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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicCoronavirus vaccine

Topic: coronavirus vaccine

Russia doesn’t really know whether its Covid vaccine works

The vaccine has reportedly completed only early-stage trials, and data hasn’t been made available for independent scientific review.

When will the coronavirus pandemic come to an ‘end’? February 2021

Scientists are wise not to offer predictions on when the coronavirus pandemic will end, for there are too many factors at play.

NEP’s invisible reboot button and immunity-boosting Rafale news

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Long term need in mind, Pfizer starts working on a seasonal shot for Covid-19

A one-time vaccine regimen may not be enough to ward off Covid-19 forever, since early trials haven’t yet shown that a shot can't prevent infection for an extended period.

Pfizer, BioNTech start later-stage trial of Covid vaccine with eye on October deadline

The move puts the companies closer to bringing the vaccine to the market. They clinched a $2 billion deal to supply an initial order of 100 million doses of a vaccine to the US.

How AI is helping reopen factory floors safely in a pandemic

It is becoming increasingly clear that Artificial Intelligence and Big Data will drive not only employee productivity, but also the safety of the workforce.

Russian group Cozy Bear is tied to hacking on Covid vaccine research

UK, US and Canada jointly announced that APT29, also known as Cozy Bear or The Dukes, was behind the hacking attempt, but didn’t identify specific victims.

UK accuses Russia of trying to steal Covid vaccine research

Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre said vaccine & therapeutic sectors have been targeted by APT29, which it said is ‘almost certainly’ part of Russian state intelligence.

India initiates human clinical trials in bid to fast-track Covid-19 vaccine development

Approximately 1,000 volunteers will be participating in the exercise for each of the two indigenously developed vaccine candidates, the ICMR said Tuesday.

Canadian company begins testing Covid vaccine derived from tobacco-like plant in humans

Medicago relies on an Australian plant that is a relative to tobacco and has a weakened immune system which can mimic the virus, to develop vaccines.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.