Newsinc24 Team The COVID 19 vaccination campaign will be launched in Bangladesh from January 27. 500-600 health professionals of five hospitals of Dhaka will be given the vaccine on the inaugural day. After observing them for a week, the next round of listed people as per the priority list worked out by the government will be taken up for vaccination.Bangladesh received its first batch of 2 million doses of COVID 19 vaccine gift from India on Thursday. The country is set to get 30 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines soon. It is part of a tripartite memorandum agreement on December 13 among the Bangladesh government, Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd (BPL) and the Serum Institute of India (SII).According to the latest figures released by the DGHS as on Saturday, the death toll in Bangladesh has reached 8003 while the total number of infections has gone up to 5.31 lakh. The recovery rate in the country now stands at 89.57 percent.
-China passed its coastguard legislation that for the first time explicitly allows it to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could stoke tensions with its neighbors in contested waters. China’s top legislative body, the National People’s Congress (NPC) standing committee, passed the Coast Guard Law, according to state media reports. It comes two years after China’s military assumed control of the previously civilian maritime body in 2018. China has maritime sovereignty disputes with Japan in the East China Sea and with several Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea. The law, according to the draft released in November by the NPC, empowers the Chinese coastguard to use “all necessary means”, to stop or prevent threats from foreign vessels. The bill allows coast guard personnel to demolish other countries’ structures built on Chinese-claimed reefs and to board and inspect foreign vessels in waters claimed by China.
-Sports Authority of India has proactively amended the quarantine regulations for those returning to its Centres from various competitions.In partial modification of the Standard Operating Procedures, SAI has ensured that athletes returning to National Camps and other training at the SAI training centres are able to continue training without compromising safety.In a statement, SAI said, the measure has been introduced to ensure that athletes are able to maintain continuity in their training programme. The athlete will be able to resume his or her training routine, except that he or she will be kept away from athletes who remained in the bio-bubble for the first seven days and until he or she returns a negative RT-PCR test. With six months left for the Tokyo Olympic Games and with domestic and international competition resuming, athletes have or will begin competing in various disciplines to either gain qualification for the Olympic Games or secure competitive exposure. Asking them to quarantine themselves for seven days each time they return to base from a competition would adversely affect their training as they seek to maintain their periodisation cycle.
-The Halwa ceremony, marking the final stage of the budget making process for Union Budget 2021-22, was held in North Block, New Delhi on Saturday. Finance Ministry said, a customary Halwa ceremony is performed every year before the lock-in process of Budget preparation begins. The Union Budget will be presented in Parliament on 1st February. Finance Ministry said, in an unprecedented initiative, Union Budget 2021-22 will be delivered in paperless form for the first time.On the occasion, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the - Union Budget Mobile App, for hassle-free access of Budget documents by Members of Parliament and the general public using the simplest form of digital convenience. The mobile App facilitates complete access to 14 Union Budget documents, including the Annual Financial Statement, Demand for Grants and Finance Bill as prescribed by the Constitution.
-Union Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the Ayushman CAPF health scheme in Guwahati for about 28 lakh Central Armed Police Forces and their families in all the states where Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is operational.Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, MoS Home Nityananda Rai, Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla were also present on this occasion.Addressing the gathering, Shah paid tributes to Netaji Subhash Bose. He said, it was a great occasion coinciding with the Parakram Diwas to start Ayushman Bharat scheme for the Central Armed Police Forces. Shah said that the Centre is committed for the welfare of the security forces and their family members and the government decided to launch Ayushman Bharat CAPF for them.
