Nairobi [Kenya], September 14 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Tuesday attended the swearing-in ceremony of Kenyan President Dr William Ruto in Nairobi and expressed optimism that the relationship between the two countries would strengthen under his leadership.

New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): As India achieved the feat of 2 billion COVID vaccine doses on Sunday, a journey which took 18 months since its commencement, it's time to look back at the timelines leading to the achievement of this feat.

New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): India's COVID vaccination drive, which touched the 1 billion doses feat in October 2021, in nine months and five days since its commencement, is set to reach the 2 billion doses milestone as the gap reduces to merely 1.63 lakh doses.

New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to direct all departments to recruit 10 lakh youth in 18 months.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 6 (ANI): Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao lashed out at the Centre on Monday after criticism from Gulf countries over controversial remarks allegedly by some BJP leaders against minorities.

Doha [Qatar], May 9 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, on Monday interacted with the Indian community in Qatar during his three-day official visit to the country.

New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday informed that over 50 lakh beneficiaries aged between 12-14 years have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): With the administration of more than 17 lakh vaccine doses, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed 180 crore landmark milestone on Saturday, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Kalyani (West Bengal) [India], January 7 (ANI): As India achieved the milestone of administering over 150 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses on Friday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandviya visited AIIMS Kalyani in West Bengal to congratulate and thank the healthcare workers for their contribution to this feat.

Bengaluru Nov 20 PTI Karnataka on Saturday crossed the seven crore vaccination mark even as the state reported 213 fresh COVID-19 cases and five deaths taking the caseload and cumulative fatalities to 2993352 and 38174 The figure of over seven crore comprised 436 crore first dose and 264 crore second dose and included the 236784 jabs given today a health department bulletin said Sharing the information on his Twitter handle Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said Karnataka crosses 7 crore doses today Would like thank the entire family of health workers and district administration for achieving this feat Thanks to PM narendramodi ji mansukhmandviya ji and CMofKarnataka for all the support The health department said 370 people were discharged taking the total number of recoveries to 2948053 Active cases stood at 7096 Bengaluru Urban remained the major contributor of COVID cases with 134 fresh infections and two deaths Other districts too reported fresh cases including 17 in Mysuru and and 10 in Dakshina Kannada There were zero fatalities in 28 districts While eight districts reported zero infections and zero fatalities 19 had cases in single digits The positivity rate for the day was 026 per cent and the Case Fatality Rate was 234 per cent the bulletin said A total of 80090 samples were tested in the state today taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 526 crore PTI GMS APR APR