WHO’s chief scientist called for ‘political will’ to fight the socio-economic inequalities that exist in access to healthcare, along with ‘a multi-sector approach.’
Absence of CCTV cameras was major hurdle in Soumya Vishwanathan murder investigation. Police started by questioning gang members and other criminals in areas near crime scene.
WHO's first chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan learned to deal with a room full of high-income nations. But her work as the chairperson of MS Swaminathan Research Foundation is just getting started.
In an interview with Bloomberg, WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan says it would be 'foolish' to drop precautions as a variant can arise anywhere and we'd be back to square one.
Covaxin had earlier this month received a certificate of Good Manufacturing Practice compliance from Hungary, which paved a way for another significant milestone for Bharat Biotech.
Swaminathan warned that it will be a chaotic situation in countries if citizens start deciding ‘when and who should be taking a second, third or fourth dose’.
Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist at WHO, says there is no scientific basis to claim that children and teens will be affected more in the third wave.
Speaking at the Global Technology Summit 2020 organised by Carnegie India, Poonawalla said the government can intervene and protect vaccine manufacturers from 'frivolous claims'.
In an article in The Hindu, Soumya Swaminathan also writes about the pandemic's impact on women and the lack of available data 'disaggregated by sex and age'.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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