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Potential Covid drug favipiravir to be available at Rs 103/pill at pharmacies by month-end

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Favipiravir, Japanese drug that’s the new Covid treatment hope your chemist will soon stock

Favipiravir, a drug approved for treating influenza in Japan & China, has shown promise in studies. But many researchers have urged caution in the interpretation of the results. 

Glenmark enrols 150 patients to test favipiravir, the ‘most sought-after drug for Covid’

The dosage frequency of the tablets will be 1,800 mg twice on first day, 800 mg twice on second day, which will then be followed for up to a maximum of 14 days.

India to test Japanese flu drug favipiravir on Covid patients, Glenmark first to start trials

Favipiravir is among the drugs under trial for Covid-19 treatment along with anti-malarial medicine hydroxychloroquine and the Ebola drug remdesivir. 

On Camera

Russia’s super-missile test shows a new, expensive technological race—with dire outcomes

The test raises a question. Why have Russian nuclear strategists now invested in the Burevestnik, when the US abandoned nuclear ramjet propulsion in 1964?

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.