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India: Second most hit by COVID-19 in the world
On April 12, 2021, India reported 168,912 new COVID-19 cases in the last twenty four hours. With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases in India increased to 13.53 million making India, the second most COVID-19 struck country in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Crushing the Curve Mass Vaccination Drive
The Kerala Health Department is to launch a mass vaccination drive called the “Crushing the Curve”. Why is the drive launched? Kerala has recently witnessed a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases after the assembly elections. The number of COVID-19 cases ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Tika Utsav: COVID-19 Vaccination Drive
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently appealed to the Chief Ministers of the States to organise “Tika Utsav”. What is Tika Utsav? Tika Utsav is a vaccine festival. It is to be held between April 11, 2021 and April 14, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
India to Gift 2 lakh Covid Vaccine Doses to UN Peacekeepers
India will send 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines (AstraZeneca Vaccine) to the UN peacekeepers. on March 27, 2021 and then vaccines will be distributed to peacekeeping missions. Highlights Announcement to gift 200000 covid-19 doses to UN Peacekeepers was announced by ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Covishield Dose Interval to be Increased
The health Ministry has decided to increase the interval between first and second doses of Covishield to up to eight weeks in the ongoing covid-19 vaccination drive. Highlights This decision was taken following the data of the global trials of ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
European Commission proposes Covid-19 certificate
The European Commission, on March 17, 2021, has proposed for a Covid-19 certificate called “Digital Green Certificate” covering the details regarding the Covid-19 vaccination, testing and recovery. Highlights This decision was taken in order to reopen the European Union (EU) ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
QUAD countries to send 1 billion Vaccines across Asia
The foreign secretary of India stated on March 12, 2020 that the Leaders of the United States, India, Australia and Japan have agreed to pool finance, manufacture and distribute the capacity in order to send 1 billion coronavirus vaccines across ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
What is a vaccine passport?
A World Health Organisation official has recently stated that, vaccine passports for COVID-19 should not be used for international travel because of several concerns like ethical considerations that the coronavirus vaccines are not easily available across the world. Background Israel ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
New Zealand inaugurates its First Big Vaccination Clinic
New Zealand has inaugurated its first large vaccination clinic in a bid of scaling up efforts to protect the people from Covid-19 pandemic. Highlights The clinic was opened in South Auckland and it will initially target the household members of ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
MapmyIndia Launched Features to Locate Corona Vaccination Centre
The digital mapping and location-based deep-tech product and platform company, MapmyIndia has launched the targeted maps and nearby search features for its mobile application as well as its official website. This feature will help the Indians to find coronavirus vaccination ..