Arogya Setu Current Affairs, GK & News
Reports on India’s COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Two reports, from the Institute for Competitiveness which is India’s chapter of a global network, have been released by Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Health Minister, on India’s Covid-19 vaccine development and administration journey. Overview: This report focused on how coordination at the central, state, and district levels helped the massive adult vaccination drive succeed. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Arogya Setu • COVID-19 • COVID-19 Vaccine Development • COWIN • Health Ministry • Institute for Competitiveness • Mansukh Mandaviya
India attended BRICS Health Ministers Conference
India attended the 10th BRICS Health Ministers Conference virtually. Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan attended the meeting from the Indian side. While addressing the meeting, the minister highlighted the response strategy of India for COVID-19. He also highlighted the technological innovations by India to fight the pandemic like Aarogya Setu App, ITIHAS ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Arogya Setu • BRICS • Health Minister
“Who Created Arogya Setu” issue: NIC rejects its role in creation in a RTI query
The National Informatics Centre recently claimed that it did not create the Arogya Setu mobile application. NIC claimed so in its reply to a Right to Information Query. Highlights The Ministry of Electronics and IT had earlier claimed that the Arogya Setu Application was launched by Government of India in Public-Private Partnership mode. According to ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Aarogya Sethu App • Arogya Setu • Central Information Commission • CIC • COVID-19 • mobile application • National Informatics Centre • Right to Information
Aarogya Setu team launches ‘Open API Service’ for better operation
India’s self-assessed digital healthcare service app Aarogya Setu has come up with a new feature called the Open API Service, which allows the organizations to check the health status of their employees or any other user as well without creating any privacy issue. What is ‘Open API Service’? An open API is a publicly available ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Aarogya Sethu App • API • Arogya Setu • COVID-19 • Digital India
V K Paul Committee Report
The Union Home Ministry had constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Dr Vinod Paul to submit a report on the Containment Strategy of COVID-19 in Delhi. The committee placed its report to the Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah on June 21, 2020. Recommendations The Committee has made recommended the following To revise demarcation ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Amit Shah • Arogya Setu • Arvind Kejriwal • Committees • COVID-19 • Delhi Government • Serological survey
GoI launches Suraksha Store Initiative
The Department of Consumer Affairs operating under Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Food and Public Distribution launched Suraksha Store Initiative. It aims at health and safety of the citizens during lockdown. Highlights The Department of Consumer Affairs has joined hands with a Tech Start Up Safejob and Seekify to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Arogya Setu • Consumer Affairs Ministry • COVID-19 • COVID-19 mobile application • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) • FSSAI • Kirana • Suraksha Stores • technology transfer