<span style="color: #222222;">Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu today asked the people not to panic about the emergence of new coronavirus strain and advised them to remain vigilant and keep following COVID appropriate behaviour till the pandemic is over. He also urged the people to shed hesitancy and get themselves vaccinated at the earliest.<br />'' <br />'' Launching Gautam Chintamani's book 'The Midway Battle: Modi's Roller-coaster Second Term' at his residence today, the Vice President said that the Coronavirus pandemic has come as a big challenge for the entire human race. He appreciated the world's largest vaccination drive currently underway in India.<br />''<br />''Praising Mr. Chintamani for the book that is based on the journey of India during recent years, Mr Naidu recognized that writing contemporary history is never an easy task. Referring to the transformational changes brought in the governance over the past seven years, he said that these changes are both empowering and enabling the 1.3 billion people to deliver on their potential. He said the quality of Indian lives is getting better with each passing day.</span>