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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
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23551. Mexico to import AstraZeneca vaccine from India, president says
- Mexico plans to import about 870,000 doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine from India in February, as well as producing it locally, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said .
- Mexico and Argentina have a deal with AstraZeneca to produce its vaccine for distribution in Latin America,.
- Mexico has secured enough vaccines to cover 20% of its 126 million people through COVAX, led by the GAVI vaccines alliance and the World Health Organization to promote equitable access.
23552. Covid vaccination drive kicks off in Sri Lanka with 'Made in India' vaccines
- The coronavirus vaccination drive began at the Army Hospital in Narahenpita as frontline workers fighting the pandemic were vaccinated with the 'Made in India' Covishield vaccines
- The coronavirus vaccination drive kicked off in Sri Lanka today, a day after India gifted 500,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine to the island nation.
- The drive began at the Army Hospital in Narahenpita as frontline workers fighting the novel coronavirus were vaccinated with the 'Made in India' Covishield vaccines.
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23553. India To Supply 10 Million Doses Of Coronavirus Vaccine To Africa, 1 Million To UN Health Workers: MEA
- India to supply 10 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to Africa, 1 million to UN health workers: MEA
- "From 20th January 2021 onward, we have gifted over 55 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines to our neighbouring countries and in the extended neighbourhood--1.5 lakh to Bhutan, 1 lakh to Maldives, Mauritius and Bahrain, 10 lakhs to Nepal, 20 lakhs to Bangladesh, 15 lakhs to Myanmar, 50,000 to Seychelles, 5 lakh to Sri Lanka. In the coming days, We plan to gift further quantity to Oman that is of 1 lakh doses, 5 lakh doses to CARICOM countries. 2 lakh to Nicaragua, 2 lakh doses to the Pacific island state,"
- Srivastava said New Delhi plans to supply 1 crore or 10 million vaccine doses to Africa and 10 lakh to United Nations health workers under GAVI's (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) COVAX facility.
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23554. India sends 6 lakh Covid vaccine doses to Sri Lanka and Bahrain
- India plans to gift Oman (100,000 doses), CARICOM countries (500,000 doses), Nicaragua (200,000 doses) and Pacific Island states (200,000 doses) in the next few days.
- India rolled out 600,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines as grant assistance for Sri Lanka and Bahrain under its “Vaccine Maitri” initiative on Thursday, a day after Nepal and Myanmar launched their inoculation drives with made-in-India doses.
- Bahrain marked the first such aid to a country in West Asia, which India sees as part of its extended neighbourhood. Bahrain is home to 350,000 Indians, the largest expatriate community, and New Delhi had facilitated the travel of Indian medical professionals to Manama last year to cope with the pandemic.
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23555. India donates first 500,000 doses of vaccine to Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka’s president has welcomed the first 500,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine from India, which has donated the shots to eight countries in the region
- Sri Lanka said 150,000 health workers and 115,000 selected military and police troops will be the first to be inoculated at six hospitals in Colombo and its suburbs.
- India's rival China announced it would provide 300,000 shots of its own vaccine Sinopharm next month after procedures are completed on both sides
23556. Vaccine Diplomacy: These Pandemic-hit Nations Have So Far Received Covid Jabs from India
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the World Economic Forum’s Davos Summit said the world would receive more vaccines from India. The nation started its mega inoculation drive about a week back with Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India.
- Since then, many other nations have also received the jabs from India as part the government’s ‘Vaccine Maitri’ plan.
- The World Health Organisation (WHO), which has repeatedly criticised ‘vaccine nationalism’ by richer nations, has praised India’s efforts. Dubbed as the country’s embarkment upon a new kind of ‘vaccine diplomacy’, here is a closer look into the supply of the jabs to nations who need it.
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23557. India to supply 10 mn Covid vaccine doses to Africa, 1 mn to UN nations: MEA
- India has so far gifted 5.5 million doses to its immediate neighbours
- Besides gifts to neighbouring countries, some amounts of commercial exports have taken place to Brazil, Morocco and Bangladesh, says MEA
- India will supply 10 million doses of vaccines to fight the covid-19 pandemic to Africa and another one million shots to the United Nations for its health workers under a global health partnership arrangement known as GAVI
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23558. After Sri Lanka, Africa secures 400 million doses of Indian shots
- The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says another 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been secured for the continent through the Serum Institute of India.
