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Sunday, July 27, 2025
TopicCovid-19 vaccine

Topic: Covid-19 vaccine

With Covid vaccine coming, Modi govt tells states & UTs to boost ways to report side effects

India began ‘Adverse Events Following Immunisation’ surveillance on mother and child immunisation in 1988, but Covid has thrown up new challenges.

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

Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.