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On the wake of the rising cases in the country, a four-day long ‘Tika Utsav (vaccine festival)’ for COVID-19 (from April 11 (Jyotirao Phule’s birth anniversary) to April 14 (B R Ambedkar’s birth anniversary)) is being held across the country from Sunday. While interacting with Chief Ministers of various states and union territories, PM Modi had urged them to focus on vaccinating all those who are above 45 years of age in high caseload districts. “Sometimes, it helps in changing the atmosphere. The birth anniversary of Jyotiba Phule is on April 11 and on April 14, there is the birth anniversary of Baba Saheb. Can we organise a ”Tika Utsav: or vaccine festival and create an atmosphere of ”Tika Utsav’‘?” he had said.Several states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are gearing up with appeals being made to eligible people to get themselves vaccinated during the duration of the ”Tika Utsav”. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also issued an appeal to people to get vaccinated in large numbers during the 4-day ‘festival’. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has stated that four lakh people will be innocuated during ‘Tika Utsav’. The Chief Minister has also asked people of the state to come forward for vaccination to contain the corona pandemic. The mass vaccination drive comes as several states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh (worst-hit COVID states) have flagged a ‘shortage’ of vaccine doses. However, the Centre has maintained that a sufficient quantity of the jabs have been allocated to all the states.“ All the claims of states are baseless and centre is supplying vaccines to all states equitably irrespective of the ruling party. The central government is working very hard in controlling the pandemic and speeding up the nationwide covid-19 vaccination program and states should support it instead of playing politics,” Harsh Vardhan told Mint.

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National :India administers more than 1.28 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses during Tika Utsav

A total of 1,28,98,314 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered to people of the eligible groups across the country during the Tika Utsav, informed Union Health Ministry on Thursday. ...

National :Delhi crosses 1 lakh daily Covid-19 vaccinations for first time on Day 1 of Tika Utsav

For the first time since the Covid-19 vaccination drive began, national capital Delhi vaccinated over one-lakh people in a day on Sunday, the first day of the nation-wide 'Tika Utsav'. ...

National :Tika Utsav: Manipur CM receives 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday at the launch of 'tika utsav' or vaccination festival in Imphal's Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences. ...

National :Tika Utsav: What is India's 4-day vaccination festival all about

On the wake of the rising cases in the country, a four-day long ‘Tika Utsav (vaccine festival)’ for COVID-19 ... ...