The SII has already told the government that it will be able to manufacture and supply 10 crore Covishield doses in June and is also manufacturing the Novavax vaccine.
The shipment of 56.6 tonnes of vaccines is the single largest import shipment of Covid vaccines handled in India to date, the GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo declared.
Dr Reddy's urged everyone to beware of unauthorised individuals offering fake deals or procurement of the Sputnik V vaccine and has has initiated legal action against any entities.
Apollo Hospitals will administer the vaccine from the second week of June. An official of the Apollo Group said Rs 995 will be the vaccine price & Rs 200 administration charges.
Delhi CM Kejriwal said the quantity of Sputnik V supply is yet to be decided. He also urged the Central govt to procure Moderna and Pfizer jabs to vaccinate kids.
The Indian envoy to Russia, Bala Venkatesh Varma, informed that Sputnik will be produced in three phases, the first of which is supply from Russia that has already started.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had floated global tender for procurement of 10 million doses of Covid vaccines. Extends deadline for receiving bids to 25 May.
Dubai-based travel agency Arabian Nights Tours has been inundated with calls after a draft flyer of their Delhi-Moscow vaccine tour package was leaked on social media.
Dr N.K. Arora, who heads the Covid-19 working group of NTAGI, says once sufficient doses of Sputnik V are manufactured in India, the vaccine may be given to all age groups.
For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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