Articles about NITI Aayog

16 Dec 2021
IndiaThe Union Cabinet on Wednesday passed a proposal to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 years to 21, reports said.

08 Dec 2021
BusinessIndia stands out as a "poor and very unequal country, with an affluent elite," according to the World Inequality Report 2022.

16 Sep 2021
IndiaNITI Aayog member Dr. VK Paul Thursday said that the coming two months, October and November, are the most crucial months to contain the surge of COVID-19 infections in the country.

26 Jul 2021
BusinessRural India is witnessing a spike in the weekly unemployment rate, according to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).

14 Jun 2021
EntertainmentIt was a lazy Sunday afternoon on June 14, last year, when people were casually scrolling through their smartphones.

22 Feb 2021
IndiaThe private sector is all set to have a larger participation in India's ongoing coronavirus vaccination drive.

20 Feb 2021
PoliticsPM Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired the sixth meeting of the Governing Council of federal policy-making body NITI Aayog through video conferencing attended by the state Chief Ministers, Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories, and other authorities.

22 Jan 2021
IndiaAfter the first day of the massive coronavirus vaccination drive in India led to disappointing results — the target of inoculating three lakh healthcare workers wasn't met — the country picked pace and 10,43,534 people have now been given the first dose of either Covishield or COVAXIN, data from Health Ministry revealed.

21 Jan 2021
IndiaPrime Minister Narendra Modi, 70, would be getting the coronavirus vaccine shot in the second phase of the drive launched last week, reports said on Thursday.

05 Jan 2021
IndiaThe first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in India will most likely be administered on January 13, a statement from a top official of the Union Health Ministry indicated on Tuesday.

29 Dec 2020
IndiaThere is no evidence to suggest that COVID-19 vaccines will not work against the new strain of the coronavirus, the government said on Tuesday.

27 Dec 2020
IndiaThe national task force on COVID-19 on Saturday discussed surveillance strategies for the newly-detected strain of coronavirus in the United Kingdom, which is believed to be more infectious.

23 Dec 2020
IndiaAt least 22 people who returned to India from the United Kingdom in the past few days have tested positive for COVID-19.

22 Dec 2020
IndiaThe new strain of the coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom has no impact on the potential of emerging vaccines, the government said on Tuesday.

21 Dec 2020
IndiaIndia may begin vaccinating people against coronavirus in January, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday, giving hope to a country that has lost more than a lakh to the fatal disease.

08 Dec 2020
IndiaIndia may license some COVID-19 vaccines in the next few weeks, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

01 Dec 2020
IndiaAs protest by farmers intensified, the government again reached out to them asking them to come for a conversation today at 3 pm. They have been called for talks at Vigyan Bhawan but the farmers haven't made a decision about attending it yet.

22 Nov 2020
TechnologyRussia's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, called Sputnik V, is expected to start human trials in India soon.

20 Nov 2020
IndiaEven as India's coronavirus tally seems to be under control, some states are logging an alarming rise in infections, prompting the Centre to send teams there. On Thursday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare deployed teams to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Manipur to control the surge.

19 Nov 2020
IndiaIndia's Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said today that deliveries of coronavirus vaccine will happen within a few months, adding that the country's scientists are way ahead in terms of research.

19 Nov 2020
IndiaA record 131 died in Delhi on Wednesday of coronavirus-linked complications, making yesterday's death tally the worst since the outbreak. A total of 7,943 have died so far.

18 Nov 2020
TechnologyPharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German drugmaker BioNTech on Wednesday said their COVID-19 vaccine has been found 95% effective in final trials.

18 Nov 2020
IndiaWith heartening news of the coronavirus vaccine coming from different parts of the world, the Indian government is trying to understand which one would be the most feasible for the country.

17 Nov 2020
IndiaIndia's steep decline with respect to new coronavirus cases is continuing, with Monday bringing some much-needed good news. For the first time since mid-July, the country logged less than 30,000 fresh COVID-19 infections.

16 Nov 2020
IndiaAs COVID-19 cases in Delhi continue to rise at an alarming rate, the Centre has announced a 12-point plan to tackle the coronavirus surge in the national capital.

13 Nov 2020
IndiaAlready facing a surge of coronavirus cases, Gurugram on Thursday faced an unprecedented problem — the Haryana city ran out of rapid antigen test kits.

01 Nov 2020
PoliticsPrime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday address four back-to-back rallies in the last leg of campaigning for the three-phase Bihar Assembly elections.

31 Oct 2020
IndiaDelhi is once again being burdened by coronavirus caseload, as for the third consecutive day on Friday, the National Capital recorded more than 5,000 cases. On Friday, a record 5,891 fresh cases came to the fore; on Thursday, Delhi reported 5,739 cases, and on Wednesday, 5,673 cases.

04 Oct 2020
IndiaThe Indian government is planning to provide vaccines to roughly 25 crore people by July 2021, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday.

29 Sep 2020
IndiaIndia has the highest number of recovered cases of COVID-19 in the world, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

18 Sep 2020
IndiaTo provide passengers with better facilities, the Indian Railways will, for the first time since its inception, charge a nominal user charge from them for crowded stations and the redeveloped ones, Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav said on Thursday.

16 Sep 2020
IndiaIn a major development, Hyderabad-based pharma company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has partnered with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to source their Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for India.

15 Aug 2020
IndiaLav Agarwal, joint secretary of the Health Ministry, the Centre's face in efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic, tested positive for the virus on Friday.

29 Jul 2020
IndiaA sero-survey, conducted by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Mumbai to judge the extent of the spread of coronavirus, found that more people living in slums were exposed to the deadly virus than those staying in other areas.

21 Jul 2020
IndiaThe Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that aggressive testing is required to reduce the COVID-19 positivity rate in India.

28 Jun 2020
IndiaHome Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the number of coronavirus cases in Delhi will not reach 5.5 lakh by July-end, as previously estimated by the Delhi government on June 9.

14 Jun 2020
IndiaThe Delhi and the central governments on Sunday held a crucial meeting as the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise in the national capital.

28 May 2020
IndiaAbout 30 groups in India are trying to develop vaccines against COVID-19, the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Indian government, Prof K. Vijay Raghavan, said on Thursday.

27 May 2020
TechnologyIn a major development, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has open-sourced Aarogya Setu, its contact-tracing app for COVID-19.

25 May 2020
PoliticsMaharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal locked horns over Shramik special trains on Sunday.