Front Page Later rather than sooner: Govt unveils roadmap for supply of Covid vaccines Two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses by year end: hope and a reality… States float tenders but know it’s a long shot, say Centre’s job… Missing in vaccination: Rural service centres switch off, see tiny fraction of… Govt & Politics Considering live … Read more
Front Page Sputnik-V shots to be available in India next week, says govt. (GS-2) Why not place convicts under house arrest, asks SC (GS-2) SC asks Delhi govt. to open meal centres (GS-1) Business Relax FCRA norms, ease relief flow, says Nasscom (GS-2) World Israel-Palestine fighting escalates (GS-1) Mohamed Nasheed flown to Germany for treatment … Read more
Front Page Vaccine inequity deepens in young: 85% of those jabbed are in just… Get vaccines, make them free for all: 12 parties, 4 Oppn CMs… Second Surge ‘As aid is limited, optimal use of resources (is needed)… priority given to high-case states’ Govt to buy 1.5 lakh DRDO oxygen supply systems HC : Door … Read more
Front Page ‘Need 6 to 8 more weeks of lockdown’ (GS-2) Israel-Palestinian clashes trigger fears of a ‘full-scale war’ (GS-1) Opposition urges PM to start free, universal vaccination (GS-2) Business Inflation eases to 4.29%; base lifts IIP (GS-3) WTO chief targets waivers for COVID vaccines in Dec. (GS-3) World COVID-19 catastrophe could have been avoided, … Read more
Front Page Massive Covid spread: 533 districts reporting over 10% positivity Virus spread in rural areas may hit recovery further Allahabad HC: Election Commission, higher courts, government failed to see risks from… US eyes joint production of J&J vaccine in India, in touch with… Second Surge Top five states in active cases get lower share … Read more
Front Page Cases rising in 15 states positivity rate at 21% (GS-2) 71 bodies retrieved from Ganga (GS-2/3) Moody’s lowers India growth projection to 9.3% (GS-3) Business MFI sector urges RBI backing for emergency credit support (GS-3) World China’s population growth slows to lowest rate in decades (GS-1/2) What’s happening in Jerusalem? (GS-2) Saudi aid … Read more
Front Page Curbs tighten but Covid-19 vaccination slackens in country’s most vulnerable districts As deaths go up 10 fold, worrying signs from smaller states Vaccine inequity gets worse: rural India, smaller hospitals hit Second Surge On vaccine policy affidavit, SC tells Centre: The Indian Express had it before us No smartphones, not tech-savvy, Mumbai slums … Read more
Front Page Bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims found floating in Ganga (GS-2/3) Vaccine production is being gradually ramped up: Centre (GS-2) 1 lakh tonnes of grain given under PMGKAY (GS-3) Business ‘Slow vaccination pace puts India at risk of more waves’ (GS-2) ‘Growth may slip to 8.2% if wave peaks in June’ (GS-3) SEBI’s sustainability … Read more
Front Page Himanta, BJP’s troubleshooter in the Northeast, all set to become Assam’s 15th… Asked to rethink vaccine policy, Centre to SC: trust us, no need… (GS-2) How splitting vaccines 50-50 has created new supply bottlenecks (GS-2/3) Diaspora doctors dial in with help for patients from Bihar, Jharkhand (GS-2) From oxygen plants to transport glitches, … Read more
Front Page Delhi lockdown extended till May 17 (GS-2) Himanta to take over as Assam CM today World Key suspect in Nasheed attack arrested (GS-2) China rocket debris falls in Indian Ocean near Maldives (GS-3) Map Marking : South Sudan News Green panel allows Great Nicobar plan to advance (GS-3) ‘COVID waves inevitable without proper … Read more