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State wants Haffkine to produce Covaxin
ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Feb 21, 2021, 07:05 IST
The Maharashtra medical education department has written to the Centre and the Indian Council of Medical Research (
ICMR) to allow the state- owned
Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited to manufacture
Covaxin, which is currently being manufactured by
Bharat Biotech.
State medical education departments secretary Saurabh Vijay said, “We have written to the central government to allow us transfer of technology so that Covaxin can be manufactured in Haffkine’s plants in Mumbai and other places. If they give us aid and transfer of technology, then we can upgrade our plants and start production in six months, and it will add to total capacity. We are awaiting a response from the Centre.’’
Uttarakhand flood: Scientists highlight the need to improve monitoring of glaciers
Gathering baseline data will help in understanding the hydrology, geology and climate change response of Himalayan glaciers. The site of a destroyed hydroelectric power station in Raini village of Uttarakhand. | Anshree Fadnavis/ Reuters
As authorities race to rescue people trapped in Uttarakhand, following a devastating landslide-induced flash flood on February 7, scientists have called for deciphering the possibility of glacier-related hazards and enhance the capabilities of monitoring and early warning in the high mountain areas.
Scientists in a review published on February 2, before the floods, stressed on improved in situ monitoring network for weather, hydrology and glacier change as a crucial requirement for predicting the future of this resource and associated hazards and their impact on regional water, energy and food security.
Scientific American
The disaster draws attention to the controversial hydropower projects in the Himalayas
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Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for construction workers trapped by flood debris at the in-progress Tapovan Vishnugad hydroelectric dam in Uttarakhand, a state in northern India. Credit: Sajjad Hussain
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On Sunday morning a wall of thick, concrete-gray water rushed down India’s Dhauliganga river valley, sweeping dams, houses and people along with it. The official death toll has reached 38, but nearly 200 people remain missing. Flood debris filled a 12-by-15-foot tunnel at a hydroelectric dam project, where more than 30 construction workers remain trapped despite six days of rescue efforts by nearly 600 responders.
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