DH Evening Brief: April 8, 2022
Precaution dose of Covid-19 vaccine announced for 18+ age group from April 10
Precaution dose of Covid-19 vaccines will be available to all aged above 18 years at private vaccination centres from April 10, the Union Health Ministry announced on Friday.
All those above the age of 18 who have completed nine months after the administration of the second dose will be eligible for the precaution dose, it said.
RBI keeps repo, reverse repo rates unchanged for 11th time in row
Tax collections soar to record Rs 27.07 lakh crore in FY22
India's tax collections soared to a record high of Rs 27.07 lakh crore in the fiscal year ended March 31 as mop-up from income and other direct taxes as well as indirect taxes jumped, Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj said on Friday.
Gross tax collection of Rs 27.07 lakh crore during April 2021 to March 2022 compares with budget estimate of Rs 22.17 lakh crore, he told reporters here.
Russian missile kills 30 civilians at train station
Ukrainian leaders predicted more gruesome discoveries would be made in reclaimed cities and towns as Russian soldiers retreat to focus on eastern Ukraine, where officials said a Russian rocket attack on a packed train station used to evacuate civilians killed over 30 people Friday.
Hours after warning that Ukraine's forces already had found worse scenes of brutality in a settlement north of Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that “thousands” of people were at the station in Kramatorsk, a city in the eastern Donetsk region, when it was hit by a missile.
Hindu seer threatens on camera to 'publicly kidnap and rape' Muslim women
A Hindu seer on camera threatened to "publicly kidnap and rape" Muslim women if members of their community (Muslims) tried to molest Hindu girls.
The seer, identified as Mahant Bajarang Muni Das, the head of a famous temple in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district allegedly made such remarks during a religious procession at Khairabad town in the district a few days ago, sources said.