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Mohinder Verma
JAMMU, June 3: The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh have performed well in NITI Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goal India Index 2020-21, which was released by the National Institution for Transforming India today.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constituted through an unprecedented consultative process have 17 sub-goals and 169 related targets to be achieved by 2030 and the Index for SDGs evaluates progress of States and Union Territories on social, economic and environmental parameters.
The Index, developed in collaboration with the United Nations in India, measures the progress at the national and sub-national level in the country’s journey towards meeting the global goals and targets.
2021-05-28 15:36:42 GMT2021-05-28 23:36:42(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NEW DELHI, May 28 (Xinhua) Indian Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said Friday that the country will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of 2021.
Javadekar made the remarks at a press address after opposition Congress party lawmaker Rahul Gandhi pointed out that less than 3 percent of the country s 1.3-billion population have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. India s vaccination will be completed before 2021. The health ministry has given a blueprint. 108 crore (1.08 billion) people - with 216 crore (2.16 billion) doses - will be vaccinated by December, Javadekar said.
Earlier in the day Gandhi criticised the federal government during his press conference and claimed that the current pace of the vaccination will lead to multiple further waves of COVID-19 and India will be able to vaccinate everyone only by May 2024.
2021-05-27 13:05:16 GMT2021-05-27 21:05:16(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NEW DELHI, May 27 (Xinhua) Head of India s National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) V K Paul said Thursday the federal government was working together with U.S. multinational pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer for the earliest possible import of vaccines. As soon as Pfizer indicated vaccine availability, the central (federal) government and the company are working together for the earliest possible import of the vaccine, Paul said.
The Indian government s top policy think tank, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog (commission) on Wednesday released a statement on myths and facts on India s vaccination progress in a bid to clarify the government efforts.
Fungal disease is emerging among hundreds of COVID-19 patients in India, shows study
Authorities scramble to provide drugs to treat a fungal disease affecting India s COVID-19 patients. A fungal disease called mucormycosis is emerging among hundreds of COVID-19 patients in India, placing further strain on hospitals already at breaking point.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, is a serious but rare infection caused by a group of moulds called mucormycetes. It usually affects the sinuses or lungs after fungal spores are inhaled from the air but can also occur on the skin after a cut or burn.