Modi govt is in talks with Pfizer, Moderna and J&J to diversify India’s vaccine basket, which currently includes Covishield, Covaxin & the yet-to-be-deployed Sputnik V.
At press briefing, Joint Health Secretary Lav Agarwal says Centre isn't involved in states buying vaccines. Also said India’s Covid numbers are going down.
A sample batch of Russian-made Sputnik V has been at the govt testing lab in Himachal since 3 May, and is expected to take several more days to receive clearance.
Haryana govt has put tree-felling in a list of activities permitted during the lockdown imposed to slow down the surging Covid-19 wave, which has been extended till 17 May.
Taking a micro approach, Karnataka govt orders Bengaluru civic agency to set up Ward Decentralised Triage & Emergency Response panels for a decentralised Covid handling.
Nandurbar has stood out for its robust health infrastructure — oxygen plants, hospital beds, a central control room — all set up in anticipation of second Covid wave.
Delhi's second wave has seen huge jump in non-Covid deaths, indicating infected people are either dying at home or before they're confirmed positive, or after false negative tests.
The split in the EC came over the Madras HC’s censure and ‘murder-charges’ remark. The body was reportedly not unanimous in its approval for the plea on a gag order on media.
Modi's interaction with chief ministers is part of his exercise to deal with India's pandemic situation. He had Thursday spoken to CMs of 4 states and L-Gs of 2 Union Territories.
In a letter announcing his resignation, Advocate Mohit D. Ram wrote that while it was an honour to serve the EC, the current functioning of the poll body was not in consonance with his values.
My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.
SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.
Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.
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?
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