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“Stacking up the Benefits Lessons from India’s Digital Journey” Report

India’s development of a “world-class digital public infrastructure” has been lauded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a working paper titled ‘Stacking up the Benefits Lessons from...

April 10, 2023

CoWIN repurposed for Universal Immunisation Program

The Covid-19 vaccination platform Co-WIN is set to be repurposed for Universal Immunisation program as well as blood donation. This announcement was made by CoWin Chief & Chief...

August 1, 2022

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...

February 24, 2022

Precautionary vaccine jabs in India

The Government of India is to provide third dose of vaccine. This third dose has been named “precaution dose” or booster dose. About the precaution dose The health...

January 11, 2022

Emergency COVID Response Plans – II (ECRP – II) funds

The Government of India recently announced that it has disbursed 50% of the ECRP – II funds. The announcement came as a clarification as some of the media...

January 5, 2022

Covid: 96 countries recognise India’s vaccination certificate

According to Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya, about 96 countries have agreed to mutually recognise India’s Covid-19 vaccination certificate. Highlights With this recognition, persons travelling from these countries will...

November 10, 2021

Co-WIN develops new API called KYC-VS

Central government announced an Aadhaar-like authentication system on September 10, 2021 to access the covid vaccination status of an individual on the CoWin platform. Highlights This new application...

September 11, 2021

India allowed foreign nationals to get Covid-19 vaccine through CoWIN

India allowed foreign nationals residing here to receive covid-19 vaccine by registering on the Co-Win portal on August 9, 2021. Highlights Foreigners can use their passport as identity...

August 10, 2021

Covishield-jabbed to be allowed into 8 European countries

Eight European Union states included Covishield in list of vaccines approved to enter into the region. Key Points Covishield was allowed in 8 EU counties after India warned...

July 2, 2021

India to provide CoWIN technology to other countries

India has decided to make CoWIN platform an open source for other countries in order to enable them to use this technology to run their own vaccination drives....

June 24, 2021

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