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* Useful Updates *

❇️ * #Unite2FightCorona
India's #COVID19 recovery rate improves to 97.32% as on Today, February 16, 2021 *

❇️ * PM Narendra Modi to consult more than 200 experts on infrastructural development today *

❇️ * PM Modi to lay foundation of key projects of oil and gas sector in Tamil Nadu on 17th of Feb virtually. *

❇️ * Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja being celebrated in different parts of the country today. *

❇️ * Best Marching Contingent trophy 🏆 for #RepublicDay2021 Parade given to Jat Regimental Centre by Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh. *

❇️ * #FAKEClaim
Claim: #Cabinet approved the Land Lease Policy to hasten the sale of Container Corporation (Concor).
#FactCheck: No policy of lease/license by Ministry of Railways has been approved by the Cabinet in respect of CONCOR. *

❇️ * #We4Vaccine
The world's #LargestVaccinationDrive against #COVID19 is going well in our country.
-It's safety and efficacy is clinically tested at various phases *

* Useful Updates *

❇️ India's #COVID19 recovery rate improves to 97.33% as on February 17, 2021
-89,99,230 vaccine doses have been administered to beneficiaries through 1,91,373 sessions.
-61,50,922 HCWs (1st dose)
-2,76,377 HCWs (2nd dose)
-25,71,931 FLWs (1st dose)

❇️ Key points PM made in the #NASSCOM Technology and Leadership address:
- Do not limit yourself to just valuations and exit strategies.
-Think how you can create institutions that will outlast this century.
-Think how you can create world class products that will set global benchmark.

❇️ #JalJeevanMission has reached a new milestone by providing 3.5 Crore rural household tap water connections.

❇️ #Cabinet approves the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Telecom and Networking Products.

❇️ Cabinet approves Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) between India and #Mauritius
-It will provide institutional mechanism to encourage trade between two countries

❇️ Cabinet approves amendments in Juvenile Justice Care & Protection of Children Act, 2015.
-DMs along with ADMs will monitor the functions of the agencies implementing JJ Act in every district

❇️ #COVID19 care for elderly with #MentalHealth illness
✅Assessment by a psychiatrist within 24 hours of admission
✅ Periodic review of physical and mental status
✅ Regular monitoring of side effects or any other symptomsDown pointing backhand index
#StaySafe #IndiaFightsCorona

* Useful Updates *

❇️ * More than 60 lakh vaccine doses administered in the last 24 hours *

❇️ * More than 2.60 Crore balance and unutilized doses still available with States/UTs and private hospitals to be administered *

❇️ * Cumulative recoveries over 3.09 crore; Recovery rate stands at 97.37% *

❇️ * #Cabinet approves #SamagraShiksha Scheme 2.0 from 1st April, 2021 to 31st March, 2026 *
👉 * It covers 1.16 million schools, over 156 million students and 5.7 million Teachers of Govt. & Aided schools *

❇️ * Centre has highlighted need for all states to monitor district wise cases and deaths on a daily basis *

❇️ * 4 more Indian pharma firms are expected to start #COVID19 vaccine production by October-November, to accelerate the #LargestVaccineDrive *

❇️ * First direct flight operations flagged off on Imphal – Shillong route under #UDAN scheme *

* Useful Updates *

❇️ * Cumulative vaccination coverage exceeds 88 Crore *

❇️ * PM Modi to inaugurate Institute of Petrochemicals Technology, Jaipur tomorrow via video conferencing *

❇️ * #Cabinet approves the continuation of PM POSHAN scheme in Govt & Govt-aided schools for five more years with a financial outlay of ₹1.3 lakh crore *

❇️ * 68% of the estimated adult population has received their first dose and 24.8% are fully vaccinated *

❇️ * More than 85.42 cr COVID vaccine doses provided to States, UTs so far *

❇️ * Over 15 lakh #COVID19 samples tested in the last 24 hours *

* Useful Updates *

❇️ * Cumulative vaccination coverage exceeds 96 Crore, on target for 100 Crore *

❇️ * PM Modi inaugurates PM Gati Shakti-National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity *

❇️ * More than 97 crore 79 lakh doses of COVID-19 provided to States/UTs so far *

❇️ * More than 13 Lakh #COVID19 samples tested in the last 24 hours *

❇️ * PM Modi greets everyone on the occasion of Durga Ashtami *

❇️ * #Cabinet Decisions taken today: *
▪️* AMRUT 2.0 & Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) approved till 2025-26 *