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.
As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?
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