The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently issued a commemorative postage stamp commemorating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Highlights:
The stamp was issued to commemorate the first anniversary of the National COVID Vaccination Program, also known as the COVID vaccination campaign.
A health care worker is vaccinating a senior citizen on the stamp. The stamp also depicts a COVAXIN vial.
The stamp was created to commemorate the efforts of community workers and frontline health care workers, particularly during the COVID-19 era.
Open Data Week Launched Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs initiated Open Data Week, which takes place between 17- 21 January.
Highlights:
It encourages the promotion of innovation in the country’s urban ecosystem. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs would publicize high-quality blogs and data sets about intelligent cities
throughout the week.
The data will be made available through an open data portal. And over sixty cities have already had success stories published on the portal.
This is undergoing testing and is only accessible to experts.
The Open Data Week will demonstrate the advantages of open data, such as innovation, transparency, and efficiency, as the week has been divided into sections.
