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COVID-19: Situation Grim, PM Reviews Medical Oxygen Availability, Centre to Import 50,000 Tonnes of Medical Oxygen Urgently

April 16, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 16: As India created yet another new record of reporting 2.17 lakhs of new Corona cases on Friday, one fourth of the world’s total caseload in a day, the country has started feeling an acute shortage of medical oxygen with the number of critical cases kept rising. India continues to […]

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Import License in Three Days to Approved Foreign Made Vaccines: Centre

April 15, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 15: As India for the first time crossed two lakhs mark in the daily new Covid-19 cases in the country on Thursday, fastest in the world to double from one lakh in just 11 days, the centre decided to further simplify the procedure and modalities to expedite the import of […]

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2021 Global food policy report

April 15, 2021 Vinayak Barot

(Mitesh Solanki) Recently Global Food Policy Report is published by the International Food Policy Research Institute. The theme of this year was “Transforming Food Systems After COVID-19”. Due to COVID-19 lock down was imposed and most of schools and day care centers were closed for longer period of time. Because of this several household shifted […]

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Poshan Gyan: Nutrition Information Digital Repository

April 15, 2021 Vinayak Barot

(Mitesh Solanki) A collaborative portal “Poshan Gyan” recently launched by NITI Ayog along with the help from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Ashoka University. Poshan Gyan is a National Digital Repository on health and nutrition. Those who are engaged with nutrition sector can access information about how to improve nutritional outcomes through Poshan Gyan […]

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Covid-19 Situation in the Country is Worrying,” Centre

April 13, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 13: The Centre on Tuesday said the second wave of Covid-19 has crossed the previous highest surge and the upward trend of the infections was a cause of concern. Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan pointed out that the trend in India’s Covid-19 cases trajectory in the second wave was “worrying.” “We have […]

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Russian Vaccine: Price Factor Unresolved

April 13, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 13: Even as the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given conditional clearance for emergency use of the Russia-made Sputnik V and its roll-out is planned by end of the current month, the price factor remains a contentious issue before India can hope to add the third vaccine in […]

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COVID – 19: India Approves Sputnik V for Emergency Use, Other Foreign Vaccines to be Fast-Tracked for Approval: Centre

April 13, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 13: India will have the third option in its basket of Coronavirus vaccines with the Indian regulator the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) approving the restricted emergency use of the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine late on Monday night. With this, India will now have three vaccines against COVID-19, including Covishield […]

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Expert Panel Recommended Sputnik V for Emergency Use as India Overtakes Brazil in Number of Covid Cases

April 12, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 12: While India jumped to second spot as the worst-hit country after the United States overtaking Brazil in the total number of Coronavirus cases on Monday, an expert committee recommended the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use to boost up the vaccination drive in the country. Reporting yet another […]

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India Launch “Tika Utsav” Amidst Record Surge in New Cases

April 11, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 11: Amidst yet another new record of highest daily Coronavirus cases with India topping 1,52,879 Covid-19 cases and 839 deaths in the last 24 hours on Sunday, the country initiated the four-day special “Tika Utsav” (Vaccine Festival) as announced by the prime minister Narendra Modi to give a fillip to […]

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Vaccine Shortage: Centre, States Play Musical Chair

April 10, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 10: Just as the All India Institute of Medical Sciences director Randeep Guleria blamed the lack of foresight of the Serum Institute of India in ramping up Covid-19 vaccine production in time, it was also no “rocket science” for the central government to realize that the drive for large-scale vaccination […]