The set of recommendations submitted by NATHEALTH to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and NITI Aayog include setting up of vaccination centres in malls, schools, airports, resident welfare association centres

According to Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule, Maharashtra's Pune district had to shut 109 covid vaccination centres because the vaccines ran out of stock on Wednesday. The Odisha government halted the vaccination drive in 700 centres due to the lack of COVID-19 vaccines

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Vardhan says as long as supply of vaccines remains limited, there is no option but to prioritise. Maharashtra has vaccinated only 86 per cent of health workers with first dose; just 41 per cent healthcare workers with the second dose, he adds

The Finance Ministry said that the central government has decided minimum threshold default of Rs 10 lakh for initiation of resolution process by MSME corporate debtor.

Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan asked state health departments to initiate due consultations with public and private sector employers and management to prepare for workplace coronavirus vaccination drives

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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan noted that the sudden rise in coronavirus cases is largely or may be event-driven comprising local body elections, grand weddings, and farmers' protest

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Rajesh Tope said that the state currently has 14 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses, which will get consumed in three days. He said that Maharashtra has asked for 40 lakh additional doses

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While the RBI has kept the repo rate unchanged, hinting at short-term interest rates to remain low, the risk from ultra-loose monetary policy is certainly on the rise as the future inflation trajectory has an upward bias

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says MPC kept its estimate for economic growth unchanged at 10.5 per cent for FY22. MPC also saw inflation edging up to 5.2 per cent in first half of new fiscal from 5% in January-March period and moderate to 4.4 per cent in Q3

The central bank had projected CPI of 5.2 to 5% in the first half (August to September) of 2021-22. The new forecast is an indicator of the hardening of inflation in the economy

Oxford-AstraZeneca pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial in children The University of Oxford said on Tuesday it had paused a small UK trial testing the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with AstraZeneca Plc in children and teenagers, as it waits for more data on rare blood clotting issues in adults who received the shot. The trial disruption is the latest blow to the vaccine, once hailed as a milestone in the fight against the pandemic IMF raises India's growth forecast for FY22 to 12.5% Internat...

\"We need roughly Rs 3,000 crore which is not a small figure considering we have already spent thousands of crores,\" said Adar Poonawalla

The Gujarat High Court had suggested imposing a curfew or lockdown for three to four days to break the infection chain as the COVID-19 situation was getting \"out of control\" in the state