22 June 2021
India created a Covid vaccination record by vaccinating 85 lakh people in one day yesterday; However, to make it happen, government data suggests that BJP-ruled states went slow on vaccinations over the past week to stockpile vaccines for this record; For example, Madhya Pradesh delivered 16.9 lakh vaccine doses on the record day, but the previous day it had delivered only 692 doses
University Grants Commission (UGC), which is the apex body of higher education, ordered all Indian Universities, IITs, and higher educational institutions to put up banners thanking Prime Minister Modi for the “Free for all Vaccines” campaign
Undercounting Covid deaths: In just 24 of the 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh, “excess deaths” recorded by the government were 197,000 in nine months; this is 43 times higher than the recorded Covid death toll
India has become the first country in the world to launch liquid nano urea; IFFCO’s innovation will help millions of farmers, mitigate environmental damage by conventional urea
Highlighting the trend of people increasing their cash holdings to tide over the financial impact of the pandemic, 159 districts in 25 states saw a decline in fixed deposits from January to March