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According to a release issued by the Union Health Ministry of India, “Har Ghar Dastak” (Knock Every Door) campaign is scheduled to start soon in districts with low vaccination rates.
It aims to motivate people to get vaccinated. As per the Health Ministry, there were more than 10.34 crore people in the country who had missed the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine that they were due to take while more than 12 crore unutilised doses were available with the States.

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India’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra led a three-member delegation to Uzbekistan to oversee the country’s presidential election.
Indian team has overseen the election as an international observer. Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got over than 80% of the vote in the elections and was re-elected for a second five-year term. CEC Sushil Chandra and Uzbekistan’s election commission, led by Zainiddin Nizamkhodjaev, held a meeting on electoral cooperation.

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Pune International Centre (PIC) has convened the 6th ‘Pune Dialogue on National Security (PDNS) 2021’. It is a two-day virtual conference, with the theme of ‘National Security Preparedness in the Age of Disasters and Pandemics’.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval delivered the inaugural address at conference, which will have a keynote address by Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of the WHO.

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Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched the Sixth Edition of National Formulary of India (NFI).
NFI has been published by Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) to promote rational use of medicines in the country. It is a guidance document for all healthcare professionals such as clinicians, pharmacists, nurses, dentists etc in their daily clinical practices.

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Public Affairs Centre (PAC), a Bengaluru-based non-profit think tank releases the Public Affairs Index every year. In this year’s Public Affairs Index (PAI 2021), Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have taken the top three positions, among the 18 large states in governance performance.
The index is based on scores secured by the states in governance performance across the pillars of equity, growth and sustainability. Covid-19 response index has been added to this year’s index for the first time. Sikkim, Goa and Mizoram are winners among the small states, Puducherry, Jammu & Kashmir and Chandigarh topped among the UTs.