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People above 60 years to get COVID-19 vaccine from March 1India

People above 60 years to get COVID-19 vaccine from March 1

<p>Government will start administering COVID-19 vaccine to the people above 60 years of age from 1st of next month. Those above 45 years of age with comorbidities will also be vaccinated in this phase. Briefing reporters in New Delhi after Union Cabinet meeting, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said the vaccine will be administered […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Government launches contest “Chunauti” to promote startups in small townsIndia

Government launches contest “Chunauti” to promote startups in small towns

<p>Minister for Electronics and Information Technology  Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched “Chunauti”- Next Generation Startup Challenge Contest to further boost startups and software products with special focus on Tier-II towns of the  country. The government has earmarked a budget of over 95  crore rupees over a period of three years for this programme. It aims […]</p>

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Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad: Banning chinese apps was a ‘Digital Strike’India

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad: Banning chinese apps was a ‘Digital Strike’

<p>Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said India’s move to ban 59 Chinese apps days after a violent face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Galwan Valley in Ladakh was a digital strike.  “We banned Chinese apps to protect data of countrymen, it was a digital strike,was a digital strike,” Prasad said at a […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Government to provide free WiFi services through ‘Bharatnet’ to all the villages by March 2020India

Government to provide free WiFi services through ‘Bharatnet’ to all the villages by March 2020

<p>Communication and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that free WiFi services will be provided to all villages across the country through Bharatnet till March next year. Inaugurating Digital Village Gurawara in Rewari in Haryana, Mr Prasad said, the Ministry has already connected one lakh 30 thousand gram panchayats through Bharatnet. He said, the […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
BJP to release Sankalp Patra for Assembly Polls in JharkhandIndia

BJP to release Sankalp Patra for Assembly Polls in Jharkhand

<p>Campaigning has escalated in Jharkhand for Assembly polls. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad will release Party’s  Sankalp Patra today. On Tuesday, notification was issued for the fifth and final phase of Jharkhand assembly elections. The 81-member Jharkhand Assembly will go to polls in five phases between November 30 and December 20. Counting of votes will […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
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