.