8th March 2021, women's day, illegal vaccines, corona, farmers protest

8 March 2021

• Women's day being celebrated across the country

  Prime minister, Narendra Modi saluted Woman power on women's day, which is being celebrated all across India. He tweeted that women have accomplished much across the country and government is doing what it can for woman empowerment in the country.

• Illegal vaccines for African swine fever in China

  There is no cure yet for the deadly African swine fever. However news of illegal vaccines being used across China has troubled the authorities. This disease has halved the population of pigs in China. These vaccines may have created a new African swine fever which is even more deadly. The authorities are offering reward to anyone  reporting about the use of the illegal vaccines.

• States asked to give vaccines to high risk areas on priority

  There are 60 districts across 8 states in India that are badly affected by Corona. Central government has asked the state governments to vaccinate affected and risk facing members of the public on priority basis, in these districts.

• Opposition in support of protesting farmers

  Opposition Congress party has come out in full support of the protesting farmers. Their leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are giving speeches to farmers all across India in support of the protesting farmers.

• "Jaggery festival" in UP going well

  Chief Minister of UP, Yogi Adityanath gave a speech on the first ever "jaggery festival" in India. In his video loaded on twitter he said that he inspected a number of stalls and saw how the country is progressing. He said that UP is one of the major manufacturers in India. He emphasized on the importance of food processing for value addition.

• Identify climate risks to avoid crop loss

  Government has decided to conduct a study on what type of crops are to be grown in which season, so as to minimize crop loss. Because climate variations, which may be permanent, have to be identified and crops should be planted accordingly.

• Women farmers join farmers protest on International Women's day

  Hundreds of Women farmers joined the farmers protest today, marking International Women's day being celebrated today across the world. This signals to the government that the rural communities are more with the farmers than them.

• Ministry of health applauds women's contribution against the pandemic

  60 Lakh women health women workers including doctors, nurses, scientists were applauded today on International Women's day for their contribution in fighting the Corona pandemic. Most of the frontline worker are women and most of them are being vaccinated against Corona.