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30 Jun

Malaika Arora trolled for wearing gym wear for Covid vaccination

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Malaika Arora is fully vaccinated against the deadly Coronavirus. The diva announced the same on Instagram informing that she has received the second vaccine shot against Covid-19. Malaika posted pictures from the vaccination center of getting the jab. In the photos, Malaika is seen wearing comfortable gym active wear. She is casually dressed in a black and white sports bra, track pants, and a layering of a summer sweatshirt thrown on one side. Commenting on Malaika's post, an Instagram user wrote that her outfit confused him if she went to the vaccination centre or the gym. Whereas, taking a jab at…

30 Jun

Nissan collaborates with Kapil Dev

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Nissan India launched an integrated general awareness and safety campaign with Kapil Dev. It aims to educate & empower India against COVID-19 through Cricket, a force that unifies the country. The campaign hopes to amplify the message of safety by urging Indians to come together as the country faces one if its toughest matches yet on health and safety. Nissan India has chosen the iconic Cricket ambassador of India, Kapil Dev, as the voice of the campaign. The 7-video series campaign is available on all digital-led platforms, with a new video going live every third day. As part of relief…

29 Jun

Thane woman claims she got 3 vaccine doses in 15 mins

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The incident allegedly took place on Friday in Thane , when a woman went to the Aanand Nagar vaccination center along with her husband to get the first dose of vaccine. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) on Monday has formed an inquiry committee to probe into charges that at a vaccination center in Thane a woman was administered three vaccine doses within 10-15 minutes. The Mayor of Thane Municipal Corporation said that We have executed committee to conduct an inquiry into this matter and have also provided inevitable medicines and other help to the woman and her husband. I am…

29 Jun

Uttarakhand govt issues COVID guidelines for Char Dham Yatra despite HC’s stay on pilgrimage

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As per the Covid guidelines issued by the Uttarakhand government says that the Char Dham Yatra will commence from July 1. However, this doesn't sit right with Uttarakhand High Court's recent order against holding Char Dham Yatra this year. The Uttarakhand HC had on Monday stayed state Cabinet's decision of arrange the pilgrimage with limited number of people. The Uttarakhand High Court had instructed the state government to make a standard operating procedure for the Char Dham Yatra,and asking not to do like Kumbh Mela . The court had observed SOPs were submitted before Kumbh Mela was responsible for the spike…

28 Jun

Delhi Schools Can Charge Fee For Now, Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere into this matter

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The Supreme Court has refused to stay a Delhi High Court order cancelling that schools in the national capital could not collect annual charges or development fees until they physically re-open. The High Court quashed Directorate of Education (DoE) orders issued in April and August 2020. The High Court's order was challenged by the Delhi government and others govt, including students and parents, as well as being challenged in the top court. The Supreme Court today said that the High Court was examining the original order - issued by a single-judge bench .The single judge verdict had quashed two office orders…

28 Jun

25% of Delhi’s youth population received a single dose of Covid-19 Vaccine

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25 per cent of the youth in Delhi has been vaccinated with a single dose of Covid-19 vaccine while the primer dose immunisation among the age group of 45+ years has reached 50 per cent. 73, 29,652 people have been given vaccine doses in Delhi. Of them, more than 56 lakh people have received the first dose and more than 17 lakh people have received both the shots of two-dose regimen Covid-19 vaccines. The development has come after a record vaccination of 2,07,559 people was done, out of which more than 1.5 lakh doses were administered to the youth. “We…

26 Jun

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday wrote an open letter to Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan demanding an investigation into Kolkata vaccine scam

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BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday wrote an open letter to Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan seeks an investigation into Kolkata vaccine scam.In the letter, Adhikari charged that the Kolkata vaccine fraud would not have taken place without the knowledge of local police and authorities. He wrote the major question is were this shots really the covishiled?If these not then we should take immidiate action against this. The main person behind this case was earlier arrested for allegedly posing as an IAS officer and organised a COVID-19 vaccination camp in the city's Kasba area, where the actor Mimi Chakroborty…

25 Jun

Empty Syringe Used To Vaccinate Man in Bihar caught on camera

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In the state of Bihar a man was injected with an "empty" syringe at a Covid vaccination centre . After this incident a video went viral on social media. The video - which was shot on a mobile - shows that the nurse taking out a new syringe and straightaway inoculating the man without drawing the vaccine from the vial.After that the nurse who was administrated the injection got fired . The man who got the vaccine he said that he realised what happend after geeting the vaccination only hoirs later. While he took another jab, the man refused saying…

24 Jun

AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria on talking about Covid vaccine for children likely by September-October

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AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria said that we are hoping that by October India will have its own vaccine for children. It has been found that kids usually have mild symptoms of coronavirus. Guleria said that we are hopeful vaccine trial will be completed early and we will get the data by september. Hopefully, by that time, approvals will be there so that by September-October we'll have vaccines from our country. Bharat Biotech & other companies are doing trials at a very fast pace as parents have come forward with their children,while Pfizer has already got the FDA approval for…

23 Jun

AstraZeneca offers high levels of protection against the Delta variant

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AstraZeneca said new data from Public Health England (PHE) demonstrated COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, offers high levels of protection against the Delta variant. The higher efficacy against severe disease and hospitalization is supported by recent data showing a strong T-cell response to COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, which should correlate with high and durable protection. Mene Pangalos, Executive Vice President, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, said: “This real-world evidence shows that COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca provides a high level of protection against the Delta variant, which is currently a critical area of concern given its rapid transmission.” AstraZeneca vaccine is used in India as Covishield. Real-world data…