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Uttar Pradesh is the first state across the country to administer over 10 crore COVID-19 vaccines to eligible beneficiaries, said Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad on Saturday.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to the Chief Secretaries and Administrators of all the States and Union Territories advising them to keep a strict vigil to curb the spread of Covid 19 amid the festive season.

Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi was the chief guest of the event. Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare, UGC Chairman Prof DP Singh, and senior officials from the Education Ministry and UGC attended the webinar.

The Charanjit Singh Channi-led government in Punjab on Thursday shunted Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan and appointed Anirudh Tewari in her place.

The five permanent Security Council members are united on seeking a stable Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday after talks among foreign ministers following the Taliban takeover.

The government on Wednesday appointed IAS officer Rajiv Bansal as the Secretary to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Taking a dig at Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee over his Padyatra in Tripura, West Bengal BJP Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday said Mr Banerjee needs to walk across the country to learn how to behave with the Opposition.

In a fresh order issued on Monday, Chief Secretary and Chairperson of State Executive Committee Ram Subhag Singh said, "All schools shall continue to remain closed, except residential schools, further up to 25.09.2021."

Ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, former Union Minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid said that party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will decide whether she wants to be the chief ministerial candidate or not.

The court has asked the Centre, Chief of Army Staff and Military Secretary to file their reply on the petition.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who traveled to the Gulf last week but did not visit Saudi Arabia, still hopes to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Pentagon said Monday.

The Assam Cabinet on Thursday decided that Additional Chief Secretary Maninder Singh will conduct the inquiry into the boat tragedy in which one person died and two others went missing, and submit a report within a month, a minister said.

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the State Chief Secretary to take genuine steps to protect the water bodies and forests and the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, so that the future generations find the state habitable and can survive here.

West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi today announced Rs 50,000 each to the state's 36,000-odd Durga Puja Pandals, almost 2,500 of which are in capital Kolkata alone. Although Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee avoided announcing it, the BJP cried foul.

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday told British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab that Islamabad will "assist" the Taliban to form an inclusive administration in neighbouring Afghanistan.

Uttar Pradesh is the first state across the country to administer over 10 crore COVID-19 vaccines to eligible beneficiaries, said Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad on Saturday.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to the Chief Secretaries and Administrators of all the States and Union Territories advising them to keep a strict vigil to curb the spread of Covid 19 amid the festive season.

Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi was the chief guest of the event. Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare, UGC Chairman Prof DP Singh, and senior officials from the Education Ministry and UGC attended the webinar.

The Charanjit Singh Channi-led government in Punjab on Thursday shunted Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan and appointed Anirudh Tewari in her place.

The five permanent Security Council members are united on seeking a stable Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday after talks among foreign ministers following the Taliban takeover.

The government on Wednesday appointed IAS officer Rajiv Bansal as the Secretary to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Taking a dig at Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee over his Padyatra in Tripura, West Bengal BJP Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday said Mr Banerjee needs to walk across the country to learn how to behave with the Opposition.

In a fresh order issued on Monday, Chief Secretary and Chairperson of State Executive Committee Ram Subhag Singh said, "All schools shall continue to remain closed, except residential schools, further up to 25.09.2021."

Ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, former Union Minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid said that party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will decide whether she wants to be the chief ministerial candidate or not.

The court has asked the Centre, Chief of Army Staff and Military Secretary to file their reply on the petition.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who traveled to the Gulf last week but did not visit Saudi Arabia, still hopes to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Pentagon said Monday.

The Assam Cabinet on Thursday decided that Additional Chief Secretary Maninder Singh will conduct the inquiry into the boat tragedy in which one person died and two others went missing, and submit a report within a month, a minister said.

The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the State Chief Secretary to take genuine steps to protect the water bodies and forests and the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, so that the future generations find the state habitable and can survive here.

West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi today announced Rs 50,000 each to the state's 36,000-odd Durga Puja Pandals, almost 2,500 of which are in capital Kolkata alone. Although Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee avoided announcing it, the BJP cried foul.

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday told British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab that Islamabad will "assist" the Taliban to form an inclusive administration in neighbouring Afghanistan.