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TopicCovid vaccine

Topic: Covid vaccine

Dr Dangs Lab ran screening, safety tests for all 3 phases of Corbevax trial: CEO Arjun Dang

Biological E's Corbevax is the first indigenously developed protein-subunit vaccine against Covid. Overall, it's the third made-in-India coronavirus vaccine after Covaxin and ZyCoV-D.

Over-60s with comorbidities don’t need certificate for ‘precaution dose’ of Covid vaccine: Govt

Healthcare workers, frontline workers and people above the age of 60 with comorbidities will be eligible to get a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from 10 January 2022. 

Covovax approval to strengthen immunisation efforts across India, says Adar Poonawalla

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Tuesday announced that the CDSCO has approved Serum Institute's vaccine Covovax for restricted use in emergency situations.

With polls coming up, only 40% adults in Punjab are fully vaccinated, lowest in India

National average on 27 December was 62 per cent. ‘Vaccine indifference’, strike by healthcare staff cited as reasons for pace of vaccination in Punjab.

Govt panel recommends emergency use nod for Covovax, Corbevax

The govt panel also called for granting nod to manufacture and market anti-Covid pill Molnupiravir for restricted emergency use for treatment of adult patients.

SMS alerts for 3rd dose, school IDs as proof for minors — CoWin chief on new vaccination phase

National Health Authority CEO R.S. Sharma says there is no clarity yet on which vaccine can be taken for the 3rd jab, adds that registration for children will begin 1 January.

Maharashtra district uses drones to send vaccines to remote village with rugged terrain

The experiment, which was successfully carried out Thursday, is probably the first of its kind in the state, Palghar district collector Dr Manik Gursal says.

China’s Sinovac doesn’t provide enough antibodies to neutralise Omicron, Hong Kong study finds

The initial lab findings may have sweeping consequences for the millions of people relying on the Chinese shot to protect them against Covid.

Why are you ashamed of PM’s photo on vaccination certificate, Kerala HC asks petitioner

Court said the petitioner is wasting judicial time and it will dispose of the petition if it doesn't find any merit. The plea was submitted by an RTI activist Peter Myaliparampil.

India considers ‘mix and match’ for Covid booster shots as calls for third dose grow

No decision has been taken yet on whether booster shots will be given, even as healthcare workers who got fully vaccinated in February near 10 months of vaccination.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

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.