PM Modi announces free ration for "800,000,000" people till Diwali

Thread -- PM's live at 5pm on 7th
June 2021

"Today, the central government has decided that the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana will be extended till Diwali. Free food grains will be available in fixed quantity every month for over 800 million citizens till Diwali.
Centre to provide free vaccines for all after June 21, says PM Modi
central government will provide free vaccine doses for all citizens above the age of 18 after June 21 adding state governments will not have to spend money on procuring doses. "Crores of people in India have been vaccinated free of cost.
Supply of Covid-19 vaccines will increase in the coming days: PM Modi
Vaccine supply will be increasing in the coming days. Seven companies in the country are producing different vaccines, 3 vaccine trials at advanced stage: PM Modi
Expanding on the vaccination point, PM Modi said on Monday that supply of vaccine doses will increase in the coming days. "Seven companies in the country are producing different vaccines, 3 vaccine trials at advanced stage," he added.
Vaccination coverage expanded from 60% to 90% in the past 5 yrs, says PM Modi
If one looks at India's history of last 50 to 60 years, it would take decades to procure decades from abroad. Vaccine work used to be completed abroad, even then vaccination work could not start in our country.
Modi said adding that the vaccination coverage in the country expanded from from 60% to 90% in the past five years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his address to the nation said that Covid-19 is the biggest epidemic to struck in the last century. "The modern world has not seen such an epidemic. Our country has fought Covid-19 at many levels," Modi added.
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Private hospitals will be able to charge a maximum service charge of Rs 150 for a single dose after the fixed price of the vaccine.
Out of the total vaccines being produced in the country, the Centre will buy 75 per cent and give it to states for free.
Private hospitals will continue to have access to 25 per cent of all vaccines.

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1. Mini Thread on Conflicts of Interest involving the authors of the Nature Toilet Paper:
https://t.co/VUYbsKGncx
Kristian G. Andersen
Andrew Rambaut
Ian Lipkin
Edward C. Holmes
Robert F. Garry

2. Thanks to @newboxer007 for forwarding the link to the research by an Australian in Taiwan (not on

3. K.Andersen didn't mention "competing interests"
Only Garry listed Zalgen Labs, which we will look at later.
In acknowledgements, Michael Farzan, Wellcome Trust, NIH, ERC & ARC are mentioned.
Author affiliations listed as usual.
Note the 328 Citations!
https://t.co/nmOeohM89Q


4. Kristian Andersen (1)
Andersen worked with USAMRIID & Fort Detrick scientists on research, with Robert Garry, Jens Kuhn & Sina Bavari among


5. Kristian Andersen (2)
Works at Scripps Research Institute, which WAS in serious financial trouble, haemorrhaging 20 million $ a year.
But just when the first virus cases were emerging, they received great news.
They issued a press release dated November 27, 2019:

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