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No data capture policy in place to govern vaccine alert apps 8 hours ago The number of third-party CoWIN vaccine alert apps and services continues to grow. This, despite the lack of a comprehensive data capture policy in place to govern what these services are allowed to do. Many of them capture mobile numbers and email IDs to notify users when a slot opens up in their desired area, but there is no clear policy in place to govern the use and storage of this data. A slew of these apps and websites have sprung up over the last week to address the limitations of the official CoWIN portal.

Empowered Group streamlines distribution of foreign aid to various States May 07, 2021 × India has been receiving international donations and relief materials since April 27 from different countries/organisations A meeting of the Empowered Group set up by the Prime Minister to look after distribution of material aid received from abroad was held on Thursday that discussed ways and means of expediting the distribution. Additional Secretary, Health Ministry, informed that distribution plans of material received from abroad are already in place by the time it lands in India. In the meeting, it...

Complaints of discrimination might end then, Madras HC tells Centre

India's COVID-19 crisis: Flat-footed communication strategy, risk-averse bureaucracy add to distress Firstpost 06-05-2021 © Provided by Firstpost India's COVID-19 crisis: Flat-footed communication strategy, risk-averse bureaucracy add to distress A flat-footed communication strategy and debilitating red-tapism that focuses on risk-aversion and indecision at the cost of efficiency is adding to the distress of India’s already severe Covid crisis. It is also spilling over onto the strategic space. The pandemic has already challenged India’s ‘regional power’ status. New Delhi has bee...

May 5, 2021 In the past five days, 25 flights loaded with 300 tonnes of emergency Covid-19 relief supplies have landed in India’s capital from around the world. The supplies include 5,500 oxygen concentrators, 3,200 oxygen cylinders and 1,36,000 remdesivir injections, said a spokesperson of the Delhi International Airport Limited. The emergency aid could save lives. But it seems not to have reached even those who are gasping for oxygen a few kilometers away. “As far as I know, we have not received anything so far,” said Dr Nutan Mundeja, director general of health services, Delhi govern...