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TopicVaccine doses

Topic: Vaccine doses

‘No demand’: In Covishield’s home Pune, 1.41 lakh doses at private centres about to expire

Private hospitals in Pune municipal limits are staring at major vaccine wastage, blame free government drives and strict rules for booster eligibility and second dose gap.

New cholera vaccine, ‘drink’ made from GM rice, clears phase 1 human trials: Study in Lancet

Currently, 4 needle-free cholera vaccines are available but they all require cold storage. MucoRice-CTB is stable at room temperature, making its distribution potentially easier.

Over 1.6 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses still available with states and UTs, says health ministry

Of the 21 crore vaccine doses that have been given to states and UTs, the total consumption, including wastage, has been 19,73,61,311 doses so far.

For vaccine-starved countries like India, delaying second dose turns to be a winning strategy

According to a new research, levels of antibodies produced to fight off the virus are 20% to 300% higher when the follow-up vaccine comes later.

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Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.