The government opened up the vaccination drive to include everybody above the age of 45 on 1 April based on National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration's recommendation.
Last August, I estimated that Covid-19 will end its epidemic phase in India by January 2021. It appears that this prediction was not too far off the mark.
Results of ICMR plasma therapy trial, the world's largest, are expected to be published in British Medical Journal. Health secretary says digital IDs not mandatory for Covid vaccine.
A study in IJMR by a team at Homi Bhabha National Institute found that Covid cases in colder climates are more likely to develop blood clots, which increases the risk of death.
AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria also said cases are increasing in certain states and they will reach a peak later, but there is not much evidence of community transmission.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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