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Monday, August 4, 2025
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Topic: Vaccine

India to develop ‘fully indigenous’ Covid vaccine as ICMR partners with Bharat Biotech

ICMR says a virus strain isolated at National Institute of Virology laboratory in Pune will be used to develop the vaccine.

Chinese study finds different immune responses in Covid patients, could help develop vaccine

The novel coronavirus triggers responses from both innate and acquired immunity in our bodies, which could provide leads for vaccine development.

Why I just volunteered for a Covid-19 vaccine trial

'Challenge trials' speed up the process of vaccine testing and might also help understand the natural immunity of people who’ve already been infected.

Researchers say vaccine for Covid-19 could be ready in a year, to look for ‘signal’ in June

Countries are working on speeding up the process for a coronavirus vaccine as the global numbers continue to rise, especially in US and UK.

Vaccine leader Moderna Inc. signs deal for 1 billion Covid-19 doses a year

The agreement is one of several partnerships being struck between drugmakers as they rush to bring protection against Covid-19 to the market.

Bill Gates says virus vaccine could take as little as 9 months

Even if it takes 18 months, that would still be fastest that scientists have created a new vaccine & 8-10 of the 115 current vaccine candidates look promising.

How we’ve lost time in the race for a Covid-19 cure

Despite much hype around several existing drugs, we still haven’t found a proven, evidence-based treatment for Covid-19.

How coronavirus vaccines can reach the market faster with the right incentives

Vaccine makers need to be encouraged to develop coronavirus vaccines and get them widely distributed as soon as possible. And it has to be worth their while.

Bill Gates’s coronavirus vaccine could be ready in 12 months

Bill Gates is funding production of the 7 most promising ideas for a vaccine but production will probably not start in September.

Total eradication of novel coronavirus almost impossible. But this is what vaccine can do

Scientists say about 50-70% of the population needs to be resistant for the virus to stop spreading and slowly die out.

On Camera

People of Assam, we’ll fight to the end until it’s victory for us: Nehru during Chinese invasion

On 19 November 1962, PM Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the people of Assam in a radio address and spoke of the resolve against Chinese attack, saying India won't tolerate this invasion.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.