PIB Mumbai News Folder – Update 21st May 2021

PIB Mumbai News Folder – Update 21st May 2021

• Prime Minister’s Office

  • Text to PM’s interaction with doctors, paramedical staff and frontline workers of Varanasi
  • PM interacts with doctors and officials of Varanasi
  • PM condoles the passing away of Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna

• AYUSH

  • Countrywide “AYUSH COVID -19 Counselling Helpline” operationalized

• Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

  • KVK, North Goa and ICAR-CCARI, Goa celebrates ‘World Bee Day’

• Ministry of Commerce & Industry

  • Apeda organises virtual buyer seller meet for boosting mango exports to South Korea;

• Ministry of Defence

  • DRDO develops COVID-19 antibody detection kit
  • INDIAN NAVY ASSISTS IN CONDUCT OF FIRE SAFETY AUDIT OF ALL GOVT HOSPITALS IN KERALA
  • ARMY CHIEF REVIEWS OPERATIONAL READINESS & SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTH-EAST

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

  • In the backdrop of reports of Black Fungus from States, Government of India writes to States/UTs
  • Update on COVID Relief Aid
  • Government of India proactively makes all round efforts to ramp up supply and availability of Amphotericin-B anti-fungal drug for treatment of Black Fungus disease
  • Always monitor and control blood sugar level: Advice for Diabetes Patients
  • Nationwide Cumulative Vaccination Coverage exceeds 19 Crore

• Ministry of Home Affairs

  • Ministry of Home Affairs Holds Annual Conference of Relief Commissioners and Secretaries of Departments of Disaster Management of States/Union Territories to Review Preparedness for Handling Natural Disastsers That may a…
  • Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) Issues Advisory to States/Union Territories to Review Existing Facilities for Vulnerable Groups Taking into Account Second Wave of Covid-19

• Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

  • Screening of films on Raja Ram Mohan Roy by Films Division to mark 249th Birth Anniversary celebrations

• Ministry of Railways

  • Railways’ wheels of progress keep rolling on inspite of Covid challenges as Coal freight records 54% increase than last year and 1.4 % increase than 2019-20 as well
  • Oxygen Expresses deliver record 1118 MT of Oxygen in a day

• Ministry of Science & Technology

  • DST invites applications from startups and companies for developing new technologies and innovative products to tackle second COVID wave

• PIB Headquarters

  • PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19