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Punjab tops highest full immunisation coverage of children in country

Chandigarh, Oct 22 (UNI) Topping the country in immunisation of children, Punjab has covered 89.1 per cent as per NFHS-4 and 95 per cent as per HMIS 2018-19.
Announcing the achievement here on Tuesday, Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu expressed satisfaction that state's flagship immunization programmes had significantly reduced incidence of major common diseases amongst infants and children. He said that Health department is vaccinating the children against ten diseases including Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, Poliomyelitis, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hemophilus influenza B, Rotavirus diarrhoea, Measles and Rubella.
The Minister said that these essential vaccinations had ensured the proper growth of children and it also guaranteed safety of their life from the preventable diseases which caused death of lakhs of children in country.
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UP: Home Guards to get advance payment for poll duty

19 Apr 2024 | 5:39 PM

Lucknow, Apr 19 (UNI) The Uttar Pradesh government has given approval for the advance payment of duty allowances for Home Guards volunteers enlisted for duty during the Lok Sabha election, official sources said here on Friday.

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HP: Tashigang at 15,256 ft world's highest polling station

19 Apr 2024 | 5:38 PM

Shimla, Apr 19 (UNI) The Election Commission of India has declared Tashigang in Himachal Pradesh as the world's highest polling booth, where 52 electorates would cast their votes on June one.

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Post August 2019 situation not acceptable: Mehbooba Mufti

Post August 2019 situation not acceptable: Mehbooba Mufti

19 Apr 2024 | 4:57 PM

Srinagar April 19 (UNI) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that the main purpose of the party to seek votes in the Lok Sabha election is to tell the country through Parliament that what BJP has done to them in 2019 (abrogation of Article 370) which is not acceptable to us.

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Lok Sabha Polls: BJP has not left the ground in Kashmir : Omar Abdullah

Lok Sabha Polls: BJP has not left the ground in Kashmir : Omar Abdullah

19 Apr 2024 | 4:48 PM

Srinagar, April 19 (UNI) With regard to the Lok Sabha Polls, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Friday said that BJP has not left the ground in Kashmir but was commanding the situation from the back.

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UP: Around 47 44 pc votes polled on 8 seats till 3 pm

UP: Around 47 44 pc votes polled on 8 seats till 3 pm

19 Apr 2024 | 4:21 PM

Lucknow, April 19 (UNI) An estimated 47.44 percent of the total 1.44 crore electorate have exercised their franchise till 3 pm, across eight parliamentary constituencies in the first phase of Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh.

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