Medical news site STAT had cited internal documents to allege that Bharat Biotech had taken ‘questionable’ steps under political pressure to speed up development of Covaxin.
In India’s Vaccine Growth Story, Sajjan Singh Yadav writes how the British rulers, concerned about the mounting deaths of their personnel, set up several laboratories across India.
Pristine Biologicals, a subsidiary of Indian Immunologicals, has set up a new facility in Dargaville, New Zealand, to produce bovine serum, which is derived from cattle blood.
Amid the fear of Omicron, we usher in 2022 with 63 per cent of Indians being fully vaccinated, 90 per cent having at least one dose of the vaccine. And more caution.
The typhoid fever, caused by H58 Salmonella Typhi, a type of bacteria that has become resistant to multiple drugs, is an increasing public health threat in sub-Saharan Africa.
Prime Minister Modi also praised Himachal Pradesh for becoming the first state to administer the first dose of Covid vaccine to all eligible people despite logistic difficulties.
When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.
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.
The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.
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?
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