- Africa CDC director John Nkengasong told reporters that with the new doses, on top of the 270 million doses announced earlier, “I think we’re beginning to make very good progress.”
- India As with many vaccine deals, there are no immediate details on cost or how much people might pay per dose.
23559. पीपीपी मॉडल के तहत यूपी में खुलेंगे मेडिकल कॉलेज
- चिकित्सा शिक्षा विभाग को बागपत, हाथरस, रामपुर, संभल, शामली, महाराजगंज, कासगंज, मऊ, श्रावस्ती जिलों में मेडिकल कॉलेज के लिए निजी क्षेत्र से कुल 17 प्रस्ताव मिले हैं। इसमें तीनों श्रेणियों में आवेदन किए गए हैं।
- उत्तर प्रदेश में पीपीपी मॉडल पर मेडिकल कॉलेज खोलने और उसके संचालन में व्यावसायिक समूहों ने पहल की है। यह सभी मेडिकल कॉलेज केंद्र सरकार की मदद से खोले जाने हैं। नौ मेडिकल कॉलेजों का लोकार्पण प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी द्वारा किया जा चुका है, जबकि 14 अन्य मेडिकल कॉलेजों को मंजूरी मिल चुकी है, जिनमें कई का शिलान्यास भी हो चुका है। राज्य के 16 जिले ऐसे हैं, जहां पीपीपी मोड में मेडिकल कॉलेज खोले जाने हैं। इनमें बागपत, हाथरस, रामपुर, संभल, शामली, महाराजगंज, कासगंज, मऊ, श्रावस्ती, चित्रकूट, बलिया, भदोही, हमीरपुर, महोबा, मैनपुरी, संत कबीर नगर जिले शामिल हैं।
- पहली श्रेणी में जमीन और पूरा निवेश निजी क्षेत्र का होगा। दूसरी श्रेणी में मेडिकल कॉलेज की जमीन और बिल्डिंग निवेशक की होगी जबकि अस्पताल सरकारी होगा। तीसरी श्रेणी में मेडिकल कॉलेज भवन और अस्पताल दोनों ही सरकारी होंगे, लेकिन संचालन निजी क्षेत्र द्वारा किया जाएगा। राज्य सरकार वित्तीय व गैर वित्तीय सहायता देगी। पांच वर्ष के लिए लागत पर पांच प्रतिशत की ब्याज सब्सिडी दी जाएगी, जो अधिकतम एक करोड़ रुपये प्रतिवर्ष होगी।
23560. बजाज ऑटो ने पुराने चेतक फैक्ट्री वाली साइट पर लगाई EV मैन्युफैक्चरिंग यूनिट, जानें साल में कितना उत्पादन और कितनों को मिलेगा रोजगार
- बजाज ऑटो लिमिटेड (Bajaj Auto Limited) ने पुणे के अकूर्दी में एक नई इलेक्ट्रिक व्हीकल मैन्युफैक्चरिंग यूनिट का ऐलान किया है।
- इस प्लांट से जून 2022 से व्हीकल रोल आउट किए जाएंगे, साथ ही कंपनी इस प्लांट से एक्सपोर्ट भी करेगी। इस प्लांट की क्षमता सालाना 5 लाख इलेक्ट्रिक व्हीकल बनाने की होगी और इसके लिए कंपनी ने 300 करोड़ रुपये के निवेश की घोषणा की है। बजाज के पुराने और ओरिजिनल चेतक स्कूटर की फैक्ट्री भी अकूर्दी में ही थी।
- बजाज की यह मैन्युफैक्चरिंग यूनिट 5 लाख वर्ग फुट से ज्यादा में फैली हुई है और इसमें 800 कर्मियों को रोजगार मिलेगा। बजाज ऑटो द्वारा किए गए निवेश को कई विक्रेताओं द्वारा सप्लीमेंट किया जाएगा, जो आगे 250 करोड़ रुपये का निवेश करेंगे।