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India to touch 100 cr Covid vaccination mark next week: Mandaviya

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 Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday that India will achieve the target of 100 crore Covid vaccinations in the coming week.

“We have administered over 37 lakh vaccines by this time today. We will achieve the target of 100 crore vaccinations in the coming week,” said Mandaviya.

The minister made the remark after launching India’s Covid-19 vaccination anthem along with Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri .

The audio-visual number produced and sung by noted singer Padma Shri Kailash Kher seeks to remove the false narrative and hesitancy surrounding Covid vaccination among the people.

Mandaviya said the anthem is the result of the government’s holistic approach to fight the pandemic, adding that the Petroleum Ministry came up with the idea of the anthem to remove vaccine hesitancy.

He said the song will create awareness among the masses about the efficacy of vaccination.

The minister said that over 74 per cent of the eligible population in India has received the first dose of the Covid vaccine, while the second shot has been administered to over 30 per cent of the eligible population.

Hardeep Puri said, “Because of Health Minister Mandaviya’s tireless work under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we are going the achieve the target of one billion vaccination within a few days. This is a great achievement and the journey is still on.”

He said the vaccination programme has become a ‘Jan Andolan’ now in the country.

“We are working as a single unit and it is the result of our combined efforts that mass vaccination drives have become successful in the country,” Puri said.

Mandaviya also said that a new song will be released when India crosses the landmark of 100 crore vaccinations.

Sources in the Health Ministry said that the 100 crore vaccination figures could be achieved by October 19-20.

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Protection of religious places in Bhiwandi road expansion project, MLA Raees Sheikh assures protection of religious places after meeting with Municipal Commissioner

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Mumbai: Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Raees Sheikh has demanded protection of religious places like mosque, temple, gurudwara, and Samaj Mandir in the Bhiwandi road expansion project. He has also demanded rehabilitation and compensation for the victims of the Bhiwandi and Kalyan road expansion project. Raees Sheikh was being accused of supporting the DP plan to benefit the builder lobby, after which Raees Sheikh met the Municipal Commissioner Bhiwandi Nizampur today and made it clear that the road and DP plan and policy are not prepared by the MLA. He said that the road expansion and DP plan should be changed and the protection of religious places should be ensured, on which the Municipal Commissioner Bhiwandi Nizampur assured Raees Sheikh that the protection of religious places will be maintained. If it is an obstacle in the survey, then necessary changes should be made in the project along with ensuring their protection. He said that religious places of any nature will be protected.

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Khan can also become the mayor of Mumbai, just be a citizen of Mumbai… Criticism on BJP leader amiyat satum, Rais Sheikh Brahm for trying to give religious color to everything

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Mumbai: If you are a citizen of Mumbai and love Mumbaikars, then any person from Mumbai, D’Souza, Khan, Khanolkar, can become the Mayor. The BJP in Mumbai views everything through a religious lens, and this is completely wrong, said Mumbai Samajwadi Party MLA Raees Shaikh on Wednesday, reacting to a statement by BJP Mumbai president MLA Amit Satam. On Tuesday, BJP’s victory in Worli was challenged by MLA Amit Satam at the Sankalp rally, ‘If Shiv Sena (UBT) comes to power in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, then ‘Khan’ will become the mayor of Mumbai. But the BJP will not let this happen. Any attempt to change the colour of Mumbai will be thwarted. Taking notice of this, MLA Raees Sheikh said, “Anyone can become the mayor of Mumbai, be it a Bohri, Parsi, Christian, Marathi, Muslim, Mumbai city is not a personal fiefdom of BJP, if Mumbaikars express their faith, then a Mumbaikar of any caste or religion can become the mayor of this city. MLA Sheikh further said that the double engine government in the state has ended. BJP has no problem left for Mumbai’s development. Therefore, BJP leaders create such problems and problems which increase religious division during the election period. BJP does not consider Mumbai’s development important. Therefore, this city is being made unsafe. The blood of our ancestors is also in the soil of this country. What do you see in the religion of political leaders? Look at the leader’s contribution and work in development, Raees Sheikh strongly criticized the BJP president and made these targeted criticisms. Made.

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Mumbai Goregaon illegal call center exposed, 15 accused arrested

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Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch has claimed to have busted an illegal call centre in the Goregaon area of ​​Mumbai. The call centre was used to defraud American citizens. In the name of updating antivirus software on a toll-free number, it used to fool American citizens and lure them into investing in crypto currency and dollars by luring them to buy gifts worth $250 to $500. On September 15, the Crime Branch Unit 12 received a tip-off and arrested 15 accused during the raid and recovered 10 laptops, 20 mobile phones, two call centre operators, a manager and 10 tolly group agents from the possession of the accused. The Crime Branch has registered a case under the Cheating and IT Act in this case. The operation was carried out on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti, Joint Police Commissioner Lakshmi Gautam and DCP Vishal Thakur.

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