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Covid-19: India’s rate of inoculation fastest in world, says health secy | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: India has witnessed the “speediest acceleration” of administration of Covid-19 vaccine doses, health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, highlighting that on March 15, India accounted for 36% of the 8.34 million shots given across the world.
As of March 15, India administered the second highest number of vaccine doses at around 3.3 crore in 60 days. The US leads with 10 crore doses though it started its vaccination programme around a month before India. The UK — which was the first to start Covid-19 vaccination — inoculated only 2.6 crore doses in 98 days, Bhushan said.
India administered over 3.6 crore vaccine doses till 7pm on Wednesday. Of this, 1.5 crore health and frontline workers have received their first doses, whereas 1.2 crore doses have been given to those above 60 and 23.8 lakh to people aged between 45 and 60 years with co-morbidities. Apart from these, 63.9 lakh health and frontline workers have received their second doses.
In the last two weeks (March 1-15), India administered an average of 13.1 lakh doses per day. While Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat had the highest average ranging between 1.5 lakh and 1.2 lakh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh were among the poor performers. On Wednesday, 14 lakh doses were given till 7pm.

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23 Patients, Including 17 Covid Cases, Rescued After Fire Breaks out in Vadodara Hospital

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Ahmedabad: At least 23 patients, including 17 COVID-19 patients, were evacuated to safety following a minor fire at a private hospital in Gujarat’s Vadodara city on Wednesday night, an official said.

Nobody was injured in the fire, which engulfed a portion of Shree Vijay Vallabh Sarvajanik Hospital in Mandvi area of Vadodara city, said Vadodara Collector Shalini Agarwal.

“All the 23 patients, including 17 COVID-19 patients, were rescued and shifted to other hospitals following the fire. No patient or any hospital staffer was injured,” Agarwal added.

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gujarat school news: Gujarat: Shortfall of over 9k classrooms, 286 schools shut

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GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government on Monday informed the Assembly that there was a shortfall of over 9,405 classrooms in various government-run primary schools as on December 2020. While responding to questions raised by Congress MLAs during Question Hour, Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama on Monday informed the House that these classrooms will be built at the earliest.

Of the 33 districts in Gujarat, tribal-dominated Dahod tops the list with a shortfall of 1,087 classrooms, followed by Banaskantha with 662, Anand 596, Bhavnagar 506 and Bharuch with 496.

Responding to a related question, Chudasama said 286 state-run primary schools were shut in the last two years, and students had been given admission in nearby schools.

Giving details about the mid-day meal scheme, the minister said the state government spends Rs 4.97 on each student from Class I to V and Rs 7.45 on those from Class VI to VIII.

He added that the government had increased the per head allocation by Rs 0.49 for students of class I to V and Rs 0.74 for those from Class VI to VII through a notification issued in May last year.



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ArcelorMittal to Invest Over Rs 50,000 Crore in Gujarat: CM Vijay Rupani

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The world’s leading steel and mining company ArcelorMittal will invest more than Rs 50,000 crore in Gujarat, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Sunday, a day after its executive chairman Lakshmi Mittal called on him.

“All industrialists from India and abroad, including Lakshmi Mittal, are coming to Gujarat for making investment as they count Gujarat as the best (investment) destination. Lakshmi Mittal came to meet me yesterday (Saturday). He told me that he will make an investment of more than Rs 50,000 crore in Gujarat in the coming days,” Rupani told reporters.

During his trip to Gujarat, Mittal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who attended the Combined Commanders’ Conference in Kevadia in the state on Saturday, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said, adding that it was a courtesy visit.

Mittal also met the Dy CM and the CM at Vidhan Sabha. “On Saturday, when PM Modi was in Gujarat, Mittal paid him a courtesy visit,” Patel said.

He said Mittal talked about his proposed contribution for making Gujarat as an industrial leader during his discussion with the deputy CM and the CM. Mittal also visited the world’s tallest Statue of Unity at Kevadia on Friday.

He complimented PM Modi for the development of Kevadia which he said is a “pride of India. “One can see the reflection of our Hon Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji’s far-sightedness, strong leadership and broad thinking everywhere in Kevadia,” Mittal wrote in the guest book in Hindi.

“I was left wondering how in a short time the Prime Minister transformed it. Kevadia is a pride of India. Kevadia is a living symbol of the fact that India is in strong hands and India’s future is secure,” Mittal wrote.

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3-year-old Boy Among Three Dead After Six Members of Family Consume Poison in Vodadara

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Three members of a family died while three others were in critical condition after they consumed poison in an apparent suicide bid in Vadodara city of Gujarat on Wednesday, police said. The deceased included a three-year-old boy.

The incident took place at Swati Society in Sama locality. Around 5 pm, one of the family members called the police control room and informed that they had consumed poison.

police reached the spot, Narendra Soni (58), his daughter Riya (19) and grandson Parth (3) were dead, while Soni’s wife Deepti (55), son Bhavin (28) and daughter- in-law Urmi (25) were in serious condition. They were shifted to a hospital and were under treatment, a police official said.

The family was apparently facing financial problems, but the exact reason for their decision to end life was not known yet, he said, adding that probe was on.

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Gujarat Board to conduct exams for Classes 9 to 12 from March 19

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The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) Wednesday announced that the exams of classes 9-12 for the academic session 2020-21 will commence from March 19. Instead of three examination during an academic session for these classes, this year students will be taking only two exams — the first in March and final exams in June (for classes 9 and 11) and in board exams for classes 10 and 12 in May, for which the state education board had already declared the schedule.

“This year we could not take any exam due to the pandemic. But with the reopening of schools, it was decided to take two exams instead of three where one exam will be conducted in March and second or final annual exam for class 9 and 11 in June,” GSHSEB Chairman A J Shah told The Indian Express.

The GSHSEB has announced the schedule of these exams with the first one for classes 9-12 being conducted from March 19 till 27 and annual exams for classes 9 and 11 from June 7-15.

Also, the board has directed schools to frame question papers for the first exams only as per its instructions and format given to the schools. “The schools will prepare question papers depending upon the curriculum covered by them and also distribution of marks should be as per the board’s directions for annual examinations. Accordingly, schools can prepare the question papers covering 70 per cent of the curriculum declared by the board,” the GSHSEB stated in its circular issued to all district education officers.

Further, for internal evaluation of 20 marks, average marks of first and second exams are taken but this time since there are only two exams, the marks of first exam would be considered.

The GSHSEB in the beginning of this month has declared the schedule for class 10 and 12 board exams which will commence from May 10. While class 10 exams are scheduled between May 10 and May 20, class 12 Science stream exams will be held from May 10 to May 21.

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