INDIA ACCOUNT FOR 1 IN 4 DEATHS IN WORLD DUE TO COVID-19

WHO PLEDGES AID FOR INDIA– Will provide–> 1.2 million reagents…Flights chartering–>4000 O2 concentrators

40+ NATION CAME TO HELP INDIA

JUSTICE NV RAMANA IS 48TH CJI

UNDER THE QUAD VACCINE INITIATIVE, THE US DFC= DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION IS FUNDING EXPANSION + MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY OF BioE= A VACCINE MANUFACTURER IN INDIA

10787 ventilators installed by Govt.

Union Home Ministry–> 10787 since Oct 2020
Post April 2021–> 3835 additional ventilators

Affidavit by Health Ministry–> NO mention abt PM care fund to purchase machines

PMCARE fund–> March 27 2020–> though Public Charitable trust–> not subhjected to audit by CAG= Comptroller and Auditor General
NOt answerable under RTI act.

MAy 13 2020–>PM CARES would alloctae 3100 crore for covid relierf–> ventilators+ migrant workers+ vaccine development.

Total amount procured by Govt was 1850.76 crore.

PM CARES to fud 551 PSA O₂ plant in hospitals

551 PSA= Pressure Swing Adsorption medical O2 generation plants @ public health facilities.
Rs201.58 crore allocated for installation of 162 plants.

Not enough vaccines for 18+ from 1st May

Delhi Health Minister said.
Test Positivity Rate= TPR falling to 30.57% which is good thing but also due to lack of tests.

VAccine maitri may have to wait till July

VAccine MAitri by Union govt + MoEA= external affairs

From supplying hydroxychloroquine to more than 100 nations to providing 64 million doses of vaccines to more than 80 nations, India’s imprint on global health has been substantive. And as the Gulf nations got hit hard as a result of several nations banning food exports and declining oil demand, India ensured uninterrupted supply of food and essential items.

As of 9 April 2021, India had delivered around 64.5 million doses of vaccines to 85 countries.
While speaking at the UN General Assembly high-level panel on the human rights situation in Syria, India pledged help the United Nations to vaccinate Syria through the Vaccine Maitri policy, as Syria is facing a dire situation compounded by COVID-19, winterisation and food insecurity.

Vaccine mairi to neighbours= Nepal+ Bangladesh+ Sri Lanka

Centre notifies act giving more power to Delhi LG

Act amended section 21+ 24+ 33+ 44 of 1991–> Govt in Delhi = LG

The Government of NCT of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021 received the presidential assent in March 2021. –> deemed to come in effect on 27 April 2021.

• Art 239AA- 1991–> inserted — LA of Delhi has power over state +concurrent except police+ law & order+ land
• Clause 4 of ARt 239AA–> LG is necessarily given opportunity to exercise powers entrusted to him.
  • Provides Council of Ministers headed by CM for NCT to aid + advice LG in exercise of his function for matters in which Legislative assembly has the power to make laws.

GNCTD does not alter the role of Delhi’s elected Govt.–> role relation Health + Education

 Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021 

Ministry of Railways to waive charges for O2 express trains

Centre–> divert 80 MT liq O2 from TN to AP + Telangana.
Railways to exempt O2 express from Over Dimensional Consignment.

Use of Liq O2 for medical purpose only

Centre invokes DMA-2005–>liq O2 for medical purpose only
Home MInistry prohibited States to supply O2 to Industries.
They used– Sec 10(2)(I) +65

Under DMA–> DM + SSP personally liable to allow unhindered interstate movement of vehicles carrying medical O2.

Sri Lanka prioritise ties with China

2 countries vowed to enhance cooperation in all sectors including Defence (military)

SBI sees 1.86 crore loss in Economy.

ADB sees India grow by 11% from earlier 8% forecast

Stimulus fuelled surge in the US– India’s largest export market will support the revival but 2nd wave is threatening recovery.

Timely support important to tackle Covid-19

CDS= Bipin Rawat
Armed forces -> O2 cylinders available with armed forces
IAF-> heavy transport aircraft to transport cryogenic O2 containers, cylinders, equipment, medicines.
Navy-> O2 express via sea to transport cylinders+ supplies to Lakshwadeep

AFMS to procure 23 O2 plants

AFMS= Armed Forces Medical Service–> import 23 mobile O2 generation plants + containers from GERMANY… airlifted by IAF.

Can produce O2= 40l per min= 2400l/hr= can cater 20-25 patients round the clock.

Enforcing Covid 19 rules is State responsibility <– ECI

ECI responds to Madras HC

Covid 19 compliance in the matter of public gathering in campaign purposes is State responsibility
Commission doesn’t take on the task of SDMA.

China ready to support India

China’s Foreign minister= Wang spoke on 4th multilateral dialogue regarding South Asian countries coordinating their Covid-19 response.
Afghanistan+ Bangladesh + Nepal+ Pakistan+ Srilanka + CHina–> shows China has stepped up in South Asian region following Covid-19. The meeting barred India+ Bhutan+ Maldives.

China extended an invitation to India. China is involved with the countries in Belt and Road Initiative. China gave additional medical grant worth Rs5.7 crore to Nepal.

Sc–> Vedanta can produce O2 in Sterlite Cu plant in Tamil Nadu

CoWin site crashed

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) along with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced the launching of “CoWIN”, a Grand Challenge for strengthening the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) system, a digitalised platform to be used to effectively roll out and scale up the mechanism for COVID Vaccine Distribution System, nationally

Assam Rifles + IAF contain Mizoram forest fires

Several parts of Lunglei district + adjoining areas in Mizoram are ravaged with Forest fires.
In Lawngtlai district– 14 houses were burnt.
Reason–> not official but maybe due to dry season.

Assam rifles –> personnel firefighting equipments
IAF–> deployed 2 Mi-17V5 helicopters equipped with Bambi Buckets– 5000l water capacity.

African Swine feverhits 4 Mizo districs

AFS has killed 1119 pigs in a month. 5 /11 districts are hit by AFS
Loss to pig farmers= Rs 4.47crore

#CGGIrank #DRDO_crystal_blade

India + Japan resolve to fight PAndemic

Dont discriminate in vaccination

India expected to invest $1 billion in AI by 2023

Project Management Institute =PMI (Philadelphia based non profit org–> Global Enterprises expected to invest $98billion in AI–> India’s share in it will be $1bill.

$54 bill (55%) of this will go to waste due lack of familiarity or understanding of newer practices+ Tech + tools.
Wastage in India = $484mill

Poor management alone will–>
Global loss= $11bill(11.4% of $98bill)
India’s individual share in loss= $81mill.

The global failure rate of 55% was applied to India too.

Virafiin gets emergency use nod

DGCI–> approved–> Zydus Cadila’s antiviral drug–> Virafin–> to treat moderate covid19 in adults.

• Helped patients recover faster.
• Drug reduced the need for supplementary O2.
• Drug is well known against Hepatitis B & C

Covishield protects agasinst double mutant

Covishield effective against double mutant variant(dmv)= B.1.617.. 1st found in India.
CCMB–> works against dmv in both infected people + recovered people.. when their convalescent plasma was tested. convalescent plasma neutralized dmv even when it was diluted 20 times.
B.1.617 has 2 variants– E484Q + L425R… makes the virus more infectious + evade antibodies.

UK variant more prevalent in North India

Basic Customs Duty waived from vaccines+ O2 +Health cess to import medical equipments