Urgent Need for Major Reforms in WHO in Wake of Pandemic: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
3 years, 5 months ago

Urgent Need for Major Reforms in WHO in Wake of Pandemic: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

News 18  

India believes there is an urgent need for carrying out “major reforms” in the World Health Organization to ensure a timely, focused and effective response to potential future pandemics, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday. Speaking at a meeting of the health ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries through video-conference, he said the global crisis arising out of COVID-19 pandemic is further compounded by ever-evolving new variants of the virus, and highlighted the need for greater collaboration between countries on various aspects of health to defeat it, a Health Ministry statement said here. The minister added, “India – like many other countries – believes that there is an urgent need for carrying out major reforms in the World Health Organisation so that we can ensure timely, focused and effective responses for potential future pandemics.” He expressed hope that the work of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee as well as the International Health Regulations Review Committees under the WHO Health Emergencies Program will be crucial in steering a direction to achieve the much-needed multilateral cooperation in the field of global health, the statement said. Vardhan stated, “India has started the ‘Institute for One Health of International Standard’ which may be leveraged to have a One Health International Hub in India which will address existing or potential risks which originate through the interface of animal-human systems.” He also informed the attendees how India has utilised digital technologies extensively for inventory management and a timely distribution of Covid vaccines.

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Epidemics such as Nipah virus outbreaks, Covid-19 originated from non-human source: Nadda to RS
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Epidemics such as Nipah virus outbreaks, Covid-19 originated from non-human source: Nadda to RS

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that epidemics such as Nipah virus outbreaks and Covid-19 originated from a non-human source and crossed over to humans at the animal-human interface, highlighting the importance of a One Health approach that integrates human, animal and environmental health for tackling emerging diseases. "These epidemics originated from …

Can India’s One Health Mission help tackle the rising number of infectious diseases? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 3 months ago

Can India’s One Health Mission help tackle the rising number of infectious diseases? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Over the past few years, we’ve heard the names of a lot of new diseases – we had the Zika virus, the Nipah virus and even an Ebola scare, while the coronavirus pandemic rocked the country. India has a huge population, with large numbers of livestock reared and the additional issue of climate change events such as heatwaves and floods …

India hosts joint meet of finance, health ministers
1 year, 4 months ago

India hosts joint meet of finance, health ministers

Hindustan Times  

India on Saturday conducted a joint meeting of finance and health ministers from G20 member countries in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat where participants welcomed the multi-year work plan of the task force, approved under the Indian Presidency. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with Union Helath Minister Mansukh Mandaviya at the Joint Health-Finance Ministers’ Meeting of G20, in Gandhinagar on …

A US-India partnership to advance global health
1 year, 4 months ago

A US-India partnership to advance global health

Hindustan Times  

This week I am joining India’s health minister Mansukh Mandaviya for the G20 health ministerial in Gandhinagar. We are developing strategies to address common challenges including pandemic response, achieving universal health coverage, improving global access to medical supplies during health emergencies, digital health, and the impact of the climate crisis on health. Global health offers unique opportunities to come together …

Explained | How One Health can help India respond better to health crises
1 year, 4 months ago

Explained | How One Health can help India respond better to health crises

The Hindu  

The concept of ‘One Health’ is currently gaining popularity worldwide; India has of late been taking significant strides to deploy concepts and strategies rooted in this idea to bolster the way it responds to health crises. India is also currently preparing for a wider ‘National One Health Mission’ to be spearheaded by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor. India’s …

India Gearing Up To Tackle Next Likely Pandemic After Coronavirus Antibiotic Resistance Influenza
1 year, 4 months ago

India Gearing Up To Tackle Next Likely Pandemic After Coronavirus Antibiotic Resistance Influenza

ABP News  

Arboviruses, multi-drug resistant bacteria, Nipah, Marburg virus and the dreaded "Disease X" -- one among them may cause the next Covid-like pandemic if the World Health Organization is to be believed. READ | India May Have Seen An 'Invisible' Covid Wave Larger Than 2022 Third Wave, Wastewater Surveillance Shows 'India Better Prepared After Covid' Experts said while India was better …

