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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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Topic: COVID-19

This all-women Bengal team is ‘smashing stereotypes’, helping patients with food & medicine

This Covid aid group is led by two govt school teachers, Monisha Banerjee, who is also the principal of a government school at Rampurhat, and Barnali Basu.

Covid flip-flops, ‘friendship’ with top Chinese scientist — what Anthony Fauci emails reveal

Washington Post, Buzzfeed News and CNN accessed over 3,000 pages of emails, between January and June 2020. Documents show how the top US expert handled the pandemic.

Increase in Covid vaccine manufacturing capacity in India can be a game changer, US says

The US has so far contributed $500 million to India in Covid assistance. On Thursday, Biden administration announced it will send 25 million vaccines to other countries, including India.

Govt’s vaccination policy leaves Persons with Disabilities behind. We need Census-type energy

From Canada to UAE to Chile, Persons with Disabilities are getting home vaccinated. In India, there was no priority vaccination scheme for us.

BRICS with a Capital C: How Covid robbed members of economic advantage

Vaccine manufacturers China and Russia never came forward to share the formula with or waive IPR for other BRICS members. So much for the cooperation in the Covid fight.

US removes Defense Production Act ratings on AstraZeneca, Novavax, Sanofi vaccines

The move will allow US-based companies that supply these vaccine manufacturers to make their own decisions on which orders to fulfill first.

7,000 cases/day to 2,600 — how this IAS officer turned it around for Chennai in a fortnight

From starting at-home vaccination for people with disabilities, to a taxi ambulance service, Gagandeep Singh Bedi has stood true to his image as ‘Mascot of Disaster Management’.

Centre taking best efforts to build up vaccine stock, says MEA spokesperson

Govt is engaged with US vaccine manufacturers and the Biden administration to ensure all materials for domestic production in India, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.

Plea filed in Delhi HC seeking stay on phase 2/3 clinical trials of Covaxin on children

The petition has raised an apprehension that the children who would be part of the trial could suffer adverse health or mental effects due to the testing of the vaccine on them.

India looking forward to WHO’s nod for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, says Foreign Secretary

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla Thursday said the govt has worked with key partners to ease regulatory disruptions to vaccine supply chains through diplomatic interventions.

On Camera

Goa’s torture chamber is now a cultural hub. Aguad Jail’s dark past is the new go-to place

Aguad has many reminders of the price of freedom, such as the wall of plaques commemorating fallen fighters and the solitary cell of TB Cunha, the ‘Father of Goan Nationalism’.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?