Results of the trial of the vaccine is below the bar set by Pfizer and Moderna, but effectiveness rose to 90% for one of two dosing regimes, using half a dose followed by a full one later.
Covid-19 vaccines under development are injectable. Scientists are hoping for better immune responses with inhaled ones that directly target the nose & mouth.
The idea of challenge trials has gained momentum as the pathogen has spread around the world, but such tests exposing healthy people to the coronavirus also raise ethical questions.
Earlier this month, the Serum Institute of India had paused the clinical trials of Oxford vaccine candidate in India. On 15 September, the DCGI gave permission to resume the trial.
The Serum Institute of India was asked to pause recruitment for the drug trials on 11 September after AstraZeneca paused its trials due to a UK participant fell ill during the study.
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
Social media should remain a lively, irreverent, iconoclastic space. The only exception I can think of is the ugly threatening messages women – especially journalists – receive. These should be scrubbed clean by the platforms, with their own monitoring and promptly when complaints are received. In a few high profile cases, the police should step in, to act as a deterrent. 2. Mrs Gandhi told K Natwar Singh, when he joined politics, that more than a wardrobe of khadi, he needed to grow a thick skin. That is good advice for governments all over the country. 3. Police ko aaj kal kuchh zyaada hi free hand diya jaa raha hai. A touch of arthritis would be welcome.
All municipal bodies in India need to be making large, long term investments in augmenting water supply. To provide for growing populations and higher per capita consumption. There is in some cases an unsustainable reliance on ground water. Coastal cities will need to set up expensive desalination plants. Also a need to recycle waste water. Providing water free of cost undermines these efforts. In distant suburbs like Nalla Sopara, barely middle class families rely on costly tanker supply. None of them would mind paying reasonable rates for reliable, metered water supply. The citizens of Delhi and Hyderabad are not indigent to require free water supply.
Social media should remain a lively, irreverent, iconoclastic space. The only exception I can think of is the ugly threatening messages women – especially journalists – receive. These should be scrubbed clean by the platforms, with their own monitoring and promptly when complaints are received. In a few high profile cases, the police should step in, to act as a deterrent. 2. Mrs Gandhi told K Natwar Singh, when he joined politics, that more than a wardrobe of khadi, he needed to grow a thick skin. That is good advice for governments all over the country. 3. Police ko aaj kal kuchh zyaada hi free hand diya jaa raha hai. A touch of arthritis would be welcome.
Being able to store the vaccine in a refrigerator is a huge advantage over chilling it to minus 70 degrees Celsius.
All municipal bodies in India need to be making large, long term investments in augmenting water supply. To provide for growing populations and higher per capita consumption. There is in some cases an unsustainable reliance on ground water. Coastal cities will need to set up expensive desalination plants. Also a need to recycle waste water. Providing water free of cost undermines these efforts. In distant suburbs like Nalla Sopara, barely middle class families rely on costly tanker supply. None of them would mind paying reasonable rates for reliable, metered water supply. The citizens of Delhi and Hyderabad are not indigent to require free water supply.