Surgeon Rear Admiral Sheila Mathai on breaking glass ceilings in the Indian Navy “After a successful command, I could not have been happier than to hand over the Flagship Hospital (INHS Asvini) of the Indian Navy to a fellow woman Flag Officer. It is indeed a defining moment as it tells the nation and the world that women in India have now reached significant numbers in the higher ranks of the Armed Forces and that merit and not gender is the basis of appointments,” explains Surgeon Rear Admiral Sheila Mathai, the senior-most woman officer in the Indian Navy.
On January 30, she handed over command of INHS Asvini to Surgeon Rear Admiral Arti Sarin, a unique event in the annals of the armed forces in India, for it involved two woman Flag Officers.
JAB we met: V-Day begins, and vaccination drive gets suspended for two days due to a ‘technical glitch’
ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Jan 17, 2021, 07:04 IST
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray launched the vaccination drive at the BKC covid centre on Saturday. Dr Madhura Patil was the first person to receive the vaccine
On Day One of V-Day, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was able to vaccinate fewer than 50 per cent of its chosen ones. While the target was 4,000, BMC officers said only 1,926 people were vaccinated on Saturday.
A top BMC officer told Mumbai Mirror on the condition of anonymity that the State had been asked to go slow on the vaccinations (of the target of 28,000 for all of Maharashtra, authorities managed to vaccinate only 18,425). The Centre is worried about any adverse fallout of the vaccine.
240 Indian Navy healthcare workers given Covid-19 vaccinations
As India kicked off the world s largest coronavirus vaccination drive, 240 healthcare workers of the Indian Navy were given the shot at Naval Station Delhi on Saturday.
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As India kicked off the world s largest coronavirus vaccination drive, 240 healthcare workers of the Indian Navy were given the shot at Naval Station Delhi on Saturday. The drive was inaugurated in the presence of Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Karambir.
The first phase of immunisation against Covid-19 was initiated at INHS Asvini. This phase was directed at immunising healthcare workers (HCWs) at INHS Asvini and other HCWs in Mumbai, sources said.