Month: June 2021

The Central government released new rules for vaccination for people going abroad for education, jobs or as part of the Indian contingent for the Tokyo Olympics. As per the new rules, those going abroad will have to get their CoWIN vaccination certificates linked to their passport. As per the new rules, they can also take the second dose of the vaccine after 28 days. The government has stated that this facility shall be available to those who need to undertake international travel for the specified purposes till August 3. As per a report by NDTV, these new rules also state that the mention of vaccine-type as "Covishield" is sufficient and "no other qualifying entries are required." This answers the queries people had raised in the past few months that whether the Vaccine developed by...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the country and put spotlight on the vaccination drive against the coronavirus in the country. Speaking on the fight against Covid-19, he said that India has gone through much pain, and many people have lost their loved ones. He sympathized with the affected families and said this pandemic is the biggest tragedy of this century. The modern world hasn’t witnessed such a pandemic before. He said the fight against this deadly virus is on. He said we fought on war-footing when there was unprecedented demand for medical oxygen during the April- May period of the second wave. We procured whatever we could bring from other countries and didn’t leave any stone unturned to meet the demand, said Modi. He said the liquid oxygen supply was increase...

Residents of Lakshadweep held placards outside their homes, even underwater, as part of a 12-hour hunger strike today to protest against controversial new rules planned for the islands in the Arabian Sea. As per a report published on NDTV, the residents protested from their own homes and shops against new decisions that administrator Praful Khoda Patel insists will help develop Lakshadweep as a major tourist draw "like the Maldives." Critics say the decisions have spread anger and fear in the pristine archipelago of 70,000 people, known for its forests, white beaches, and emerald sea. In one of the most fiercely opposed decisions, the administrator has introduced a draft detention law -- the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities -- which gives the administration sweeping powers to ...

A group of Muslim worshippers was brutally assaulted after a group of men barged into a mosque at Rampur Majra village in Greater Noida In Uttar Pradesh. According to a report, The incident took place around 8:30 pm, when people were offering their Isha prayers. The Police in Uttar Pradesh have registered an FIR against unidentified men invoking sections 147, 148 (rioting), 336 (endangering life or personal safety of others), 295 (defiling place of worship) and 296 (disturbing religious assembly). “At night, some men injured the Imam, Nasir Muhammad, and my relative Fateh Mohammad, who was offering prayers, inside the mosque,” Raisuddin, a resident said.