24-05-21 Daily-Punjab-PPSC Current Affairs

Amid shortage of supply from the Centre, the claims that it is not being able to use the Infrastructure it has established to administer Covid vaccine to people in the state.

The Health department is equipped to give three lakh doses per day, but is able to administer just 65,000 doses currently. Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said the state was equipped with infrastructure to vaccinate three lakh persons every day, but the Centre had failed to supply the required doses due to which the states vaccination drive was moving at a slow pace.

Till mid-April, the state was administering between 6 and 7 lakh doses on an Average. So far, the state has given 48.12 lakh doses to various groups, including healthcare workers, frontline workers and people above 18 years.

Jackfruit has recently been in the news. A shipment of fresh jackfruit from Tripura was shipped to London. It is a significant step toward maximising the export potential of agricultural and processed food products from the northeastern region.

Jackfruit is a tree species that belongs to the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit families (Moraceae).

It is a multi-fruit made up of hundreds to thousands of individual flowers and fleshy petals.

Artocarpus heterophyllus is the scientific name for this plant.

India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Nepal are the world’s major producers.

Kerala, Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, and Assam are the major production states in India.

Kerala is the world’s largest producer of jackfruit.

Kerala and Tamil Nadu have it as a state fruit.

It will serve as a resource for both Ayush practitioners and the general public.

Aim: To collect data on clinical outcomes achieved by Ayurvedic practitioners on a large scale.

It is expected to document the capabilities of Ayush systems in the treatment of a variety of disease conditions.

It has a section dedicated to reporting and publishing information about Covid 19 cases treated by Ayush Systems.