Month: November 2020

DEPwD To Organize ADIP Camp in North Mumbai Tomorrow to Provide Aids & Assistive Devices to Divyangjan through Virtual Platform

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Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment will inaugurate a camp for free distribution of assistive aids and devices at Block level for identified Divyangjans of North Mumbai under the ADIP scheme of Government of India at Poinsur Gymkhana, Kandivali (W) in North Mumbai virtually through online video streaming tomorrow. The event will … Read more

Key Declaration on Climate Change to be signed at the India CEO Forum on Climate Change

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The private sector is poised to join hands with Government of India in its fight against climate change. A ‘Declaration of the Private Sector on Climate Change’ is slated to be signed and released during the high-level virtual event being organized under the Chairmanship of Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar, on 5th November 2020.The virtual … Read more

Australia signs two more COVID-19 vaccine deals

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Thursday’s agreements follow deals in September worth A$1.7 billion ($1.22 billion) with AstraZeneca and CSL Ltd for a total of nearly 85 million vaccine doses. The deals with Novax, Pfizer and BioNTech are worth about A$1.5 billion. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine along with AstraZeneca’s and Novavax’s are among the leading candidates in the race to be … Read more

India’s COVID-19 recovery rate crosses 92%

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The national recovery rate has reached 92.09 per cent. With overall recovery of nearly 76 lakh 56 thousand patients, the recovered cases in the country stand at over 14 times the number of active cases. Over 53 thousand patients recovered and were discharged in the last 24 hours whereas the new confirmed cases reported in … Read more

12 killed in fire incident in chemical factory near Ahmedabad

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According to sources, the incident occurred after the fire and blast in a chemical factory Sahil Enterprise. Several nearby godowns of cutting and packing materials of textiles collapsed following the fire and blast.   More than 20 firefighters rushed to the spot and started rescue and relief works. The NDRF team also called for rescue … Read more