The newly developed airport will boost tourism in Sindhudurg district, which Maharashtra govt wants to develop as an alternative destination to Goa.

Isha Singh said, “The BMC replied that no deaths had taken place in the department since 2014, which is patently false because news reports have revealed that the BMC workers have died cleaning sewers.’’

This will benefit the elderly and those with disabilities. The beneficiaries can come by their own car or taxi to get vaccinated.

The Centre had recently granted permission to Haffkine Biopharma to manufacture Covaxin at its Parel plant.

INS Kolkata and INS Talwar, mission deployed in the Persian Gulf, were the first batch of ships that were immediately diverted for the task and entered port of Manama, Bahrain on April 30.

The union shipping ministry is developing the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and expanding it. At the same time, much export of cars and other material happens from offshore container terminal located off Ferry Wharf.

BMC left with just 45,000 doses of Covishield and 23,000 doses of Covaxin, says Chahal

Three posts of DGs have been vacant as three DG-rank officers retired between November 2020 and January 2021

The airport is being developed by MIDC, which had awarded a contract to IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited for building and operating the airport

The state has already put oxygen tankers in the essential commodity category, and movement of tankers is faster and easier.