Anand Mahindra calls for emergency vaccination of all in Maharashtra to prevent economic impact of lockdowns
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“Over half the new daily cases (in India) are in Maharashtra. The state is the nerve-centre of the country’s economic activity (and) more lockdowns will be debilitating,” Mahindra said on Twitter tagging the handles of the Prime Minister’s Office and Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan.
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Automakers like Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) with facilities in Maharashtra haven’t seen any impact yet due to the partial lockdowns and night curfews but they are closely monitoring the situation, ET reported on Monday.
Anand Mahindra calls for harnessing pvt sector s capability to scale up COVID-19 vaccine distribution
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Last Updated: Feb 16, 2021, 04:52 PM IST
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India has risen to the fourth position globally in the COVID-19 vaccination race behind the US, China and the UK. On the other hand, India has gradually seen a decline in the number of fresh cases of COVID-19, so also deaths due to the virus.
Mahindra further said, We need to harness the private sector s capability to scale up distribution rapidly. Widespread vaccination is our main hope against any new waves which are now a serious threat.
New Delhi: Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra on Tuesday called for harnessing the capability of the private sector to scale up COVID-19 vaccine distribution saying widespread vaccination is India s main hope against any new waves, which are now a serious threat. In a tweet quoting a videographics that showed the global vaccination race against COVID-19, Mahindra said al
KT Rama Rao asks Centre to set up Covid vaccine testing lab in Hyderabad
The letter comes in the backdrop of India’s first indigenous vaccine against Covid-19, Covaxin, having been developed in Hyderabad by Bharat Biotech.
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HYDERABAD: Telangana Industries Minister KT Rama Rao on Wednesday reiterated his request to the Central government for the establishment of a Vaccine Testing and Certification Laboratory in Hyderabad, on the lines of Central Drug Laboratory in Kasauli.
He made the request via a letter addressed to Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan.