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Over 41 lakh children in 15-18 age group get Covid vaccine on Day 1, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat top

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Over 41.3 lakh children in the age group of 15-18 received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine until 11 PM on January, 3.
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Suvendu Adhikari writes to union health ministry objecting approval of private medical college managed by scam accused TMC leader Anubrata Mondal

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Suvendu Adhikari said Anubrata Mondal funds the trust behind the medical college with money from dubious, unaccounted sources
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India administers record breaking 88.13 lakh doses in a day, over 2 crore doses available for utilization

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Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are leading the chart with 5,98,06,936 and 5,00,55,493 doses administered respectively to date.
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On-site registration for Covid-19 vaccine for 18-44 years age group to be initiated at govt vaccination centres

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On-site registration aims at reducing vaccine wastage and facilitate those without access to the internet, smart phones or mobile phones with limited access for vaccination to get themselves inoculated.
Government and Policy

Nitin Gadkari clarifies his remarks on vaccine production, informs about govt’s efforts to ramp up manufacturing

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Gadkari in his clarification mentioned that he was unaware that the GOI is already facilitating vaccine manufacturing by 12 companies.
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‘Irrational and ineffective’ Plasma therapy dropped from govt of India’s Covid treatment protocol

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The rampant use of plasma therapy had also resulted in black marketing of the same with donors charging thousands for plasma thus commercializing the entire process.
Media Fact-Check

India Today spreads fake news, continues to peddle agenda about Kumbh Mela becoming a ‘super-spreader’ event despite getting fact-checked

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India Today published a fake news alleging that centre said in a statement that Kumbh Mela has become a Covid-19 super-spreader
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Govt temporarily halts new registration of frontline and healthcare workers for Covid vaccination. Here is why

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The Secretary of Union Health Ministry emphasised that the healthcare workers, and the frontline workers, who have already registered on the CoWIN portal, must be vaccinated at the earliest.
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Govt of India launches Grand Challenge for strengthening COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network with Rs 3.85 crore total prize, read details

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The challenge invites participation from innovative startups and emerging technology specialists to augment and scale CoWIN platform
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Assam: Guwahati now has its own human milk bank, first in Northeast

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The first Human Milk Bank in Northeast was inaugurated in Satribari Christian Hospital (SCH), Guwahati, Assam
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