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TopicCovid vaccine

Topic: Covid vaccine

FDA rejects emergency use authorisation for Covaxin in US

Bharat Biotech's US partner for Covaxin Ocugen Thursday said it will pursue full approval through a Biologics License Application, which may delay the vaccine launch in the country.

Ramdev’s somersault: After claiming doctors died despite Covid vaccine, he is now ready for shot

Ramdev says both doses of vaccine combined with yoga and Ayurveda will give 'robust shield of protection', calls doctors 'God’s envoys on earth'.

India, South Africa patent waiver proposal in WTO gained huge mileage, says govt official

Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan said that the text-based negotiations is the way forward and it means that the members have broadly accepted the objective behind waiver proposal.

Govt tells states, UTs not to share data on vaccine stocks & temperature storage in public

The health ministry in a letter stated that sharing the vaccine data on eVIN system is 'sensitive information', and advised to use it only for programme improvement.

Covid-19 pandemic: African nations dump vaccines over expiry date, Taiwan sees surge in cases

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Govt updates CoWIN website, allows users to make corrections in vaccination certificates

CoWIN certificates are used to allow access to various premises and a 'blue shield' with a double tick appears for those who are fully vaccinated after 14 days of the second dose.

Quad nations’ on track to provide a billion Covid vaccines to Southeast Asia by 2020

These vaccines were to be manufactured in India, but due to the unprecedented second wave, certain quarters are raising doubts if the Quad can meet its commitment by 2022.

Coal India writes to Modi govt for 1 mn vaccine doses for staff as Covid kills 400 workers

The world’s top coal miner, which employs about 259,000 people, wants the 1 million shots for staff and their family members. Just a quarter of the workforce inoculated so far.

With one speech and free vaccines, Modi is India’s messiah again. States blamed for failure

With his latest address to the nation, Narendra Modi once again projected himself as the messiah who swooped in to save Indians when state governments had seemingly failed.

Modi govt places orders for 44 crore doses of Covishield & Covaxin after new vaccine policy

The 25 crore doses of Covishield and 19 crore doses of Covaxin will be delivered between August-December 2021, the Union Health Ministry said.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.