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ZyCov-D Vaccine for 12-18 Age Group May Cost Rs 358 Per Dose

October 31, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Zydus Cadila has agreed to bring down the price of its Covid-19 vaccine ZyCov-D, the first vaccine cleared by India’s drug regulator for inoculation of those aged 12 years and above, to Rs 265 a dose following persistent negotiations by the government but a final deal is yet to be reached, official […]

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Healthy Individuals May Not Require Covid Booster Dose: Experts

October 31, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Healthy individuals in India may not need any booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine, several expert doctors believe. The Union Health Ministry has also indicated that currently it was not thinking about booster dose and was concentrating on vaccination coverage for all. Booster dose of COVID-19 vaccination might be an […]

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SC to Wait for WHO to Recognise Covaxin

October 29, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 29: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to wait and see if the World Health Organisation (WHO) gives emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin before considering a plea to allow people vaccinated with Covaxin to be administered two doses of Covishield. “Let us see if authorisation from the WHO comes or […]

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Weather: IMD issues orange alert, cautions Tamil Nadu on heavy rainfall

October 28, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued an orange alert for Tamil Nadu, and predicted heavy to very rainfall in Kerala and Pondicherry over the next few days. “A low-pressure area lies over southwest Bay of Bengal off the Sri Lanka coast, and the associated cyclonic circulation extends up to 3.1 km […]

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Covaxin: Oman Approves but WHO Seeks More Data

October 27, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 27: While the World Health Organization (WHO) further delayed approval for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of Bharat Biotech-manufactured “Covaxin” Coronavirus vaccine seeking additional data, its US partner Ocugen has submitted Investigational New Drug Application (IND) to the US Food and Drug Administration to conduct its clinical trials. The WHO, which on Tuesday […]

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Covid-19: China to reimpose curbs as pandemic spreads again to 11 provinces

October 26, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Bracing for a fresh and widespread outbreak of Covid-19, China has decided to reimpose lockdowns as the nation, suspected as the nursery of the 2020 pandemic, has recorded over 100 cases of Delta variant infections across 11 provinces over the last week, potentially jeopardizing the Winter Olympics scheduled for February […]

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Covaxin Approval Expected in a Day

October 26, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 26: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to provide a big relief to the “Covaxin” users in India in the next 24 hours. A technical committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) could recommend emergency use approval to Covaxin by Wednesday, the global health body’s spokesperson said. Margaret Harris told journalists […]

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Education: CBSE to impart hybrid learning to teachers

October 26, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will train teachers across its affiliated schools to equip them with tools of hybrid learning. For this purpose, the Board has collaborated with Tech Avant-Garde (TAG) and Microsoft Education as per the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) to train teachers for uncertainties like the Covid-19 pandemic, […]

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Covid-19: US lifts curbs on travelers from India, China, 31 other countries

October 26, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The United States on Tuesday lifted restrictions, effective November 8, on travellers from 33 countries, including China and India. US President Joe Biden signed a directive on Tuesday to impose new vaccination rules and lift travel restrictions for 33 countries. The US had clamped these curbs in 2020 to control the spread of […]

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Covid-19: India reports 12,428 new cases, lowest one-day rise in 238 days

October 26, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Tuesday informed that the 12,428 new cases of coronavirus registered in the last 24 hours, India sees lowest one-day rise in 238 days. The current active caseload of the country is now 163,816 which is the lowest in 241 days. Active cases in the country […]