India’s G20 presidency highlights need for medical countermeasures network: Union Minister
1 year, 6 months ago

India’s G20 presidency highlights need for medical countermeasures network: Union Minister

The Hindu  

India’s G20 presidency is working towards building consensus for an end-to-end Global Medical Countermeasure ecosystem, following a network-to-network approach, and leveraging existing global and regional initiatives, Union Minister for Health, and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar said during her address at the 3rd Health Working Group meeting on Sunday. Acknowledging the convergence between G7 and G20 priorities, including the launch …

Need to break cycle of panic, not let COVID fatigue diminish efforts on pandemic preparedness: Mandaviya
1 year, 8 months ago

Need to break cycle of panic, not let COVID fatigue diminish efforts on pandemic preparedness: Mandaviya

The Hindu  

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on April 18 stressed collectively breaking the cycle of panic and not letting pandemic fatigue diminish the country's efforts of preparedness against the coronavirus situation. In his keynote address at the concluding session of the second G20 Health Working Group Meeting, he said India's G20 Presidency plans to continue the momentum brought during Italy and …

Ready, or not: The Hindu Editorial on rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and India’s state of preparedness
1 year, 8 months ago

Ready, or not: The Hindu Editorial on rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and India’s state of preparedness

The Hindu  

The better part of management is preparedness. On April 12, a total of 7,830 new cases were reported in a 24-hour period, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data, possibly the highest in over 200 days. However, health systems can scarcely afford to be under prepared, especially considering the recent traumatic experience of a raging pandemic taking a huge toll. …

World Health Day: Innovation In Healthcare Can Offer Resilience Against Pandemics
1 year, 8 months ago

World Health Day: Innovation In Healthcare Can Offer Resilience Against Pandemics

News 18  

Religare Enterprises Ltd. in collaboration with Care Health Insurance Ltd and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital organised a conclave on the eve of World Health Day. Dr Martin Schalling, MD, PhD, Professor of Medical Genetics and Chair Swedish Mental Health Fund, Department Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Sweden said, “Funding of innovative healthcare solutions such as medical digital tools can …

India consistently trying to minimise dependence on foreign countries in health sector: PM Modi
1 year, 9 months ago

India consistently trying to minimise dependence on foreign countries in health sector: PM Modi

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that life-savers like medicines, vaccines and medical devices were weaponised during the COVID-19 pandemic, and asserted that his government has been consistently trying to minimise India’s dependence on foreign countries in the health sector. Addressing a post-budget webinar on ‘Health and Medical Research’, Modi said India’s health sector was marred by …

India trying to minimise dependence on foreign countries in health sector: PM Modi
1 year, 9 months ago

India trying to minimise dependence on foreign countries in health sector: PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that life-savers like medicines, vaccines and medical devices were weaponised during the COVID-19 pandemic, and asserted that his government has been consistently trying to minimise India's dependence on foreign countries in the health sector. Addressing a post-budget webinar on 'Health and Medical Research', Modi said India's health sector was marred by …

HWG meet calls for boosting pandemic policy as part of overall health blueprint
1 year, 11 months ago

HWG meet calls for boosting pandemic policy as part of overall health blueprint

The Hindu  

Pandemic policy should become a defining part of a nation’s health policy as any health crisis can be followed by an economic crisis, Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, has said. Delivering the keynote address at the opening session of the first Health Working Group meeting under India’s G20 presidency here on Wednesday, she …

India fully prepared to deal with coronavirus situation: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia
2 years ago

India fully prepared to deal with coronavirus situation: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

The Hindu  

India is fully prepared to deal with the coronavirus situation, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on 23 December. In the wake of rising coronavirus infections in China and some other countries, the government is taking various measures, including random testing of arriving international passengers, to curb possible spread of infections. Mr. Scindia said the country is fully prepared to deal …

A report highlights 11 ways to prepare for future pandemics
2 years, 2 months ago

