Morning digest: States fall short in meeting COVID-19 vaccination targets, U.K. invites PM Modi for G-7 Summit, and more
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With State governments reporting shortfalls in meeting their COVID-19 vaccination targets, the expertise of the final couple of days has made one factor clear — uptake of the vaccines in opposition to COVID-19 in the primary section amongst healthcare and frontline staff is uneven.
The United Kingdom has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the G7 summit that’s scheduled to be held in June. Apart from India, Australia and South Korea are additionally invited to take part in the proceedings of the summit as “guest countries”.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday termed the opposition by the Congress to the COVID-19 vaccine as “baseless and meaningless”. “The Congress leaders are opposing the vaccination efforts as they have nothing better to do. Their opposition is baseless and meaningless,” he stated on the Jana Sevak rally in Belagavi to felicitate the BJP members who gained the gram panchayat polls.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had final week examined a functionary of Khalsa Aid, a global NGO, in reference to a latest case registered against Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a international based mostly group that advocates secessionist and pro-Khalistani actions in India.
Nearly 2,24,301 people have been vaccinated so far, with about 17,000 of them vaccinated on Sunday, the Health Ministry stated in a briefing
A message from India to the Sri Lankan management on the controversial demolition of a memorial for battle victims on the Jaffna University seems to have contributed to authorities’ determination to “rebuild” the construction on campus.
Cementing the electoral understanding for the Bengal Assembly polls, the leaders of the Left events and the Congress on Sunday mentioned the seat-sharing association which they stated could be finalised by the top of this month.
Actor Akshay Kumar on Sunday urged his followers to contribute in direction of the development of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, after the nationwide drive to gather donations kicked off on Friday.
Taking cognizance of complaints that Hindu gods and goddesses have been ridiculed in internet sequence Tandav, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Sunday sought an evidence from streaming platform Amazon Prime Video on the difficulty, sources stated.
Free vaccine and vaccine for all must be the coverage of the Narendra Modi authorities, the Congress stated on Sunday because the get together requested it to spell out its distribution coverage.
Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who remodeled rock music together with his Wall of Sound technique and who later was convicted of homicide, has died. He was 81.
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