India’s drug regulator, DGCI, has cleared emergency use of Sputnik V vaccine. It’s been developed by Russia’s Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology, which was set up in 1891. Sputnik will be the.
Covid-19: India needs its own version of Operation Warp Speed April 12, 2021, 2:09 PM IST
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A report in The Economic Times says that Bharat Biotech is working on a plan to increase its monthly production capacity of the Covaxin vaccine from the current 5 million doses to 12 million doses. Serum Institute, which manufactures Covishield, is reported to be working on a similar plan.
Iran has expressed outrage over a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility, which it called an act of nuclear terrorism. Coming just as Iran and the US were beginning to engage in indirect talks.
Russian vaccine Sputnik V is on the verge of getting emergency use approval in India. This development comes in the backdrop of states reverting to lockdowns to cope with India’s second wave of coronavirus. This.
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After India hits a new Covid peak in the middle of election season, political parties must course-correct in Bengal April 5, 2021, 3:36 PM IST
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India moved past its last Covid peak of mid-September on Sunday, when it reported more than one lakh new cases for the first time in the pandemic. While many questions remain about the comforting decline in the intervening months, new peaks will be no surprise to anyone who has been following the developments over the past month.