A report highlights 11 ways to prepare for future pandemics

The Hindu  

A global report released today highlights massive global failures in the response to COVID-19. The report also highlights that the pandemic has reversed progress made towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in many countries further impacting on health and wellbeing. The World Health Assembly should also adopt new global regulations on biosafety to regulate international research programs dealing with …

The outline of an essential global pandemic treaty
2 years, 3 months ago

The outline of an essential global pandemic treaty

The Hindu  

COVID-19 would count as being among some of the most severe pandemics the world has seen in the last 100 years. India produces nearly 60% of the world’s vaccines and is said to account for 60%-80% of the United Nations’ annual vaccine procurement — “vaccine diplomacy” or “vaccine maitri” with a commitment against health inequity. As of 2021, India shipped …

WHO must be reformed, India ready to play key role, says PM Modi at global Covid summit
2 years, 7 months ago

WHO must be reformed, India ready to play key role, says PM Modi at global Covid summit

India Today  

Speaking at the second global Covid summit on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the World Health Organisation needs to be reformed and strengthened to "build a more resilient global health security architecture". "As a responsible member of the global community, India is ready to play a key role in these efforts," PM Modi added. INDIA'S 'PEOPLE-CENTRIC' STRATEGY On …

Two years since lockdown: The journey of India’s Covid response
2 years, 9 months ago

Two years since lockdown: The journey of India’s Covid response

Hindustan Times  

In a late evening address to the nation on March 24, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the government’s decision to lock down India in an effort to contain the coronavirus disease. ‘Flatten the curve’ On March 16, the Imperial College of London published a report, titled “Impact of NPIs to reduce Covid-19 mortality and healthcare demand”, which was largely …

It’s up to us how to create better solutions of AYUSH for ourselves and for the world as well: PM
2 years, 9 months ago

It’s up to us how to create better solutions of AYUSH for ourselves and for the world as well: PM

The Hindu  

Seeking to provide more opportunities to Indian students in the field of medical education, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged the private sector “to get into this field in huge quantities’’ and sought the intervention of State governments to make good policies in giving land for this type of work. Speaking at a webinar on the Union Budget announcements …

Covid Pandemic Should Be a Lesson for States to Retrofit Ailing Health Systems
2 years, 10 months ago

Covid Pandemic Should Be a Lesson for States to Retrofit Ailing Health Systems

News 18  

In December 2021, as much of India was approaching what is now the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, NITI Aayog released the latest edition of its Health Index. However, data from the index show a neglected state of affairs across critical aspects of health systems governance pre-Covid. The Governance and Information domain is covered by a total of four …

Focus on localised curbs to contain Covid, minimise damage to livelihood: PM Modi to chief ministers
2 years, 11 months ago

Focus on localised curbs to contain Covid, minimise damage to livelihood: PM Modi to chief ministers

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked chief ministers to ensure minimum damage to the livelihood of common people and economic activities as they work to contain the coronavirus, while noting that its Omicron variant is infecting people many times faster than earlier variants. PM Modi interacting with chief ministers via video conferencing on Thursday | PTI It has also …

Once in a lifetime COVID pandemic has reaffirmed importance of health sector: PM
2 years, 11 months ago

Once in a lifetime COVID pandemic has reaffirmed importance of health sector: PM

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated 11 government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu and said the future will belong to societies that invest in healthcare. After virtually inaugurating the medical institutions, Modi said the covid-19 pandemic has reaffirmed the importance of the health sector and listed out the various health and medical education-related initiatives of his government. Earlier, …

With Omicron Joining Delta, Building All-Weather Health System Must Be Top Priority for 2022
2 years, 11 months ago

With Omicron Joining Delta, Building All-Weather Health System Must Be Top Priority for 2022

News 18  

A new calendar year dawns, nested in India’s 75th year of Independence. ‘Protective’ third doses of approved vaccines must be administered to all persons above 60 years of age, frontline health workers and other essential workers whose double dose vaccination was completed prior to nine months, according to the recent government policy. Primary care is the multi-compartment train for delivering …

With Threat of Covid Third Wave Lurking, 5 Things India Must Do To Protect the Protectors
2 years, 11 months ago

