Kerala High Court asks for deadline for supplying vaccine
The Hindu
The Kerala High Court has asked the Centre to suggest the date by which COVID vaccines could be made available for Kerala.A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court consisting of Justice Raja Vijayarag
The Kerala High Court has asked the Centre to suggest the date by which COVID vaccines could be made available for Kerala. A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court consisting of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan and Justice M.R. Anita issued the direction on a Public Interest Litigation seeking to issue directions to the Centre to set aside its liberalised pricing and Accelerated National COVID 19 Vaccination strategy, which, according to the petitioners, provided for differential pricing for the vaccine supplied to Centre and the State governments. The petitioners also sought orders to the Centre to procure and distribute vaccines to the State government free of costs for all age groups and to transfer the technology of manufacturing Covaxin along with cell lines to all manufacturers interested and capable of manufacturing the vaccine.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












