Rajasthan

In view of the ongoing pandemic, the Supreme Court on May 3 ordered 36,000 private schools in Rajasthan to provide 15% discount on school fees for the session 2020-21. The court stated students can pay the amount concerned in six installments before August 5, 2021 with further possible concessions. It also warned that no student should be barred from attending classes and results should not be withheld over fee payment.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot has tested positive for COVID-19. Taking to Twitter on April 29, CM Gehlot tweeted, "I have tested positive for COVID-19. I am asymptomatic and feel fine. I will continue working in isolation following the COVID protocol." Earlier on April 28, his wife had tested positive for COVID-19 and the CM, since then, was under isolation. Reportedly, Rajasthan now has 1,63,372 active cases. 

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said his state has only five days of vaccines left; three if it reached its target of two lakh shots per day, and he called on the centre to rush the next batch of vaccines. Singh has written to PM Narendra Modi and the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan for vaccine supply schedules. The central government, however, stated that there is no shortage of vaccines.

As the entire country is witnessing a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases, educational institutions are not immune from the pandemic. In a recent addition to that, about 14 more students have contracted coronavirus in IIT-Jodhpur on April 3. Jodhpur Deputy CMHO Dr Pritam Singh told Brifly News that with the new COVID-19 cases the active cases count for the institute has now reached to 61. Dr Singh stated that by creating a micro containment zone at… read-more

Rajasthan became the first state to offer health insurance to all its residents on April 1. The state achieved the feat after launching registrations under the 'Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme' provisioned in the 2021-22 budget. Offering a cashless mediclaim of Rs five lakh, the pan state scheme will cover every family in the state. CM Ashok Gehlot tweeted, “It is one of our biggest health care schemes”.