With Threat of Covid Third Wave Lurking, 5 Things India Must Do To Protect the Protectors

News 18  

Under normal times, this week would have been the season of joy, festivity and celebrations for Christmas and the New Year. To protect our healthcare workers, doctors, nurses, paramedical personnel and frontline workers such as ambulance drivers, lab technicians, public healthcare and sanitation workers, we need to strictly follow a few measures. Reorientation and Training During the first Covid wave, …

Boosting India's surveillance potential for pandemic preparedness
3 years ago

Boosting India's surveillance potential for pandemic preparedness

Hindustan Times  

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues and more variants of Sars-CoV-2 emerge like the Omicron one, each may have the potential to further disrupt public health systems and slow progress to end the pandemic. India recognised the critical need for enhanced surveillance early in the pandemic but like most nations, took time in substantially scaling up of these efforts across the …

Making India self-reliant in health care
3 years, 1 month ago

Making India self-reliant in health care

Hindustan Times  

The coronavirus pandemic presented to us a set of complex challenges, demanding a prompt response to the evolving situation in a manner that also facilitated rapid scaling up of the public health infrastructure, with an approach calibrated to the varying maturity of health systems across India. It also aims to provide health infrastructure, surveillance and research to make the country …

Strengthening Health Emergency Security Systems Top Priority: WHO
3 years, 3 months ago

Strengthening Health Emergency Security Systems Top Priority: WHO

News 18  

The World Health Organization and Member countries of the South-East Asia Region on Thursday discussed further strengthening health emergency security systems to effectively respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future health emergencies. It is critical that lessons from the ongoing pandemic are used to inform our efforts to strengthen health security systems,” Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional …

Vulnerable groups caught between two worlds amid lockdowns
3 years, 4 months ago

Vulnerable groups caught between two worlds amid lockdowns

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the catastrophic consequences of the public health system remaining largely underfunded in India. A nationwide study on three vulnerable groups during the pandemic published recently said: “Public health measures are rarely apolitical, and, as the situation in India shows, can be experienced as forms of exclusion and repression for vulnerable groups of people.” The study, …

For sustained recovery, focus on vaccination, rural India and infra push
3 years, 5 months ago

For sustained recovery, focus on vaccination, rural India and infra push

Hindustan Times  

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic may have ebbed, but India cannot lower its guard. Over the last 14 months, while the pandemic ravaged global economies, India was adversely impacted too, with its Gross Domestic Product contracting by 23.9% in the April-June quarter of last year. After five different stimulus packages, the Narendra Modi government has now announced a …

Jaishankar Calls for Global Approach to Tackle Key Challenges Like Covid-19 Pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Jaishankar Calls for Global Approach to Tackle Key Challenges Like Covid-19 Pandemic

News 18  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday called for a global approach towards issues like climate change, terrorism and pandemics and emphasised on the need to effectively utilise the capabilities across the world to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a virtual interactive session with former British prime minister Tony Blair at the India Global Forum, the external affairs …

The unseen cost of covid’s long shadow on India
3 years, 6 months ago

The unseen cost of covid’s long shadow on India

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : The second wave of the pandemic might have ebbed, but Ritu Garg, a Gurugram-based doctor, has had no respite. “People are now coming in with diseases like cancer at an advanced stage, uncontrolled diabetes, heart ailments, and more," said Garg, zonal director at Fortis Memorial Research Institute. A World Health Organization survey released in May 2020 projected …

Scale up health infra, speed up vaccination to prevent another Covid surge: WHO to nations
3 years, 6 months ago

Scale up health infra, speed up vaccination to prevent another Covid surge: WHO to nations

India TV News  

The World Health Organization on Sunday called upon countries in its south-east Asia region to scale up public health infrastructure, rigorously implement social measures and make efforts to accelerate vaccination to prevent another COVID-19 surge. "These measures should be in full force and for longer periods in areas reporting more transmissible variants of concerns," said Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the Regional …

'One-Size-Fits-All Approach Untenable': Lancet Experts Recommend 8 'Urgent Actions' To Tackle Covid Resurgence In India
3 years, 6 months ago

