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• Cabinet approves proposal to establish 157 new nursing colleges at cost of Rs 1570 crore

  The decision aims at providing quality, affordable and equitable nursing education. Co-location will allow optimal utilisation of existing infrastructure

  

• Jharkhand Cabinet gives nod to bill aimed at protection of medical professionals

  The move comes against the backdrop of doctors in the state agitating for protection of medical professionals after instances of assaults on them. Associations of doctors in Jharkhand called off their proposed strike this month in the state after a meeting with the state government.

  

• Himachal Pradesh cabinet decides to engage 780 ASHA workers under National Health Mission

  In another announcement, the Cabinet has given the go-ahead to lease out the toll barriers under the Himachal Pradesh Tolls Act, 1975 by way of auction-cum tender process for the year 2023-24.

  

• Earthquake hits Turkey, Syria: India to send rescue, medical teams to Ankara

  The Prime Minister's Office said that a meeting was held to discuss immediate relief measures and it was decided that India would dispatch "search & rescue teams, medical teams, along with relief material in coordination with the Turkish government".

  

• CM Kejriwal tests negative for COVID-19

  "I am back in your service after recovering from Corona," Kejriwal said in a tweet in Hindi on Sunday morning.

  

• Government releases Rs 7,200 crore to get 3rd-wave-ready

  The ministry is hopeful that all 1,755 PSA oxygen generating plants will get commissioned by the end of August. If oxygen plants to be set-up by PSUs are also taken into account, a total of 2,200 such plants will be functioning in the near future. At present, around 375 plants have been commissioned across states and 500 are at an advanced stage and likely to be set-up soon, official sources said.

  

• Thailand to secure more Covid vaccines

  The Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday approved the purchase of 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccines from the US, with the delivery scheduled within the fourth quarter of this year, said Udom Khachinthorn, an adviser to the Centre for the Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

  

• Sharad Pawar in stable health after gall bladder surgery, says Nawab Malik

  A successful Laparoscopy surgery was conducted today on our party President Sharad Pawar Saheb's Gall Bladder by Dr. Balsara. He is in stable health and is recuperating in his room at the Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, tweeted Nawab Malik.

  

• Maharashtra, Punjab continue to report highest daily coronavirus cases

  Maharashtra has added 4,26,108 cases in last two weeks as on March 31, while Punjab has added 35,754 cases in the same period.

  

• 11 states cause of ‘grave concern’: Cabinet secretary

  While the situation in Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh is particularly “worrying”, Karnataka, Kerala, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Haryana have also raised concern with significant surge in daily cases, officials said.

  

• Vaccine registration to open for public @ Co-Win 2.0

  So far, around 1.42 crore doses of the vaccines have been administered among health and frontline workers since the launch of the first phase of the drive on January 16. The expansion of the drive — aiming to cover a total of 30 crore ‘priority’ population — assumes significance at a time when the country is at a crucial juncture with many states witnessing the upswing in Covid-19 cases.