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Covid: First XE and XM Variants Found in Gujarat

April 9, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, April 9: Preliminary genome-sequencing has revealed the presence of XE, a sub-variant of Omicron virus and considered to be by far the most transmissible variant, in Gujarat, according to top sources in the union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The patient tested positive for Covid-19 on March 13 and recovered in a […]

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Business: Indian supermarket chains to collaborate with Bhutanese companies

April 9, 2022 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) are exploring institutional linkages between Bhutanese agribusinesses and Indian grocery chains. Bhutan’s agricultural and organic products may become available in India, a niche market, through supermarket chains like Reliance Retail and Spencer’s Retail stores, officials said. Bhutan’s exports […]

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Vaccine Prices Slashed for Booster Dose in Private

April 9, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, April 9: The manufacturers of “Covishield” and “Covaxin” have decided to provide the Covid vaccines to private healthcare centres at Rs 225 per dose for administering as booster dose to all adult persons in the country. The decision was announced a day before Covid vaccine booster shots opened by the government for all […]

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Covishield in Private to Cost Rs 600+Taxes per Dose: CEO

April 8, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELH, April 8: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla while welcoming the government’s decision to open booster shots for all adults from Sunday at private vaccination centres, said Covishield would cost the recipients Rs 600 plus taxes. He said SII’s another product Covovax, when approved as booster dose, would be available at around […]

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Paid Booster Dose in Private Healthcare Centres Opened for All Adults from Sunday

April 8, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, April 8: The private healthcare centres will step in from Sunday to accelerate the process of administering booster dose of Coronavirus vaccine as the union health ministry on Friday opened the third doze for all the adults in the country above the age of 60. The health ministry on Friday announced […]

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Covid XE Variant: Union Health Ministry Contradicts Mumbai Civic Body

April 6, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, April 6: Within Hours after Mumbai’s civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) claimed to have detect the first case in the country of the XE variant of coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry rejected the claim and said present evidence did not suggest the presence of the new variant. The Mumbai’s civic body on […]

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Covid-19: First Case of New Variants XE and Kappa Detected in Mumbai

April 6, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, April 6: The first case in India of a new Coronavirus variant XE believed to be more transmissible than Omicron, has been detected Mumbai on Wednesday. A 50-year old fully vaccinated female costume designer, who returned from South Africa in February, has been found to be variant XE infected, the Brihanmumbai […]

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WHO Temporarily Suspends Supply of Covaxin due to “Deficiencies”

April 3, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, April 3: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has suspended supply of Bharat Biotech’s COVID vaccine “Covaxin” after it claimed to have found some deficiencies during an inspection last month. An official spokesman said suspension of the supply was decided to allow the manufacturer to upgrade facilities and address deficiencies found by the WHO. […]

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Roving Periscope: How the four Rajapaksa brothers ruined Sri Lankan economy?

April 2, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It was not surprising when Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa declared a nationwide public emergency late on Friday following violent protests over the island country’s worst economic crisis since its Independence in 1948. Sensing the emerging crisis in its southern neighborhood—nearly two dozen Sri Lankan Tamils had already arrived as […]

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Covid-19: Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal Drop Pandemic Restrictions

March 31, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, March 31: With the union home ministry officially declaring closure to all emergency restrictions for the pandemic from Saturday, many state governments have decided to drop the Covid-related restrictions including wearing of masks. Quickest to take the decision to do away with the Covid-related restrictions was one of the worst-hit Covid […]