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Sanofi-GSK get approval for Phase 3 clinical trial of Covid vaccine candidate in India

According to Sanofi, the Phase 3 study will include over 35,000 volunteers aged 18+ across sites in the US, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Covaxin offers significant protection against Beta, Delta variants, ICMR study says

The team collected blood samples of people who had recovered from Covid & found that the vaccine conferred significant protection against both variants.

India registers 45,892 new Covid infections, 817 deaths in last 24 hours

Health ministry data showed an increase in active cases after 55 days, comprising 1.50% of total infections. The national recovery rate stood at 97.18%.

Home to 1/3 of India’s daily Covid cases, over 10% positivity, why Kerala remains a worry

Experts say travel and high rates of prior infection could be responsible for Kerala seeing daily case numbers plateau in the 11,000-15,000 range. State says targeted testing is to blame.

Origin of Covid mirrors SARS genesis in animals, study finds

Melbourne: Early Covid-19 cases traced to markets in Wuhan, China, mirror the initial spread of SARS 17 years earlier, scientists said in a paper...

New Covid vaccine could make copies of itself in your body, protect you at very low doses

saRNA vaccines function similar to mRNA vaccines with the additional benefit of lowering dose requirements and making production more scalable.

All-women IIT team develops improved treatment for fungal eye infection that affects farmers

Infected vegetable matter can cause fungal infection in eyes called fungal keratitis in farmers, which can also cause blindness. Natamycin is the only FDA-approved drug used to treat it.

Covid cases could rise again in Oct-Nov but won’t go beyond 1.5 lakh/day, expert panel says

National Covid-19 Supermodel Committee head Prof. M. Vidyasagar says the projections, based on SUTRA model, have not been shared with the central govt yet.

Govt urges Assam, Kerala, 7 other states reporting Covid spike to ramp up control measures

Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that increasing testing and vaccination, healthcare infrastructure planning and clinical management are some measures to be taken by the states.

Harsh Vardhan, ‘missing’ from Covid fight, resigns as health minister amid Modi cabinet reshuffle

Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan chaired the GoM on Covid-19, but was missing at critical points, such as when cases in Delhi peaked, with Amit Shah stepping in to take action.

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?