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Topic: Covid vaccine

Corbevax is India’s ‘lowest priced vaccine’, saves exchequer Rs 1500 cr, Biological E says

Hyderabad-based Biological E has priced its vaccine at Rs 990 in the private market. For the government, however, the vaccine is at just Rs 145, making it very affordable.

India reports 30,757 fresh Covid cases, 541 deaths in last 24 hours

Daily Covid-19 cases have been recorded at less than one lakh for the last 11 consecutive days, while the recovery rate crossed 98% for the first time since 5 January.

Have PM Modi or ministers taken third shot? No word from govt a month into booster drive

By Monday, 1,73,29,125 precaution doses had been administered, including to over 80 lakh senior citizens. Govt has made multiple public appeals to take precaution dose.

Vaccinated people at lower risk of developing severe illness due to Omicron, US study finds

The study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that fewer hospitalised patients died due to Omicron compared to when Delta variant was dominant.

Protection against severe Covid better maintained with vaccines, shows study in Lancet

Researchers noted that the protection against infection seems to be diminished by seven months after the second dose but at different speed depending on the type of vaccine used.

India logs 67,597 new Covid cases, 1,188 fatalities in last 24 hours

Daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.02 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stood at 8.30 per cent. Active cases have declined to 9,94,891, according to health ministry.

Aadhaar card not mandatory for registration on CoWIN portal, Centre tells SC

The top court was informed by health ministry that one of nine identity documents including passport, driving licence, PAN card, voter's card, ration card can be produced for vaccination.

Dr. Reddy’s gets emergency use approval from DCGI for Russian vaccine Sputnik Light

Sputnik Light is second Covid vaccine to be made available in India by Dr. Reddy’s. In April 2021, DCGI granted approval to two-dose Sputnik V vaccine for restricted use in India.

India registers 83,876 fresh Covid cases, 7.25% positivity rate in last 24 hours

The number of active cases in the country declined further to 11,08,938, comprising 2.62% of the total infections. The national Covid-19 recovery rate improved to 96.19%.

Expert panel recommends emergency use authorisation for Russian Covid jab Sputnik Light

According to some conditions for granting EUA, the firm should submit safety, efficacy and immunogenicity data from ongoing clinical trials in India and Russia for a review to DCGI.

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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.