India News Live Updates: Kullu Deputy Commissioner on Saturday said that five crore rupees relief amount was provided to those affected by floods in the district. "People who are affected by the heavy rainfall in the Kullu district are being provided with a relief amount by the government. People whose sources of income were affected along with their houses and shops are being procured the relief amount. Till now, 1,700 families have been affected by the floods. Most of the families were provided with Rs five crores of relief amount", said Ashutosh Garg, DCP, Kullu. Garg further added, "Still, the employees of the revenue department are on the field and distributing the relief amounts".
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New Delhi:
PM Modi will likely virtually interact with health workers at some locations on the day of the launch of the vaccine drive, sources said, adding select hospitals in states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi have been asked to make preparations.
Health and frontline workers at Delhi s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital - one of the country s biggest Covid hospitals - will get vaccinated first. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and minister Satyendar Jain will attend the inaugural event.
The country s drug regulator has approved Covishield, the Oxford vaccine being manufactured by Serum Institute of India, and Bharat Biotech s homegrown Covaxin for restricted emergency use.