Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the pace of vaccination should not slow down, while stressing that the drive should be facilitated despite lockdowns and restrictions.
Modi was holding a review meeting of the public health response to Covid-19. Ministers including Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Harsh Vardhan, Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal and Mansukh Mandaviya, along with top officials, were present at the meeting.
Around 31 per cent of the eligible population over the age of 45 has been given at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the government data.
Taking note of the vaccination progress and the road map for scaling up production in the next few months, Modi said, “Health care workers involved in vaccination must not be diverted to other duties.”
The Indonesian Customs and Excise Department working in cooperation with the
National Anti-Narcotics Agency (BNNP), has caught and arrested a 45-year-old Australian national, David John Clarkson, on criminal narcotics charges.
David John Clarkson
As reported by
Beritabali.com, Clarkson is held in connection with the receipt via parcel post from an acquaintance in Peru containing 990.84 grams of
DMT (
DMT is a plant-based
entheogen that can produce brief periods of non-ordinary consciousness, often employed in religious and spiritual rituals and is classified as a “Class One” narcotic in Indonesia when discovered in commercial quantities can carrying severe penalties.
The nearly one-kilogram package from Peru raised suspicions of
Communication team member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Nana Kwadwo Agyei Yeboah (Nana Kay) has called on President Akufo-Addo to sack some top hierarchy of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) because it has failed in its mandate to address issues relating to workers in the institution.
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Customs seizes gold worth Rs 48.27 lakhs at Chennai airport, one held ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 18:29 IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 2 (ANI): The custom officials seized 937 grams gold worth Rs 48.27 lakhs in Chennai Airport from two passengers on Saturday.
One passenger has been arrested in connection with the case.
While they seized the gold valued Rs 39.83 lakhs from one person, they seized gold valued Rs 8.44 lakhs from another, said the Office of the Commissioner of customs, Air Intelligence Unit, in a statement Based on intelligence one Mohamed Hashan Malique, 28, of Ramanathapuram who arrived from Dubai by Air India flight IX 1644 was intercepted at exit. On personal search 3 bundles of gold weighing 880 grams were recovered from rectum which on extraction yielded one gold ingot of 772 grams of 24k valued Rs 39.83 lakhs was recovered and seized, it said.