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By N SATHIYA MOORTHY As Congress President Mallikharjun Kharge has indicated, if he had been named the INDIA combine’s convenor or even prime ministerial candidate, he could well have heaped greater/worse shame on them by defecting as the leader of the heap. Before Nitish Kumar, unified Andhra Pradesh’s chief minister and the forgotten non-Congress, anti-BJP

In switching over, Nitish has sent out a message that if he could not now become the NDAs PM, then he would need to stay on as CM at the very least, which a third term for Modi would not let him have, N Sathiya Moorthy points out.

Government’s nudge to doctors for responsible antibiotic prescription is welcome. Medical community must also weigh in

“Include all those with cancer diagnosis in last five years for vaccination” Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA In the next phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive commencing on Monday, the Union government must consider including all persons diagnosed with cancer in the last five years, even if they were presently not on treatment and irrespective of age limits, said Abdul Ghafur, coordinator, Chennai Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance and consultant, infectious diseases, at Apollo Cance...

Drones can play a role in Covid vaccine delivery As we inch closer to the vaccine roll-out, the debate rages on about how to reach hundreds of millions of people in the most efficient way possible. It will be a gigantic task even though India has an established vaccination delivery system owing to its universal immunisation programmes. India has the world’s largest railways and road networks but a new, efficient method of transporting vaccines would be required, say Abhishek Chakravarty, an...

Coronavirus live updates | Over 100 experts from friendly nations trained for clinical trials of Indian vaccine Updated: Updated: December 18, 2020 07:51 IST The indigenous COVID-19 vaccine being developed by a partnership between the ICMR and Bharat Biotech generates immune response according to results released in a preprint paper titled ‘A Phase 1: Safety and Immunogenicity Trial of an Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine- BBV152’. Share Article Covishield vaccine being administered to a volu...

“Many even among medical community may not take COVID-19 vaccine immediately” As the country readies to implement its COVID-19 vaccination programme, vaccine hesitancy could be an issue that the government needs to address forthwith. The results of an online survey showed that there was considerable hesitation even among the medical community to take the vaccine as soon as it is available. In an online study conducted by Abdul Ghafur, Coordinator of the Chennai Declaration, and infectious d...