The Prime Minister chaired a high-level meeting to review the status of COVID-19 in the country along with the preparedness of the State/UTs for COVID vaccination, today.
Tensions soared in June, after troops clashed in hand-to-hand combat in the Galwan valley in Ladakh, abutting the Chinese-held Tibetan plateau.
This came even as Union health and family welfare minister Harsh Vardhan said it would soon be a reality to vaccinate the entire population in the country against Covid after prioritising risk groups.
The Air India flight will fly on Saturday over the North Pole, taking the Atlantic route to reach Bengaluru, a senior official of the airline said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that India is ready to save humanity with two 'Made in India' Covid-19 vaccines.
18,222 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours take India's tally to 1,04,31,639. While the death toll is at 1,50,798 with 228 deaths in the last 24 hours.
In a shocking incident at Maharashtra's government hospital, 10 children were charred to death. The fire in the SNC unit was said to be due to a short circuit. Following the incident, CM Uddhav Thackeray announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5L to kin of the dead besides ordering a probe into the incident.
The governor also said the central investigating agencies, probing various allegations against the state government programmes have "overstepped the constitutional contours" during his attack.
The Centre has asked local authorities to boost surveillance around water bodies, live bird markets, zoos and poultry farms.
The Indian Army lived up to its motto 'Service before Self' once again when it responded to the plea for help from Kupwara resident Manzoor Ahmed.
