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BOM17 MH-VACCINE-POONAWALLAHistoric day,says SII CEO Poonawalla as he gets Covishield jab Pune: As the COVID-19 inoculation drive rolled outacross India on Saturday, Serum Institute of India CEO AdarPoonawalla joined the healthcare workers in getting theCovishield vaccine shot.

BOM19 GJ-VACCINE-DOCTORSVaccine is completely safe, says doctor who got first jab inGujarat Ahmedabad: The coronavirus vaccine is completely safeand inoculation is the only way to overcome the pandemic, saidDr Naveen Thacker, a paediatrician who became the firstrecipient of vaccine jab in Gujarat on Saturday.

BOM18 MH-VACCINATION-2ND LD DRIVEMah:Hope in heart,prayer on lips,health workers get first jabs Mumbai: Healthcare workers, doctors and SerumInstitute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla were among the firstrecipients of the COVID-19 jab on the first day of the drivein Maharashtra, which was marked by enthusiasm and anxiety,with many viewing the vaccine as a kind of panacea that willoffer them immunity, and more importantly some hope.

BOM14 MH-TRP CASE-DASGUPTATRP scam: Ex-CEO of BARC hospitalised Mumbai: Former CEO of ratings agency BARC, ParthoDasgupta, who was arrested in the alleged fake TelevisionRating Points (TRP) case, has been admitted in the ICU ofstate-run JJ hospital in central Mumbai, an official said.

BOM9 CG-VACCINATION-LD WOMANChhattisgarh: Woman sanitation worker gets first vaccine dose Raipur: A 51-year-old woman sanitation worker at agovernment hospital was the first person to get thecoronavirus vaccine shot in Chhattisgarh after the launchof the nationwide inoculation drive on Saturday.