Apollo Hospital joint managing director, Sangita Reddy, said India took the lead in devising an effective Covid management plan, which “is commendable and reflective of India and our PM’s global thought process” and which ensure that “50% of the world’s vaccines were manufactured in India and it created a vaccine diplomacy on an unprecedented scale”.
Earlier in the day, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, while inaugurating the conclave, said government before 2014 were synonymous with scams, while the Modi government ushered in an era where all work was done to benefit the poor. Crediting the PM with creating a new definition of social justice away from appeasement and towards empowerment, Vaishnaw said that India had progressed in leaps and bounds from economic rankings to domestic infrastructure and is now well on its way to becoming the fourth-largest economy in two years.

Union information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur, on the other hand, said the nine years of Modi government have dramatically changed the lives of common Indians, adding that from being a “weak and ramshackle economy riddled with corruption” India has now covered the distance from Fragile Five to Top Five economies of the world.
Civil society and domain experts like boxer Nikhat Zareen and actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui lauded the government’s Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative, while Padma awardee healthcare professional Teresa Lakra said the government’s Ayushman Bharat programme empowered citizens in the farthest reaches of the land.
Biocon Ltd chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, on the other hand, credited India’s startup ecosystem for helping build young entrepreneurs, while Unicef’s Cynthia Mc Caffrey said the government has “laid focus on foundational learning with an innovative approach, with skilling through multiple pathways, enabling children to grow up healthy and helping them acquire 21st century skills.”

The other initiatives that won different awards included:
#IamHyderabad: A city celebration campaign aimed at showcasing the love and pride of residents in their city, by drawing upon user-generated content that showed the many facets of Hyderabad.
Times Podcast Challenge: Promoted education through technology in Kolkata, asking students to submit their podcasts on specific themes via the Ei Samay Gold platform, also amplified via workshops and at Kolkata’s iconic book fair.
Times Philanthropy Honours: The campaign acknowledged business leaders in Kolkata for their contribution to society and to building a better Bengal – the first time they had been celebrated for something outside of their work and as individuals.
Ek Hobar Utsav (Ei Samay): In these polarising times, the campaign showed the power of ‘one’ by bringing in heartwarming stories of ‘oneness’ from various corners of Bengal.
Navbharat and Ei Samay Gold: For driving these podcasts to attain maximum subscribers, this involved creating internal dashboards through which tools such as Google Data Studio and marketing automation platforms were leveraged.
The Art of India Fest 2022: This national platform for showcasing Indian art brought together over 400 artworks by 220-plus artists, ranging from eminent names to students from art colleges at a physical exhibition at India’s largest exhibition centre.
Print Ad with Augmented reality – Hyundai Ad: Via a QR code in a print ad, through usage of WebAR technology, an experience of Hyundai’s Agile Mobile Robot (called SPOT) was brought alive for the readers of TOI and ET in key cities.
Client Deduplication-innovative AI-driven customer data grouping: The Business Insights team created an in-house machine learning-based tool for client deduplication, creating a base of over 10 years of data with more than 90% accuracy.

“He emphasised the importance of fiscal discipline. We should not be profligate. Funds should be used judiciously. Fiscally imprudent states are suffering the consequences and he said we should all behave responsibly when we are announcing plans,” Niti Aayog CEO B V R Subrahmanyam told reporters after the meet.
“He basically said fiscal prudence is essential because you do not want to overburden future generations… we need to keep that in mind whenever we plan and announce things. I think the message was there,” said Subrahmanyam.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday called on states to follow a path of fiscal discipline while devising plans and work out a common vision for achieving the goal of a developed nation by 2047.

Chairing the 8th meeting of the policy think tank Niti Aayog at the new convention centre at Pragati Maidan, the PM said the Centre, states and Union Territories should work as Team India and fulfil the dreams of people for a developed country by 2047.
He said Niti Aayog can play a critical role in helping states to develop their strategies for the next 25 years and align them with the national development agenda. He urged the states and UTs to work with Niti Aayog so that the country can take a quantum leap towards achieving the goal.
“He emphasised the importance of fiscal discipline. We should not be profligate. Funds should be used judiciously. Fiscally imprudent states are suffering the consequences and he said we should all behave responsibly when we are announcing plans,” Niti Aayog CEO B V R Subrahmanyam told reporters after the meet.
“He basically said fiscal prudence is essential because you do not want to overburden future generations… we need to keep that in mind whenever we plan and announce things. I think the message was there,” said Subrahmanyam.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday called on states to follow a path of fiscal discipline while devising plans and work out a common vision for achieving the goal of a developed nation by 2047.
Chairing the 8th meeting of the policy think tank Niti Aayog at the new convention centre at Pragati Maidan, the PM said the Centre, states and Union Territories should work as Team India and fulfil the dreams of people for a developed country by 2047.
He said Niti Aayog can play a critical role in helping states to develop their strategies for the next 25 years and align them with the national development agenda. He urged the states and UTs to work with Niti Aayog so that the country can take a quantum leap towards achieving the goal.
“He emphasised the importance of fiscal discipline. We should not be profligate. Funds should be used judiciously. Fiscally imprudent states are suffering the consequences and he said we should all behave responsibly when we are announcing plans,” Niti Aayog CEO B V R Subrahmanyam told reporters after the meet.
“He basically said fiscal prudence is essential because you do not want to overburden future generations… we need to keep that in mind whenever we plan and announce things. I think the message was there,” said Subrahmanyam.