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India has one of highest COVID-19 recovery rates due to early implementation of flexible lockdown: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that at 88%, India has one of the highest COVID-19 recovery rates in the world. with other nations. PM Modi said that the reason behind the high recovery rate and speedy recovery is due to early implementation of a flexible lockdown during the initial stage of COVID-19 outbreak in the country. 

PM Modi made the statement during the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2020 via video conferencing. India’s size, scale and diversity have always made the global community curious. Our population is almost four times that of the USA. Many of our states are as populated as other nations in Europe and Asia. Thanks to people power and people-driven approach, India kept its COVID-19 death rate very low.

PM Modi added, Witnessing a decline in the number of COVID-19 positive cases per day, the nation has one of the highest recovery rates at ? 88%. The reason behind India’s success is that it was one of the first countries to adopt a flexible lockdown when the total number of cases were just a few hundred.

The Prime Minister also informed that, India was one of the first countries to encourage usage of masks and social distancing norms. Within no time, India actively began to work on effective contact tracing and became the earliest nations to deploy the Rapid Antigen test.

We will not stop here. India is already working on developing a proper COVID-19 vaccine mechanism in place. This digitised network along with digital health IDs will be used to ensure immunisation of our citizens,” PM Modi said.

The Grand Challenges Annual Meeting was scheduled to be held in India but due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the meeting was held via virtual conferencing.

Speaking about the meeting, PM Modi said, Such is the power of technology that the global pandemic did not keep us apart. This programme has continued as per schedule. This shows the commitment of the grand challenges community. This shows our commitment to adapt and innovate. 
Informing that the future will be shaped by societies, which are willing to invest in science and technology, he said, One has to invest in science and innovation well in advance. Only then we can reap benefits at the right time. Similarly, the journey to these innovations must be shaped by collaboration and public participation.

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Hardik Patel quits Congress, says no youngster is willing to work, vote; accuses leaders of ‘enjoying in abroad’

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May 18, 2022

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Radhika Dhawad | Vadodara
Gujarat Working President Hardik Patel tendered his resignation from the Congress party today morning. Patel took to Twitter to announce his decision and shared an image of his resignation.
 
Patel said, “Big leaders of Congress in Gujarat are far away from issues of the state but are more focussed on ensuring that chicken sandwich for leaders who have come from Delhi is delivered on time!”
In the letter, he also said, “The party has constantly been working against the interests of the country and society.”

Hardik Patel’s letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi

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BJP on course to retain power for 2nd straight term with CM Yogi Adityanath as CM again

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March 10, 2022

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Radhika Dhawad | Lucknow

Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath

Early numbers reveal that the BJP has crossed the halfway mark with over 271 seats in Uttar Pradesh at 12:07 pm thus making its way to retain power for the second straight term in the state. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is all set to become the Chief Minister for the second time. 


While the BJP was leading in 271 seats, Samajwadi Party (SP) managed to secure 121 seats so far. The BSP has managed to secure five seats while Congress so far has four seats.

(With total 403 seats in UP, 202 is the halfway mark)

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Indian student killed during shelling in Ukraines Kharkiv

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March 1, 2022

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Nation Next Newsroom | Mumbai

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An Indian student was killed during shelling in Ukraines Kharkiv on Tuesday morning, Ministry of External Affairs informed in the afternoon. The Ministry tweeted: ?With profound sorrow we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning. The Ministry is in touch with his family. We convey our deepest condolences to the family.

In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, videos showed extensive damage from the Russian military assault. One video showed the city’s largest government building blown up.

While the student is yet to be named by the MEA, sources in the Karnataka state government told The Quint that he had been identified as Naveen Shekhrappa, from Haveri district, Karnataka. The 21-year-old was a student of medicine at Kharkiv National Medical University.

The News Minute reported that Shekhrappa was standing in a queue at a supermarket in Kharkiv to buy food when Russian shelling began.



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