The Union Health Ministry has informed that the COVID-19 vaccination certificate can now be obtained via WhatsApp within seconds, in a bid to ease the process of obtaining a vaccination certificate.

The office of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted on Sunday, “Revolutionising the common man’s life using technology! Now get #COVID19 vaccination certificate through MyGov Corona Helpdesk in 3 easy steps. Save contact number: 91 9013151515 Type & send ‘covid certificate’ on WhatsApp Enter OTP Get your certificate in seconds.”

How to get it:

1. Save the number +91 9013151515 on your phone. Go to WhatsApp and search for the MyGov Corona Helpdesk bot. Alternatively, you can head to open the MyGoV Corona Helpdesk Chatbot.
2. Type and send ‘COVID Certificate’ or ‘Download Certificate’ inside the chatbot on WhatsApp.
3. A six-digit OTP will be sent to the number, and it needs to be entered within 30 seconds.
4. The bot will show all the users registered on the CoWIN website with the number, and ask you to type the number of the user whose certificate you wish to download.
5. The certificate will be sent on WhatsApp in a PDF format, which you can easily download and print or save for future purposes.
6. The same steps can be followed for downloading the certificate for other users registered with the same number.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who has been attacking the government over its Covid management, praised it for deciding to deliver vaccination certificates via WhatsApp.

“I’ve always acknowledged and praised the government when it merits it. As a critic of Cowin, let me say they’ve done something terrific. Send a WhatsApp message ‘download certificate’ to 9013151515, receive OTP and get your vaccination certificate back by WhatsApp. Simple and fast!” Tharoor tweeted.

Cumulatively, 50,68,10,492 Covid vaccine doses have been administered in the country through 58,51,292 sessions, according to a provisional report till 7 am on Sunday, with 55,91,657 doses being given in a day.

Earlier, the COVID-19 vaccination certificate could be downloaded from Co-WIN Portal or Arogya Setu/Umang Mobile Application. It could be downloaded after each dose (Provisional Certificate after the first dose and Final Certificate after the second dose).

Five states, including Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have administered more than 1 crore cumulative doses of coronavirus vaccine in the age group 18-44 years.

Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal also have vaccinated over 10 lakh beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years for the first dose of coronavirus vaccine.

 

Domestic flights tickets are offered by AirAsia India from ₹ 914 under a new offer called “Flash Sale!” The AirAsia India offer is open for booking till 6 August and is applicable for travel period till 1 September 2021 till 26 March 2022, the airline said on its website. 

The airline added that to available of this offer on AirAsia flight tickets, passengers require advance booking and these promotional fares are not available during the embargo period. 

According to Air Asia, this offer is for a limited period and valid for all customers. The offer is valid for AirAsia flights booked till 6th August to travel from 1st September 2021 to 26th March 2022. The fares are all-inclusive one-way fares available on limited seats. The offer is only valid for non-stop flights on various sectors across AirAsia’s domestic network such as on Imphal-Kolkata and Imphal-Guwahati routes, according to the airline’s website or which is the cheapest under this AirAsia India offer. 

AirAsia India sale include Bengaluru-Hyderabad (starting fare ₹ 1,414), Bengaluru-Goa (starting fare ₹ 1,614), Goa-Hyderabad( ₹1,614), Cochin-Bengaluru(Rs(1,714), Bhubaneswar-Kolkata( ₹1,714), Pune-Bengaluru( ₹1,814), Bengaluru-Visakhapatnam( ₹1,914), Delhi-Ranchi( ₹2,014),Bengaluru-Delhi(₹2,814),Bhubaneswar-Mumbai(Rs2,914),Bengaluru-Kolkata( ₹3,214), Srinagar-Delhi( ₹3,214), Delhi-Goa( ₹3,814), Guwahati-Bengaluru(₹3,914),Mumbai-Guwahati(Rs4,114),Guwahati-Chennai( ₹5,814) under this “Flash Sale!”

Terms & Conditions which you need to know:-

All applicable rules of the airline will be valid with these flights. Child/infant discount, date or flight change, refund charges, weekend surcharge, blackout period, travel restrictions and/or flight restriction will be also applicable as per the fare rule. Changes in flights and dates are at the sole discretion of airlines.   The offer is not applicable to AirAsia’s group bookings. Changes in names are not allowed. Limited inventory is available and on a first-come-first-served basis. If seats under this offer are sold out, regular fares will apply. 

AirAsia India did not disclose the number of seats on offer under this promotional scheme. “Seats are limited and may not be available on all flights,” the airline said on its website. AirAsia India is a joint venture between Tata Sons and Malaysia’s AirAsia Berhad.

A non-refundable processing fee is applicable for payments via credit, debit or charge card and the fares include airport taxes (except for selected airports where airport tax is collected at the point of departure), said AirAsia India.

Things you need to know 

EaseMyTrip is the sole authority for the interpretation of these terms. In the event of any misuse or abuse of the offer, EaseMyTrip reserves the right to deny the offer to the customers. In addition, EaseMyTrip standard booking and privacy policy on www.EaseMyTrip.com shall apply. 

EaseMyTrip reserves the right, at any time, without prior notice and liability and without assigning any reason whatsoever, to add/alter/modify/change or vary all of these terms and conditions or to replace, wholly or in part, this offer by another offer,  whether similar to this offer or not, or to extend or withdraw it altogether. In the event of any dispute, the Courts of New Delhi will have jurisdiction. 

EaseMyTrip shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising due to force majeure.

 

In the new academic session 2021-22, college students of 149 universities could be allowed to earn up to 40% of their required credit from among the many over 800 online programs out there on the Swayam platform. 

The academic bank of credit (ABC) would additionally turn into useful from the forthcoming educational session, which will probably be a repository of the credit earned by a pupil. Once the code fulfils the entire credit required, she or he will be granted the diploma.

Sum of 149 universities includes central universities like Jamia Millia Islamia, University of Allahabad and Mizoram University. State universities like National Law University, Delhi, University of Calcutta, University of Kerala and over 75 private and deemed universities have all approved the credit transfer from these online courses.

State-run oil manufacturing companies have slog fuel prices again. The fresh increase in petrol and diesel price comes after a day’s gap as worldwide crude oil rates strengthen.

On Tuesday Global oil prices dropped since investors cashed in on a recent rally but the market sentiment was positive in hopes of a quick recovery in oil demand. Brent crude futures went down by 10 cents or 01% to $74.80 per barrel whereas US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude went down by 22 cents or 0.3% to $73.44 per barrel, reported.

After the fresh hike, petrol prices Rs 96.66 per litre in Delhi and diesel price has expanded to Rs 87.41 per litre. And Mumbaikars will be soon paying Rs 103 for a litre of petrol and Rs 95 for diesel.

On Wednesday Around 8 kg of peacock feathers, that were being smuggled to Hong Kong, were seized at the Foreign Post Office in New Delhi, the Delhi customs zone said.

The peacock is the national bird of India and it is protected under Schedule-I of the Wild Life (Protection) Act that prohibits its hunting It covers endangered species that need rigorous protection. And The species are granted protection from poaching, killing, trading etc. A person is liable to the harshest penalties for violation of the law under this Schedule Act.

The Air Cargo Commissionerate (Export) seized 10 unregistered parcels destined to Hong Kong containing peacock feathers weighing approx 8 kg at Foreign Post Office, New Delhi, it tweeted.