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Friday, August 22, 2025
TopicVaccine shortage

Topic: vaccine shortage

EU’s non-inclusion of Covishield for travel Green Pass discriminatory

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US lawmakers, governors urge Biden administration to send more Covid vaccines to India

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Roger Wicker and Congressmen Michael McCaul, Adam Smith and Ro Khanna were among those highlighting India's Covid crisis.

India’s goal of 2.16 billion vaccine doses between August and December seems highly ambitious

Local govts, health workers, and community, political as well as religious leaders will have to be incentivised to help vaccinate the most vulnerable.

India’s daily average Covid vaccinations dipped by nearly 50% between April and May

At 0.12% of the population, India's daily vaccination rate is the world's lowest. What could likely add to this is the increased gap between Covishield's two doses.

India is too strategic to fail. Support on Covid shows our diplomacy punches above its weight

The shipment of 66.3 million vaccines is a sign of India’s commitment to good global citizenship. It is this sense of unity that has come to India’s assistance today.

Covid vaccine patents can be waived without hurting firms like Bharat Biotech. Here’s how

It is time countries acted with a humanitarian approach at WTO and relaxed IPR provisions for Covid-19 vaccines. And it can be done without disincentivising R&D efforts.

‘Should we hang ourselves over non-availability of vaccines?’ — Union Minister Gowda

Replying to queries on vaccine shortages, D V Sadananda Gowda said 'certain things are beyond our control' and clarified that the govt has been doing its best.

Maharashtra suspends vaccination drive for 18-45 age group, Delhi runs out of Covaxin

While the vaccination drive appeared to be faltering in several states, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urged the state govts to first focus more on second dose vaccinations.

Young India wants Covid vaccines, but CoWIN just won’t let us win

Booked slots on CoWIN are a problem of the ‘announce-now, plan-later’ method that India loves so much. Millennials desperately want some of that vaccine maitri.

India’s Covid vaccine policy is bound to promote inefficiency, inequality

Modi govt’s policy for Covid-19 vaccine has thoroughly exposed both the failures of an incompetent state and the vagaries of the ‘free’ market.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?