COVID jabs given for the homeless
The Hindu
Around 40 people who are homeless and live by the side of streets in Hyderabad were given COVID-19 vaccine at a camp held in Secunderabad on Sunday. The camp was held by the Telangana Health departmen
Around 40 people who are homeless and live by the side of streets in Hyderabad were given COVID-19 vaccine at a camp held in Secunderabad on Sunday. The camp was held by the Telangana Health department. Members of Sky Foundation have helped the health staff locate the people who are homeless. President of the Foundation Y Sanjeeva Kumar said that they held awareness session on vaccination for the destitute prior to the camp. He said that the beneficiaries have been living on the footpath from the past five to six years. The Health department officials said that they have vaccinated poor people without homes earlier too. “We will hold the camps whenever we identify another set of people without homes,” said an official.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.