#THREAD Continuous interactions, advisories & warnings by Centre govt to various States
Formal communications were regularly sent to States on trajectory of cases, need for adherence to Test-Track-Treat policy, COVID appropriate behavior, vaccination & other issues
- Multiple review meetings & video conf were also held at Cabinet Secretary level
- Secretary (H) held 24 video conf with States/UTs
- 12 Joint Monitoring Group meetings were held under DGHS since Sep'2020 to review public health preparedness and response action against #COVID19
*A TIMELINE*
On 5th January, 2021 States were advised to monitor, quarantine, conduct comprehensive contact tracing, enhanced surveillance, containment, testing etc. #COVID19India
On 6th January, 2021 Centre rushed a High Level team to #Kerala for supporting the State in public health interventions in #COVID19 management. #COVID19India
States were urged to take prompt steps & keep a ‘strict vigil’ to curb recent spike in #Covid_19 cases & advised against any laxity which may squander results so far
On the same day, Health Minister @drharshvardhan interacted with Health Ministers of States/UTs to review preparedness & seek their personal leadership in the glitch-free Dry Run of 8th Jan
Union Health Secretary reviewed status of #COVIDVaccination with States & UTs
States/UTs advised to increase % coverage of beneficiaries, increase & optimize sessions/day and commence vaccinating Frontline Workers from 1st week of February
On 2nd Feb, Centre rushed High-Level teams to #Kerala and #Maharashtra for supporting the States in public health interventions for #COVID19 management
On 28th Feb, in a series of high-level review meetings, Centre advised States to maintain Strict Vigil, not let their guard down & undertake measures for Effective Containment & Management of #COVID19
Multi-Disciplinary High Level Central teams rushed to states spiking in cases
Since Sep'2020, 75 high level and multi-disciplinary teams were deployed to 22 States/UTs to review the current situation of #COVID19, assess reason/s for surge, review preparedness & response activities undertaken by the States & provide supportive supervision. The feedback was:
The State Authorities were apprised of the findings through formal communications as well as video conferences.
Appropriate actions at the level of Centre were also initiated.
#THREAD How Modi govt is ensuring #Oxygen supplies to States
The @MoHFW_INDIA is closely monitoring the availability & supply of Medical #Oxygen and necessary infrastructure available with respective State/UT for management of #COVID19 effectively
The @MoHFW_INDIA with Empowered Group-2 (EG-2) looking after essential medical supplies have conducted various review meetings on Medical #Oxygen Supply with States/UTs including High Priority States & North Eastern States
Regular Video Conferences have been organized by Union Health Ministry & DPIIT with State Nodal Officers for Oxygen and Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO) nodal officers.
#THREAD The United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) declared India as a ‘Country of Particular Concern (CPC)’ in its 2020 Report.
CPC is a nation guilty of particularly severe violations of religious freedom under International Religious Freedom Act
CPC tag for India, can lead to crippling economic sanctions, once accepted by the US govt
The Report is a result of planned lobbying effort to influence #USCIRF by US based Islamist Fronts such as ICNA & IAMC, affiliated with terrorist org. like Jamaat-e-Islami, HM, LeT and SIMI
The MEA in India had already rejected the #USIRF locus standi & its Report, but no one realized that US Islamist lobby was behind it.
They operate under various names
- Justice for All
- Save India
- Free Kashmir
to hide their affiliations but are run by the same set of people.
Rent-a-cause activist @GretaThunberg shared a doc on how the international opinion shall be manufactured through street protests, misinformation & ignorance.
She deleted the tweet. Here are the details of the document:
In its 2019 manifesto, Congress promised to "repeal the Agricultural Produce Market Committee’s Act & make trade in agri. produce-including export and inter-state trade-free from all restrictions"
THREAD: Can a wind turbine harvest water from air?
In a conversation with Henrik Anderson, Prime Minister @narendramodi discussed about harvesting clean water from air at places with high humidity with the help of wind turbine energy..
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To overcome water crisis in coastal areas & villages, this technology could prove to be efficient. The PM further added that if the wind turbine could also be used for separating oxygen from the air, then it would be a win-win situation. He admitted that it was a challenging task
Air humidity can be absorbed & converted to water through an atmospheric water generator. Its a simple principle involving cooling the air to its dew point, until the moisture turns into drops.
This was done eight years ago by a French company whose name is Eole Water.
A thread on opposition's u-turn on the agriculture bills.
1. Parkash Singh Badal
Before Shiromani Akali Dal broke off a 22 year long alliance with NDA over #FarmBills2020, party patron Parkash Singh Badal defended the same bills just a few weeks ago.
2. Sukhbir Singh Badal
Farm ordinances were vociferously endorsed by him back in June. He also called out Congress CM Capt. Amarinder Singh's duplicity on them. But suddenly Sukhbir Singh Badla backtracked on his stand & started opposing the #FarmBills2020 now. What changed?
3. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Just 10 days before resigning from Union Cabinet, Harsimrat Kaur was reassuring farmers on MSP, the benefits of the #FarmBills2020 & taking shots at Congress CM Capt. Amarinder Singh for misleading the poor farmers!