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Facial Recognition Technology Used by Police in Hyderabad to Enforce COVID-19 Policy
Hyderabad police were among the first local police forces in the country to use a mobile application to issue traffic fines and take pictures of people flaunting mask mandates, as police expanded the use of the technology beyond solving murders and catching armed robbers. Here's how the city of Hyderabad is using facial recognition and the challeng...
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Union Minister Nityanand Rai Tests Covid Positive
Union Minister Nityanand Rai tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, a day after he attended an event where chiefs of Central Armed Police Forces were present.
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190 Armed Forces Personnel Died Of Covid: Centre
Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt informed Rajya Sabha that a total of 190 personnel died of COVID-19 in the armed forces, with a maximum of 137 deaths being reported in the Army.
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Covishield Gives 93% Protection Against Covid, 98% Mortality Reduction: Study
Covishield gives 93 per cent protection against COVID-19 and a 98 per cent mortality reduction, the government said on Tuesday referring to a study by the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) during the second COVID-19 wave that was driven by the Del
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UK Military Top Brass Forced Into Covid Self-Isolation: Report
Britain's senior military commanders and the defence secretary are self isolating after the head of the armed forces tested positive for Covid.
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Armed Forces Set To Achieve 100% "Armour" Against Covid
With "liberalised" vaccination regime coming into effect from Saturday, the Indian armed forces are set to attain the target of inoculation of 100 per cent vaccination against COVID-19.
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Armed Forces Get Emergency Financial Powers To Fight India's Covid Crisis
India's armed forces were today granted emergency financial powers to augment their efforts in the battle against COVID-19, the second wave of which has brought devastation on the country in the past few weeks.
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Retired Military Medics Recalled To Work At Covid Facilities
Oxygen cylinders available with the armed forces will be diverted to hospitals that desperately need the live-saving gas amid the rapid second wave of Covid infections, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat told Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Centre Gives Nod For Vaccination Of Army Veterans, Dependents At Service Hospitals
The Union Health Ministry has approved administration of COVID-19 vaccine to dependents of armed forces personnel as well as veterans in service hospitals, the Indian Army said today.
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50,000 Central Police Force Doctors Among First To Get Covid Vaccine
Around 50,000 doctors from the CAPF (central armed police force) will be among those getting the first round of Covid vaccines starting early next year under the supervision of the Home Ministry
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Health Workers, Armed Forces, Cops To Get COVID-19 Vaccine First: Government
The government of India today informed an all-party meeting in New Delhi that health workers, armed forces, police personnel, and municipal workers would be the first set of Indians to be inoculated against coronavirus once a new vaccine is ready for distribution in the country.
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75 Doctors, 250 Paramedics En Route To Delhi To Help Fight Covid Surge
Doctors and paramedics from CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces) will be flown in to Delhi to help contain yet another surge of coronavirus cases in the national capital, Home Ministry officials said Monday evening
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Treat Doctors Who Died Fighting Covid As "Martyrs": Medical Body To PM
The Indian Medical Association has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking that all doctors who have died of COVID-19 be treated at par with "martyrs" of the armed forces, and their dependents be provided government jobs in accordance with their qualifications.
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"Stop Movement Of Forces": Mizoram Chief Minister To PM Over COVID Spread
Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting to withhold any movement of the armed forces into the state. The Chief Minister's request came after the finding that Central Armed Police Forces accounts for the 50 per cent COVID-19 cases in the frontier state.
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Over 2,000 Paramilitary Staff To Treat COVID Patients At Delhi's Largest Care Centre
More than 2,000 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and other Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel, including doctors, will treat and manage Delhi's biggest COVID-19 care centre at Radha Soami Satsang Beas in Chhatarpur area.
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Facial Recognition Technology Used by Police in Hyderabad to Enforce COVID-19 Policy
Hyderabad police were among the first local police forces in the country to use a mobile application to issue traffic fines and take pictures of people flaunting mask mandates, as police expanded the use of the technology beyond solving murders and catching armed robbers. Here's how the city of Hyderabad is using facial recognition and the challeng...
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Union Minister Nityanand Rai Tests Covid Positive
Union Minister Nityanand Rai tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, a day after he attended an event where chiefs of Central Armed Police Forces were present.
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190 Armed Forces Personnel Died Of Covid: Centre
Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt informed Rajya Sabha that a total of 190 personnel died of COVID-19 in the armed forces, with a maximum of 137 deaths being reported in the Army.
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Covishield Gives 93% Protection Against Covid, 98% Mortality Reduction: Study
Covishield gives 93 per cent protection against COVID-19 and a 98 per cent mortality reduction, the government said on Tuesday referring to a study by the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) during the second COVID-19 wave that was driven by the Del
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UK Military Top Brass Forced Into Covid Self-Isolation: Report
Britain's senior military commanders and the defence secretary are self isolating after the head of the armed forces tested positive for Covid.
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Armed Forces Set To Achieve 100% "Armour" Against Covid
With "liberalised" vaccination regime coming into effect from Saturday, the Indian armed forces are set to attain the target of inoculation of 100 per cent vaccination against COVID-19.
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Armed Forces Get Emergency Financial Powers To Fight India's Covid Crisis
India's armed forces were today granted emergency financial powers to augment their efforts in the battle against COVID-19, the second wave of which has brought devastation on the country in the past few weeks.
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Retired Military Medics Recalled To Work At Covid Facilities
Oxygen cylinders available with the armed forces will be diverted to hospitals that desperately need the live-saving gas amid the rapid second wave of Covid infections, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat told Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Centre Gives Nod For Vaccination Of Army Veterans, Dependents At Service Hospitals
The Union Health Ministry has approved administration of COVID-19 vaccine to dependents of armed forces personnel as well as veterans in service hospitals, the Indian Army said today.
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50,000 Central Police Force Doctors Among First To Get Covid Vaccine
Around 50,000 doctors from the CAPF (central armed police force) will be among those getting the first round of Covid vaccines starting early next year under the supervision of the Home Ministry
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Health Workers, Armed Forces, Cops To Get COVID-19 Vaccine First: Government
The government of India today informed an all-party meeting in New Delhi that health workers, armed forces, police personnel, and municipal workers would be the first set of Indians to be inoculated against coronavirus once a new vaccine is ready for distribution in the country.
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75 Doctors, 250 Paramedics En Route To Delhi To Help Fight Covid Surge
Doctors and paramedics from CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces) will be flown in to Delhi to help contain yet another surge of coronavirus cases in the national capital, Home Ministry officials said Monday evening
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Treat Doctors Who Died Fighting Covid As "Martyrs": Medical Body To PM
The Indian Medical Association has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking that all doctors who have died of COVID-19 be treated at par with "martyrs" of the armed forces, and their dependents be provided government jobs in accordance with their qualifications.
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"Stop Movement Of Forces": Mizoram Chief Minister To PM Over COVID Spread
Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting to withhold any movement of the armed forces into the state. The Chief Minister's request came after the finding that Central Armed Police Forces accounts for the 50 per cent COVID-19 cases in the frontier state.
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Over 2,000 Paramilitary Staff To Treat COVID Patients At Delhi's Largest Care Centre
More than 2,000 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and other Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel, including doctors, will treat and manage Delhi's biggest COVID-19 care centre at Radha Soami Satsang Beas in Chhatarpur area.