'One-Size-Fits-All Approach Untenable': Lancet Experts Recommend 8 'Urgent Actions' To Tackle Covid Resurgence In India

ABP News  

New Delhi: In its June 12 issue, 'The Lancet' medical journal has addressed the coronavirus crisis witnessed in India and recommended eight "urgent actions" that need to be taken to tackle the resurgence as the pandemic spreads into rural populations. Here are the eight "urgent actions" suggested by the authors in 'The Lancet' journal to help India: The organisation of …

Rural health care needs fixing, and now
3 years, 6 months ago

Rural health care needs fixing, and now

The Hindu  

The two consecutive waves of COVID-19 and Mucormycosis have left us shattered. The key role of health-care facilities in the rural areas is to provide regular and comprehensive health-care needs guided by the World Health Organization ’s principle of Universal Health Coverage, “ensuring that all people have access to needed health services of sufficient quality to be effective while also …

Coronavirus News Updates: Centre approves Rs 5 lakh assistance for families of 67 journalists who died of COVID-19 this year
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus News Updates: Centre approves Rs 5 lakh assistance for families of 67 journalists who died of COVID-19 this year

Firstpost  

11:30 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus News LATEST Updates Despite its own needs, India ensured supply of medicines to 123 countries: Vardhan India ensured the supply of medicines to 123 partner countries despite its own needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and has also been active in global efforts to develop diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines to tackle the infection, Union Health …

As India-US ties confront new realities, Jaishankar’s visit is critical
3 years, 6 months ago

As India-US ties confront new realities, Jaishankar’s visit is critical

Hindustan Times  

External affairs minister S Jaishankar’s visit to the United States — his official meetings in Washington kick off on May 27— comes at a time when India is grappling with a debilitating second wave of Covid-19. Jaishankar’s visit will seek to review the entire gamut issues shaping India-US bilateral relationship, but the realities of the pandemic in India will ensure …

India Will Be in a Position to Vaccinate All of Its Adult Population by End of 2021: Harsh Vardhan
3 years, 7 months ago

India Will Be in a Position to Vaccinate All of Its Adult Population by End of 2021: Harsh Vardhan

News 18  

India will be in a position to vaccinate at least all of its adult population by the end of 2021, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday. At a meeting to review the pandemic situation in nine states and union territories, the minister said, “Between August and December 2021, India will have procured 216 crore vaccine doses, while by July …

India must prioritise narrowing the gaps in essential medical supplies, hospital capacities: WHO
3 years, 7 months ago

India must prioritise narrowing the gaps in essential medical supplies, hospital capacities: WHO

India Today  

The World Health Organization says that filling the critical gaps in essential medical supplies and hospital capacities should be of first priority as India battles Covid-19 surge. We need to act with speed, expand hospital capacities and equip them with medical supplies, most needed to save lives,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director, WHO South-East Asia region. In addition, …

Dire Situation In India, Trying To Help Any Way We Can, Says Top US Adviser
3 years, 8 months ago

Dire Situation In India, Trying To Help Any Way We Can, Says Top US Adviser

News 18  

The US is working closely with India, at both political and expert levels, to identify ways to help address the current COVID-19 crisis in the country, the White House said on Friday. “We are working closely with Indian officials at both political and experts’ level to identify ways to help address the crisis,” Ms Psaki said. “From the earliest stages …

Traditional Systems Have Failed the Pandemic Test. India Needs a Distributed Model That Has Compassion
3 years, 8 months ago

Traditional Systems Have Failed the Pandemic Test. India Needs a Distributed Model That Has Compassion

News 18  

The night is dark and ugly, the day is filled with fear and anger, death lurks everywhere, and despair is omnipresent. A fundamental reboot is needed, across our personal, professional and social selves, to create a compassionate system that will take the anger, fear and despair and direct it towards positive action. For sure, it’s little use empty venting or …

World Health Day 2021: What public health lessons can India learn from COVID-19 pandemic?
3 years, 8 months ago

World Health Day 2021: What public health lessons can India learn from COVID-19 pandemic?

