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TopicCoronavirus vaccine

Topic: coronavirus vaccine

Server hiccup, no slots, one crore people registered in 4 hrs — How CoWIN performed on day 1

Govt officials say the portal received 27 lakh hits per minute, adding they’re working round-the-clock to ensure it runs smoothly.

Rajasthan, which once topped Covid vaccination charts, is now left with stock for ‘just 3 days’

Daily vaccinations have dipped in Rajasthan from 5 lakh a fortnight ago to around 2 lakh now. Congress govt accuses Centre of not providing adequate supply of vaccines.

Modi govt in talks with Bharat Biotech to manufacture Covaxin in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu

Talks come at a time states and private hospitals claim there is a shortage of vaccines. The Rs 904 crore vaccine plant currently manufactures disinfectants and sanitisers.

India’s Covid vaccine export curbs will hurt poor countries more

India’s decision to pare back shipments threatens the Covax group’s plans to inoculate 2 billion people before the end of the year.

Over 6 cr Covid vaccine doses sent to 76 nations, 4.5 cr administered in India, says Vardhan

Addressing the media at Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan called for making the vaccination drive a Jan Aandolan (mass movement).

Delhi woman who turned 100 during pandemic gets Covid vaccine shot, says it was painless

Kamla Das was among many centenarians who were vaccinated in the past few days. Kewal Krishan, 107, & Tulsi Das Chawla, 104, — both born around Spanish Flu also recently took the jab.

Maharashtra allows Covid vaccination centres to operate 24×7 to speed up immunisation drive

So far, 21.25 lakh people have been inoculated against the viral infection in the state, a health official said Thursday.

Expect to see ‘something on Covid vaccines’ coming out of Quad summit, Blinken says

During a Congressional hearing, Secretary of State Tony Blinken said US is working to make sure that the country is a leading international actor in creating greater access to vaccines.

Covid vaccination approved for kin of armed forces personnel, veterans in service hospitals

The process is likely to commence next week after completion of registration of armed forces medical facilities on Co-WIN.

Global Covid vaccine plan can take a lesson from polio campaign

Polio triggered no pandemics, no economic crashes. Yet the large-scale campaign against what was once called infantile paralysis is arguably the closest precedent to today’s effort.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.