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An age-old tradition is helping MP’s tribal villages raise vaccination numbers

Vaccine hesitancy and misinformation surrounding Covid shots have been widespread in MP's Jhabua district. But the administration has successfully used an old custom to fix that.

Govt asks 8 states, UTs to take up speedy containment measures in view of Delta Plus variant

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the variant has been detected in districts like Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, Surat in Gujarat, Faridabad in Haryana and Bikaner in Rajasthan.

IIT-Bombay professor comes up with new tool for Covid testing. It cuts time and cost

Tapestry is a single-round quantitative pooling algorithm used with the RT-PCR test. The Drugs Controller General of India cleared it for commercial use this week.

Bihar & UP worst performers on state ​Covid vaccination list, only 10% have got 1st dose

Bihar, UP, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and Assam rank among the five worst-performers in terms of Covid vaccinations. In Ladakh & Sikkim, 50% of the population received the first dose.

Substantial third wave possible but not likely to be as severe as second one, ICMR study says

The study examined four mechanisms of third wave of Covid-19 and noted that scaling up vaccinations is the only way to mitigate any future waves.

Blocked by Eli Lilly, Bajaj Healthcare moves patent office to make Covid drug Baricitinib

BHL says it can produce Baricitinib for as cheap as Rs 14 (for 1mg). US pharma giant Eli Lilly, which holds exclusive licence for the drug, manufactures it at an average cost of Rs 3,230.

Covishield, Covaxin effective against Covid variants Alpha, Beta, Gamma & Delta, govt says

New Delhi: Forty-eight coronavirus cases of Delta Plus' variant have been detected from 45,000 samples sequenced so far in the country, with Maharashtra reporting...

Serum Institute manufacturing 1st batch of Covovax Covid vaccine this week, says Poonawalla

SII CEO Poonawalla said the vaccine, developed by US company Novavax, has great potential to protect those below the age of 18 and trials are ongoing.

Govt readies 2 more testing labs to prepare for new Covid vaccines coming to market

CDL in Himachal Pradesh is the only govt testing lab at present. With a slew of Covid vaccines expected to be manufactured locally, Modi govt is preparing to reduce testing delays.

Covid pandemic — Delta variant cases rise in Israel, most US deaths among the unvaccinated

ThePrint brings you some important global stories on the coronavirus pandemic.

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No more lip service on UNSC reforms—it’s time to form an implementation roadmap

Most of the UNSC’s failures stem from the use of veto power by the P5. In a world that champions democracy, the UNSC is inherently the most undemocratic entity possible.

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.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

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?