UPDATED: May 11, 2021 22:30 IST
People shop at a crowded vegetable market amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Mumbai, May 11. (Photo:Reuters)
The public, pummelled by the pandemic and consequent socio-economic despair, is being forced to pick from three versions about the Covid-19 vaccination drive. One from the central government with tall claims and heap of statistics, second from the chief ministers firing loud SOS signals of shortages and the third on the CoWin app the gateway, which is failing to provide the vaccine.
The assessment by experts from the experience of over 100 days of vaccination is that India is in for a long haul. In case the pace of vaccination against coronavirus doesn’t shoot up drastically and more vaccine candidates are not included, India could take another 3.5 years at the “current rate of lethargy” to inoculate 70 per cent of its entire population, a threshold required to achieve herd immunity.
Central Vista: Centre opposes plea to halt construction work, says another attempt to stall project
The government told the Delhi High Court that it has made arrangements to ensure that the work is carried out in compliance with the Covid-19 norms. May 11, 2021 · 03:53 pm Construction work for the Central Vista project underway at Rajpath in Delhi on May 7. | Manvender Vashist/ PTI
The Centre on Tuesday opposed a plea before the Delhi High Court seeking to halt the construction activity of the Central Vista project, saying that it was just another attempt to stall the work, reported PTI. The Centre said that it has faced such attempts from the beginning on one pretext or another.
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