Though the registration opened at 9 am, the prime minister was the first off the block. He visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi early in the morning to take his first dose and appeal to everyone eligible to get themselves inoculated. Took my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS. Remarkable how our doctors and scientists have worked in quick time to strengthen the global fight against COVID-19, Modi tweeted at 7.06 am. I appeal to all those who are eligible to take the vaccine. Together, let us make India COVID-19 free! he said.
Shah, who had earlier tested positive for the virus, also took the first dose, officials said.
Shubhdarshini Tripathi Appointed Indian Ambassador To Kazakhstan
Updated On January 27, 2021
Indian Foreign Service officer Shubhdarshini Tripathi has been appointed the next ambassador from India to Kazakhstan, the Ministry of External Affairs announced Wednesday.
Shubhdarshini Tripathi, currently the Deputy Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, is a 1994 batch diplomat with over two decades of experience behind her. She has previously served as an Indian ambassador to Berlin and Jordan. She is expected to take up her assignment to Kazakhstan shorty, as per MEA’s official press release issued January 27.Â
1994 batch IFS officer Shubhdarshini Tripathi, presently Deputy Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan: MEA ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2021
Withdraw Love Jihad Ordinance : 100 Former Civil Servants Write to UP CM Adityanath UP state, once known as the cradle of the Ganga-Jamuna civilisation, has become the epicentre of the politics of hate.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath. Photo: Twitter/@myogiadityanath
Communalism29/Dec/2020
New Delhi: More than 100 former civil servants have written an open letter to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath, urging him to withdraw the ‘illegal‘ and ‘atrocious’ ordinance his government has brought to supposedly curb ‘love jihad’ cases.
‘Love jihad’ is a term recently given credence in Indian law, and refers to an imaginary concept coined by the Sangh Parivar to refer to a non-existent conspiracy by Muslims to trap Hindu women into conversions through forced marriage.