Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Day 1 of Tika Utsav sees 27 lakh Covid jabs given across country, says govt
Tika Utsav, mass vaccination festival, today, as many as 27,69,888 Covid vaccines were administered on the Day 1. And with today's numbers, a total of 10,43,65,035 doses have been administered so far.Earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called for 'tika utsav' or a mass vaccination drive to be held between April 11 and 14 across the state.
He had termed it as the beginning of the another major war against COVID-19.On the Day 1 of the countrywide Tika Utsav, as many as 63,800 COVID vaccination centres were operational as compared to an average of 45,000 being operational on any other day.
Apart from regular vaccination centres, many workplace vaccination centres were also operational today.Additionally, on an average, Sunday.
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
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