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TopicCovid vaccines

Topic: Covid vaccines

Moderna vaccine effective in 12-17 year-olds, could become 2nd shot approved for teens in US

Moderna says its vaccine showed 93-100% efficacy in preventing symptomatic Covid in a study of teenagers, and no significant safety concerns were observed.

WHO chief thanks India, South Africa for initiative to waive ITRIPS rules for Covid products

In his opening remarks to the World Health Assembly, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on nations to share doses through Covid Vaccine Global Access (COVAX).

Cost of vaccination will hurt already creaking budgets of Indian states

States will have to foot about Rs 36,640 crore or more in vaccination costs after the Modi government suddenly made them responsible for inoculating most adults from 1 May.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.