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“Vaccine Production Can Not be Ramped up Overnight:” Poonawalla

May 3, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 3: The Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla has appreciated the all-round support the central government was providing to the largest vaccine manufacturer of the world but said it was not easy to ramp up vaccine production overnight to meet the entire demand of a huge country like India. In […]

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Operation Samudra Setu II: Indian Navy in Service to Import Medical Oxygen

May 2, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 2: The Indian Navy, which carried out Operation Samudra Setu last year to bring back approximately 4000 Indians who were stranded in neighbouring countries as a result of COVID 19, has been deployed again this time to transport liquid medical oxygen from various countries. Seven Indian Naval ships, namely Kolkata, Kochi, Talwar, […]

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SII Looking to Start Vaccine Production Outside India Also

May 1, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 1: As India on Saturday received the first consignment of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, the Pune-based Serum Institute of India claimed to be planning to expand its production capacity outside India also to meet the rising demand for Corona vaccines. In an interview to a London newspaper, the SII CEO Adar […]

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Covid-19: Government Ignored Scientific Warnings and Landed India in a Soup: INSACOG

May 1, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, May 1: A team of scientists have sought to puncture holes in the central government’s claims that the current upsurge in the Covid-19 cases in India was sudden and unexpected. They have pointed out that a forum of scientific advisers set up by the government had cautioned it in early […]

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Essar sets up a 100-bed Covid care centre with oxygen support at Dwarka

May 1, 2021 virendra pandit

Mumbai: The Essar Group on Saturday said it has set up a 100-bed Covid care centre at Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat, duly equipped with oxygen support, to be operated by the Khambaliya Civil Hospital. The centre, located at Kajurda village at Khambaliya, was virtually inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani while Poonamben Maadam, […]

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Covid-19 in India: Dr. Fauci suggests complete shutdown for a ‘few weeks’

May 1, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The top epidemiologist who tried to persuade then US President Donald Trump in early 2020 to clamp a nationwide lockdown to break the chain of the first wave of Covid-19, has now advised India to do likewise for a few weeks to contain the second wave which has turned the South […]

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Covid-19: Mass Vaccination from May 1 Certain to be a Non-Starter

April 30, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 30: The “mass vaccination programme” that is scheduled to be launched from Saturday to vaccinate all above the age of 18 against the raging Coronavirus, is certain to be a non-starter in most of the states. Even as the country is gearing up to start the world’s largest vaccination drive, […]

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Covid-19: Emergency Financial Powers to Armed Forces to Tackle the Situation

April 30, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 30: India’s armed forces were today granted emergency financial powers to augment their efforts in the battle against COVID-19. These new powers will help them operate facilities, procure equipment and resources, and perform any required urgent tasks. They will establish and operate hospitals, quarantine facilities, and to undertake procurement of Covid-specific equipment […]

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Bharat Biotech Reduced Covaxin Price to Rs 400 for State Governments

April 29, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 29: Bharat Biotech, the manufacturer of Covaxin developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday said it would supply the vaccine to State governments at ₹400 per dose, a reduction by Rs 200 per dose announced earlier. Bharat Biotech’s decision came a day after Serum Institute of […]

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Pandemic Preparations: Brickbats for Centre from Courts

April 29, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 29: As the pandemic situation in the country continued to deteriorate with record-breaking spike in the number of new cases registering every day, the central government on Thursday suffered more judicial reprimands for its lack of preparedness to face the “expected second wave.” Both the Madras High Court and the […]