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Private sector can be govt’s useful ally in Covid vaccination, not an adversary

At around 300,000 per day, the current vaccination rate is only a quarter of the 1.3 million per day that was estimated by the Modi govt in January.

Top WHO official backs Covaxin, says evidence maybe limited but India has every right to approve

Covaxin is one of two vaccines being administered as part of India’s Covid vaccination drive. It was given conditional emergency-use nod in absence of complete Phase 3 trial data.

India records 14,000 new Covid cases in past 24 hours, highest in 22 days

The recoveries surged to 1,06,78,048, which translates to a national recovery rate of 97.27 per cent and the case fatality rate stands at 1.42 per cent.

India beat Covid ‘doomsday’ prophecies, made ‘monumental strides’ in handling pandemic: ICMR 

ICMR, in its newsletter, lists achievements — from starting a multi-centre trial on plasma therapy to conducting national sero surveys — but says we must remain 'Covid conscious'.

Lessons from the thalidomide tragedy in 1950s for vaccine trials in India

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Slow vaccination deliberate, will soon rise to 70 lakh/day from 5 lakh: ICMR task force member

Dr N.K. Arora, head of the operations research group in ICMR task force, says the slow pace of vaccination was to understand 'hiccups' in the system.

Covaxin neutralises UK variant of Covid in lab setting, new ICMR paper says

Pre-print, non-peer-reviewed paper says Covaxin effective as it is made of a whole inactivated virus and not based solely on spike protein.

98.4% adults eat inadequate amount of fruits & vegetables, 1 in 5 overweight — govt survey

The Non-Communicable Disease Monitoring Survey report noted that 41.3% adults and 25.2% adolescents were not physically active.

In a pandemic, vaccine approval considerations have to change — top ICMR scientist on Covaxin

Dr Samiran Panda, head of ICMR's epidemiology department, also told ThePrint that ICMR publishes all its research findings, including data related to Covaxin.

India registers 18,645 fresh Covid cases, tally rises to 1,04,50,284

While the recoveries have surged to 1,00,75,950, the fatalities reached 1,50,999 with 201 more people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours on Saturday.

On Camera

How startups are falling into lenders’ debt traps

Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.