At the 76th UN General Assembly session Wednesday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said use of vaccines as a 'tool for immigration control will be a truly retrogressive step'.
MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar says he is not speaking on behalf of Modi govt but notes UK govt decision is simply a case of country doing what's in its best interest.
Travelling from India to UK is not going to get easier from 4 Oct, despite most Indians receiving Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Jaishankar meets counterpart, asks for resolution.
SII has enhanced the manufacturing capacity of Covishield to more than 20 crore doses per month, and the latest consignment ordered by Centre is to be supplied by December.
ICMR analysis, based on outcome of all vaccines administered in India till 15 August, is important because India has among the longest gaps between Covishield doses.
The Lancet study suggests an increased gap between Covishield doses could be good news, adds that booster shot can be taken about 9 months after both doses.
Modi govt, which projected 15 crore doses would be available in August, managed to achieve its 1 crore-doses-a-day plan last week. Meanwhile, Covaxin production lags.
India’s counter-terror focus must go beyond organised modules to include individual radicalisation, mental health-linked violence, and spontaneous attacks in public spaces.
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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