With Suvendu Adhikari s departure from Trinamool, Bengal politics is more roiled than ever Suvendu Adhikari s departure from TMC does not mean that everything is cut and dried. It’s possible that in the coming weeks, more Suvendu ‘loyalists’ will join BJP. But until that happens, what kind of traction he will have in his new home is debatable Suhit K Sen December 23, 2020 18:36:43 IST File image of Suvendu Adhikari and Mamata Banerjee. PTI
Bengal politics has been on the boil for a while now. But former Nandigram MLA and state minister Suvendu Adhikari s resignation and defection to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a rally fronted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Medinipur on Saturday has caused more ripples. But it s not a tectonic shift yet, the reasons for which I explain in this piece.
Mahisagar police books 28 over misappropriating 1 crore MNREGA fund
The fraud came to light when whistleblower Indravadan Parikh, an advocate in Santrampur wrote letters to various government departments seeking an inquiry after he learnt about the scam of Rs 19 lakhs in Santrampur. December 23, 2020 11:59:40 pm
The Mahisagar district police has booked 28 people in four separate FIRs filed at Santrampur, Virpur, Lunawada and Balasinor police stations, late on Tuesday, in the alleged misappropriation of funds to the tune of a total of Rs 1 crore from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) projects, after the District Development Officer (DDO) completed an inquiry into the matter, based on a complaint of a local whistleblower. Among the 28 accused is the District Coordinator of the Management Information System (MIS) of the MNREGA portal, Imran Patha, who is accused of using a ‘modus operandi’ of hacking into the system and forgin
Frequently Asked Questions on COVID-19 Vaccine
December 22, 2020
New Delhi: The Government of India has issued a complete set of answers to all the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Coronavirus-driven pandemic and the vaccines that will be administered to fight it keeping in mind the general public as target group:
Is a COVID vaccine scheduled anytime soon ?
Yes, vaccine trials are under different stages of finalisation. Government of India is geared to launch a vaccine for COVID-19 soon. For more information and updates visit www.mohfw.gov.in.
Will COVID-19 vaccine be given to everyone simultaneously?
Based on the potential availability of vaccines, the Government of India has selected the priority groups who will be vaccinated on priority as they are at higher risk. The first group includes healthcare and frontline workers. The second group to receive COVID-19 vaccine will be persons over 50 years of age and persons under 50 years with comorbid conditions.
How Many Doses And Other FAQs On COVID-19 Vaccines Answered How Many Doses And Other FAQs On COVID-19 Vaccines Answered Will the vaccine be safe as it is being tested and introduced in a short span of time? Your coronavirus vaccine questions answered.
India has purchased 500 million doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate
New Delhi:
The Health Ministry has released a long list of frequently asked questions or FAQs on the rollout of the vaccine against COVID-19 infection. India is looking to start vaccinating people from January, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said. Here are the FAQs:
Target Group: General Public
Coronavirus vaccination is voluntary, says health ministry in new document
It reiterated that only pre-registered beneficiaries with the health department will be vaccinated in accordance with the prioritisation. Dec 18, 2020 · 06:38 pm A health worker in personal protective equipment collects a swab sample from a man during a rapid antigen testing campaign for the coronavirus on the outskirts of Mumbai on December 9. | Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
The Union health ministry on Thursday said that getting a vaccine against the coronavirus in India will be voluntary and released a document to answer frequently asked questions about the massive immunisation programme.
Experts said that vaccinating a billion people, including hundreds of millions of adults for the first time, against Covid-19 would be a daunting task in the first tranche. “Vaccination for Covid-19 is voluntary,” the eight-page document said. “However, it is advisable to receive the co