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Thursday, 29 July 2021, 5:39 pm New Zealand’s medicines regulator Medsafe has given the provisional green light to the AstraZeneca vaccine, making it the third Covid-19 vaccine approved for use among NZ’s adult population. The viral vector vaccine is one of four purchase agreements the government has made with pharmaceutical companies. Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall said the country’s immunisation plan remains focused on rolling out the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. The SMC asked exp...

Kanpur, UP: The Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur, today said it has raised funding from ICICI Securities, one of India’s leading financial services company, for Mission Bharat O2 (MBO2), to support domestic manufacturing of

Fire and Emergency New Zealand Board Chair Paul Swain has congratulated five firefighters from Kumeu, Matamata, Dannevirke, Rotorua and New Plymouth who were named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list released today. 'We are very proud to see the

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Today’s Headlines and Commentary Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire early Friday morning that took effect at 2 a.m. local time, reports the Wall Street Journal. Israel said the deal did not involve any preconditions, while Hamas claimed Israel pledged to stop aggressive activities in Sheikh Jarrah and at the Al Aqsa mosque. The U.S., Egypt, Qatar and a number of European nations assisted in the cease-fire agreement. More than 200 people died in the fighting, most of whom were from Gaza. ...

The Lawfare Podcast: The Christchurch Call, Two Years On In March 2019, a shooter carried out two mass killings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, livestreaming the first shooting on Facebook. Two months later, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron convened the Christchurch Call—a commitment joined by both governments and technology companies “to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online.” It’s now been two years since the Ch...

CYTREC Represented at Christchurch Call Second Anniversary Summit Lecturer in Law and member of the Cyber Threats Research Centre, Dr Katy Vaughan, has represented CYTREC and the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law at the Christchurch Call Second Anniversary Summit. The Christchurch Call came into existence in response to the horrific terrorist events that took place in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President...