PM Modi, Mamata, leaders condole death of Sitaram Yechury’s son
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, and several leaders condoled the demise of Ashish, the elder son of CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury.
Ashish (34), a journalist, succumed to COVID-19 on April 22, in Gurugram. He is survived by his wife Swati.
The CPI(M) Politburo issued a statement announcing the death and offering its condolences to the family. We are deeply sorry to announce the passing away this morning (22 April) of Ashish Yechury, son of Sitaram Yechury and Indrani Mazumdar. He died of Covid related complications. He was 35 years old.
Opposition continues to target Centre over ‘differential pricing’ for vaccines
April 22, 2021
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Sonia Gandhi slams Modi government in a letter; Mamata, Stalin call for ‘one vaccine price’
The “differential pricing mechanism” of the vaccines has created a storm as almost all the Opposition parties have urged the Centre to review it, amid rising Covid 19 cases and the scarcity in supply and production of the vaccines.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention on this issue. In a letter to Modi, she asked the Centre to set a goal that “everyone over 18 years is given the vaccine”, regardless of their economic circumstances.
As Covid surges, Modi calls off Bengal rallies
April 22, 2021
PM will be chairing a high-level meeting to review the Covid-19 situation
With a second wave of Covid-19 infections engulfing the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled all his rallies after the sixth phase of polling on Thursday.
Voter turnout in Phase VI – when 43 constituencies in North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Uttar Dinajpur and Purba Bardhaman went to polls – was 79.09 per cent. “Voters set an example of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour following due protocols of sanitisation and social distancing,” said the Election Commission. The Commission monitored 7,466 out of the 14,480 polling stations through webcasting. Drones were used to keep watch over the process.
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Home / West-bengal / Every Indian should get the vaccine free of cost, says Mamata in letter to PM Every Indian should get the vaccine free of cost, says Mamata in letter to PM ‘It appears that there is a bias in favour of (the) market against common people s interest’
Terming the Centre s new liberalised and accelerated Covid-19 vaccination strategy is biased in favour of the market and against the interest of people, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make it free for all.
In her second letter to Modi in a week on the Centre s inoculation policy, Mamata also said that manufacturers should not do business with vaccines at this hour of crisis.
Covishield to be sold to States at ₹400 a dose and at ₹600 to private hospitals from May 1
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The vaccines, however, would not retail until 4-5 months and corporates and private individuals could in the meantime only get these vaccines from ‘State-facilitated machinery,’ says a statement.
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The vaccines, however, would not retail until 4-5 months and corporates and private individuals could in the meantime only get these vaccines from ‘State-facilitated machinery,’ says a statement. From May 1, Serum Institute of India (SII) will be selling Covishield to State governments at ₹400 dose and to private hospitals at ₹600 dose, Adar Poonawala, CEO, SII said in a statement on Wednesday.