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1. Tika Utsav 2. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
1. Tika Utsav
Context:
India celebrates ‘Tika Utsav’ to combat Covid-19.
About Tika Utsav:
- With an aim to vaccinate a maximum number of eligible people against Covid-19, India launched the four-day-long ‘Tika Utsav’ or vaccination festival.
- The first day of the vaccination festival (April 11) coincided with the birth anniversary of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and the last day (April 14) is Babasaheb Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.
- The government is trying to ensure that a maximum number of eligible people get vaccinated during this time.
- PM Modi emphasised micro-containment zones as one of the ways in which the rapid spread of the second wave of infections could be curtailed.
Micro-containment Zones:
- Specific areas where a number of Covid-19 cases have been reported recently are known as micro-containment zones.
- Unlike containment zones, the objective is to cause less disruption to normal life and economic activity, while also containing the outbreak of COVID-19 in the defined geographic area.
- Experts believe that ‘micro containment zones’ should be the way forward as it will curb the infection spread and also allow activities to go on.
Context:
PM pays tribute to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule on his birth anniversary.
About Jyotiba Phule:
- Jyotirao Phule was a social reformer and educationist who pioneered women’s education in Maharashtra and also fought against social evils prevalent in the 19th century in India.
- Read more on his life in This Day in History dated Nov 28.
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