Firstpost  

COVID-19 has renewed the focus on public health threats – making countries review their public health systems and healthcare infrastructure. World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April and it is the perfect occasion to review India’s response to COVID-19 and identify threats to our health security that can be rectified on a warfooting. Similarly, India needs to pass a …

India’s Battle Against Coronavirus: A Year of Stress and Success
3 years, 10 months ago

India’s Battle Against Coronavirus: A Year of Stress and Success

News 18  

An unsuspecting world woke to the advent of 2020 with the excitement of a new year’s dawn, amplified by the charm of its resonant numeric. These were accompanied by alarming predictions of imminent doom for India, in the form of a ferocious tidal wave of cases and millions of deaths, by modellers who extrapolated Western experience to the Indian population. …

A year on, mind the gaps in the pandemic response
3 years, 10 months ago

A year on, mind the gaps in the pandemic response

The Hindu  

January 30, 2021 marked one year since India detected its first case of COVID-19 — a student in Kerala who had returned from Wuhan, China. India’s initial response was marked by political commitment at the highest level, with several steps taken early in screening international travellers, restricting inbound traffic from severely affected countries, and preparing quarantine facilities for those testing …

Centre aims to provide adequate health, education to every child by 2022: Harsh Vardhan
3 years, 10 months ago

Centre aims to provide adequate health, education to every child by 2022: Harsh Vardhan

India TV News  

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's motto is to provide adequate health, education, and nutritional facility to every child and safety to women in the country by the year 2022. Addressing the media after presiding over the annual conference of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, the Minister …

Covid Vaccine, New Normal: Budget 2021 Must Find a Way to Re-Imagine Public Health System
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid Vaccine, New Normal: Budget 2021 Must Find a Way to Re-Imagine Public Health System

News 18  

The Union budget 2021-22 is expected to fund COVID vaccinations and other interventions that will speed up the return to “normal”. However, the budget could also provide a way to strategize for a re-imagined Indian public health system. The Rural Health Statistics for 2019, reveals that only 40% of health care facilities in the rural areas have critical frontline staff …

Economic Survey | To enable India to respond to pandemics, health infra must be agile
3 years, 10 months ago

Economic Survey | To enable India to respond to pandemics, health infra must be agile

The Hindu  

The ongoing COVID pandemic has showcased how a healthcare crisis can get transformed into an economic and social crisis and how it is inter-linked with other key sectors of the economy, noted the Economic Survey 2020-21, tabled in Parliament on Friday. “To enable India to respond to pandemics, the health infrastructure must be agile,” it says. Stating that COVID-19 has …

India Among Most Successful Nation in Saving Lives During Covid: PM Modi at Davos Summit
3 years, 10 months ago

India Among Most Successful Nation in Saving Lives During Covid: PM Modi at Davos Summit

News 18  

Addressing the World Economic Forum’s online Davos Agenda Summit, Prime Minister Modi lauded India’s efforts at containing Covid-19 and said India has beaten all odds to battle the pandemic. India, however, took a proactive public participation approach and developed Covid-specific health infrastructure and trained its resources to fight Covid,” the PM said. “Today India is among most successful in saving …

Coronavirus: India will be able to vaccinate entire population soon, says Harsh Vardhan
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: India will be able to vaccinate entire population soon, says Harsh Vardhan

India Today  

Soon it would be a reality to vaccinate the entire population in India against the novel coronavirus, after prioritising risk groups, Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Friday. 'Started preparation for vaccine drive 4-5 months ago' "We started the preparation for the impending vaccine drive against Covid four or five months ago after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji …

The Hindu Explains | What were the major challenges to India’s Neighbourhood First Policy this year?
3 years, 11 months ago

The Hindu Explains | What were the major challenges to India’s Neighbourhood First Policy this year?

The Hindu  

The story so far: This year, India faced a trifecta of challenges in its neighbourhood from China: the COVID-19 pandemic, the growing competition for influence in South Asia, and aggressive actions at the Line of Actual Control by China’s People's Liberation Army. China also laid claim to Bhutan’s Sakteng natural reserves and pushed along the boundary lines with Nepal, all …

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