Covovax approval welcome news for Covax distribution scheme as Novavax & Serum Institute of India, which produces Covovax under license, have pledged to provide it with 1.1 billion doses.
Pune-based Serum Institute is manufacturing the vaccine apart from the AstraZeneca vaccine Covishield. Covovax could be available by September this year.
Novavax Monday announced that its vaccine was 90.4 per cent effective in preventing mild and moderate Covid in a large trial in the US and Mexico and prevented all severe disease.
In a tweet, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said, "Our partnership for a Covid-19 vaccine with Novavax has also published excellent efficacy results.”
India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
The aircraft was undertaking a manoeuvre when it plummeted to the ground and burst into a ball of flame. Visuals suggest that the pilot was unable to eject.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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