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Topic: Covishield

From medical supplies in lockdown to vaccine delivery now, this PSU is steering Covid relief

AAI Cargo Logistics and Allied Services will ensure vaccine shipments move quickly in and out of Pune airport to the designated 41 airports finalised for delivery of vaccines. 

30,000 volunteers, 60 sites — India’s 3rd Covid vaccine candidate ZYCoV-D set for final trials

Zydus Cadila chief Pankaj Patel says ZYCoV-D is easy to store, transport and inject. It can also be produced in large quantities, in a ten-dose vial format.

India to roll out Covid vaccines by 13 January, no plan yet to vaccinate children

ICMR chief Dr Balram Bargava says teachers should be the first to be vaccinated. He also says India will assist any country that wants to use CoWIN app for their vaccination programme.

India to follow ‘HCQ model’, will send Covid vaccines to neighbours after local demand is met

Officials say India 'will not be in a rush', and Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka will get ‘priority’ after domestic demand for the Covid vaccines is fulfilled.

After public spat, Bharat Biotech & SII jointly pledge smooth roll out of Covid vaccines

The joint statement comes after Bharat Biotech MD Dr Krishna Ella hit out at Serum CEO Adar Poonawalla’s comment that only Pfizer, Moderna, Oxford vaccines were effective.

Respect govt decision to bar Covishield export, expect nod in March-April, says Serum CEO

Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India, says the govt restrictions ‘will be eased out very soon once the most vulnerable population starts getting vaccinated’.

DCGI’s Covaxin ‘approval’ is political jumla. It reinforces idea of Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat

The Modi govt must not damage India’s competitive advantage in vaccines & pharmaceuticals through absurd benchmarks that will not be trusted by other countries.

Oxford trial ‘lousy’, we’ll be ready with 70 cr Covaxin doses this year, says Bharat Biotech

Bharat Biotech MD Dr Krishna Ella says they gave ‘excellent safety data tested on around 25,000 participants’ & their efficacy data will be available by February-March.

Tackling India’s vaccine hesitancy, and Modi’s ‘world topper’ trophy

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Thank you, Akhilesh Yadav. BJP can take its vaccine nationalism from here

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav erred big time with his ‘BJP’s vaccine’ comment. But it highlights how BJP is winning the battle of public perception in Covid management.

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India uses BRICS to push reforms—not to challenge the US

India has been pleading for long to bring reforms in institutions like the United Nations, IMF, and World Bank, which it believes are West-dominated and don’t reflect current global realities.

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.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.