The applications of Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India are under consideration, while that of the Indian arm of Pfizer has not yet been taken up.
As Beijing offers its own Sinovac-made vaccine to Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh, India takes steps to have a locally-made vaccine distributed to friendly nations.
3 firms have applied for emergency use approval, but no clarity yet on if people will get to choose a vaccine, or what the state’s role in procurement will be.
Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid vaccine outside trial conditions after it got the green light in the UK last week.
The recommendations on granting of authorisation will be made on three parameters — safety, quality and efficacy. The Drug Controller General of India will take the final decision.
After the nod from UK and Bahrain, the firm has sought permission to import the vaccine for sale and distribution besides waiver on clinical trials in India.
BioNTech’s shares have jumped almost 8% this week and are up more than 250% for the year. Sahin is now the 493rd-richest person on the planet with a net worth of $5.1 billion.
The view that bureaucracies are bloated with far too many employees preying on taxpayers money is a widely held myth. Research shows how significantly understaffed the Indian state is.
The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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