While 80.75 lakh doses have been sent as gift, free of charge, 165.24 lakh doses have been delivered as part of Covax mechanism under the aegis of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation. An estimated 339.67 lakh doses have been sent as part of commercial deals.
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** Bhavani Devi becomes first ever Indian fencer to qualify for Olympics
She will compete in the sabre category in Tokyo 2021.
** National award-winning Tamil film director S P Jananathan passes away
Fondly known as ‘Jana’ among his close circle of friends, the 61-year-old director was a bachelor and has been living with his brothers.
** On the road again: Four travel enthusiasts come together to launch ‘caravan rental service’
The comfort of halting at your preferred location without the hassle of looking for accommodation.
Not being bound by check-in or check-out rules, allowing for more flexibility to explore…
All this and more prompted Jigyasu Joshi, Himanshu Jangid, Yogesh Kumar and Pranav Sharma to set up Carvaa Travelers Private Limited.
** Meet the little skating wonder from Kerala who went viral on internet
Five-year-old Thrissur native Janaki Anand, in all likelihood, is one of India’s youngest skateboarder.
She is currently touring South India to bring more attention to the sport
** This Uttarakhand forest range officer helps locals manufacture, market their produce better
It has been a hectic day for Medhavi Keerti, forest range officer of Bhadrigaad range.
Fondly called ‘Ranger Didi’ by locals, she has to train a select few local women for the first-ever ‘Dhatree’ initiative.
Dhatree, meaning mother, is the brainchild of Keerti who started it after senior officials encouraged her to utilise the catchment area treatment (CAT) funds of the Uttarakhand State Forest Department
** ‘All heart and sole’: This Pune entrepreneur gave up job to make customised footware from tyre scrap
Apte-Badamikar wanted to make something that involved no chemical processing.
** India@75 celebrations | PM to flag off march to Dandi on March 12
He will inaugurate cultural and digital initiatives as part of the fete
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off a march from the Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi on Friday to kick off celebrations of the 75th year of Independence, Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said on Thursday.
** India’s first AC railway terminal to function soon: Union Minister
“Named after one of the foremost civil engineers, Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya, the nation’s first centralised AC railway terminal in Bengaluru is set to become operational soon,” Piyush Goyal tweeted
** Coronavirus | India’s role as world’s pharmacy phenomenal, says U.K. Minister
Lord Tariq Ahmad also highlighted the close collaboration between U.K. and India on ensuring supplies of COVID-19 vaccines
The role that India has played during the course of the coronavirus pandemic as the pharmacy of the world has been phenomenal, U.K. Minister Lord Tariq Ahmad said as he prepared for a five-day, five-city tour of India starting on Monday.