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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
TopicCovid-19 vaccine

Topic: Covid-19 vaccine

Sputnik V Covid vaccine shows 92% efficacy, says Russia’s health ministry

The high efficacy rate is based on 20 confirmed Covid-19 cases that were split across vaccinated subjects who got two doses and those who got the placebo.

Pfizer’s Covid vaccine raises hopes for others but key question could be of price

mRNA vaccines like Pfizer’s are usually more expensive and also need to be stored at lower temperatures

Health ministry red-flags Punjab’s high death rate, dipping test numbers in Assam, Rajasthan

The review meeting by Modi government looked at the 10 states that account for 60% of the active Covid cases in the country.

Why fewer people are awaiting a Covid-19 vaccine now compared to 3 months ago

As we inch closer towards a Covid vaccine, people’s reluctance is also growing.

Govt’s Covid expert panel rejects Dr Reddy’s proposal to lift restrictions on Remdesivir use

Dr. Reddy’s sought a change in regulatory approval status for Remdesivir injection from 'restricted emergency use' to 'full marketing authorisation'.

Dr Reddy’s gets drug controller’s nod to conduct human clinical trial for Russian vaccine

Earlier in September 2020, Dr.Reddy's and Russian Direct Investment Fund entered into a partnership to conduct clinical trials of Sputnik V vaccine and its distribution in India.

On Camera

Trump has called Delhi a big abuser of tariffs. India-US economic ties are about to change

How Trump responds to the growing Russia-China alliance and their anti-American diatribes will require some strategising among the Indian foreign policy and national security mandarins.

How Adani halving power supply to Bangladesh could land the country in ‘dire straits’

Bangladesh is already reeling from low coal-fired power production & inability to import enough coal, gas. Now, Adani has cut supplies over unpaid dues. However, this could hurt Adani too.

India, Bangladesh Army chiefs discuss issues of ‘mutual interest’

Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.

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.