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New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the COVID-19 situation and the public health response to the pandemic, government sources said.
Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya attended the meeting besides a number of senior government officials.
The meeting comes amid a steady decline in the number of COVID-19 cases nationwide, with most of the restrictions lifted.
India logged 4,575 new coronavirus cases, taking the total tally to 4,29,75,883, while the active cases dipped to 46,962, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
Today, PM addressed the webinar for discussing budget-related announcements of DIPAM. This culminates the series of 11 budget-related webinars that the PM addressed. These webinars saw the participation of 40,000 stakeholders: Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Entrepreneurs, MSMEs, exporters, global investors, startups, etc participated in the webinars along with Central and State governments. Very fruitful inputs and suggestions received by government for effective implementation of Budget: Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Punjab | Aam Aadmi Party CM candidate Bhagwant Mann visits the site of EVM strong room at Patiala, ahead of counting of votes tomorrow.
Punjab Chief Electoral Officer, S Karuna Raju, on Wednesday informed that thousands of workers have been given round wise training for the counting of votes in the state as the real task is the declaration of results of Assembly elections. He also said that the Election Commission of India has issued a counting schedule which will begin at 8 am tomorrow. "The real task is result declaration. The EC has issued a counting schedule which will start at 8 am tomorrow, March 10. Thousands of our workers have been given round wise training," Raju told ANI. Further, Punjab CEO termed the vote-counting a "systematic work" that requires precision and patience. "Counting of votes is a systematic work requiring precision and patience," Raju added. The polling for the Assembly elections in Punjab took place in a single phase on February 20.
In view of vote counting of UP Elections 2022 on March 10, sale & operations of liquor prohibited in the state for the entire day, tomorrow. Action to be taken in case of violation: Excise Dept, UP Govt
Counting of votes for Uttarakhand Assembly polls to be held tomorrow.
BJP MLAs Sudip Mukherjee and Mihir Goswami suspended for the remaining session of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, following ruckus in the Assembly on the first day of the session on March 7
In this Budget, I propose the restoration of the old pension scheme for govt employees. Rs 2 cr proposed for Chhattisgarh Rojgaar Mission to work on the possibilities of creating new jobs by coordinating the skill development programs: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
Counting of votes for 80 Municipal Boards elections underway in Assam BJP leading in 296 wards, Congress leading in 33 wards and others in 62 wards, says Assam State Election Commission
National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducts raids at multiple locations in Pattan town of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir. The places being raided include the residential house of former District President Jamate Islamia Abdul Gani Wani and Peer Tanveer
In a step towards preventive health care for mothers and children, the intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 has been rolled out in Odisha from 7 March for boosting full immunization coverage of the targeted women and children, said State government on Tuesday.
Additional Chief Secretary Health & Family Welfare, Raj Kumar Sharma said, "As per the reports of National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5, Odisha topped the list at national level in full immunization coverage with 90.5% of full immunization. Generally, full immunization includes preventive doses against 12 different kinds of diseases including polio, tuberculosis, jaundice, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, Hib brain fever, pneumonia, measles, rubella, diarrhoea, Japanese fever etc".
The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), will collab with NITI Aayog, has organised an apex level consultative post-Budget webinar on Wednesday, March 9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the webinar and kick-start the deliberations.
Background
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to chair Union Cabinet meet on Wednesday. The cabinet meeting comes amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and evacuations of Indian citizens via neighbouring countries. According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Monday, more than 17,400 Indians have been brought back under 'Operation Ganga' since special flights began on February 22 this year.
The number of Indians airlifted by 73 special civilian flights have gone up to 15,206.
Ahead of the counting of votes in Uttarakhand, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Tuesday deployed senior Congress leaders in 13 districts of the state in order to coordinate with the party candidates. The Congress party has sent senior leaders including party MPs, AICC office-bearers, and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.
The other leaders include Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda, AICC Tripura in-charge Dr Ajoy Kumar, AICC secretary Szarita Liatphlang, National Spokesperson Prof Gaurav Vallabh, Jeetu Patwari, MB Patil, Jharkhand Health Minister Bana Gupta, AICC Uttarakhand in-charge Devender Yadav, Co-incharge Deepika Pandey Singh and AICC observer Mohan Prakash who have reached Dehradun.
CM Baghel is expected to reach Dehradun on March 10. These leaders will be coordinating with the party candidates. After the results are announced, the newly elected MLAs will reach Dehradun to decide a future course of action with the senior leaders.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday targeted Akhilesh Yadav after the Samajwadi Party president claimed that a truck carrying EVMs was "intercepted" in Varanasi and accused the ruling BJP of attempting to "steal" votes.
In a series of tweets in Hindi, Maurya said, "Instead of welcoming fair and peaceful elections, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav due to fear of defeat is preparing a press note, which will be released to the media after the defeat (in the polls). The senior leaders of the SP-alliance have lost the elections, and they should stop this gimmick before the counting of votes."
"The statement of 'kraanti' (revolution) by Akhilesh Yadav, who is a symbol of dynast ('pariwarvad'), is laughable. Only the BJP can save democracy from the so-called dynasts. Democracy has survived and will survive, SP and hooliganism will not survive," Maurya said in another tweet.
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