During a recent meeting with chief ministers over the COVID-19 situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to organize a ‘Tika Utsav’ or ‘Vaccine Festival’ in order to vaccinate as many people as possible against the disease. 

"Can we celebrate Tika Utsav from April 11 to April 14? During this time, we should vaccinate as many eligible people as possible and target zero vaccine wastage" he said.

He urged the chief ministers to strengthen the anti-COVID efforts for the coming 2-3 weeks to curb the spread of the virus. He also stressed on the creation of micro-containment zones and increasing testing… (NDTV with inputs from ANI, April 8, 2021)