Inside the Indian Serum Institute at the centre of Britain s Covid vaccine supply
The Poonawalla group has been affected by the Indian government s decision to block exports of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Britain
18 March 2021 • 9:14am
From his baronial boardroom in Pune, Adar Poonawalla can look out upon the perfectly manicured turf of India’s biggest stud farm. Over the years, the family’s racehorses have won the Indian Derby 10 times. These days, however, the thoroughbreds gambolling across the paddock beneath his window may be the last thing on his mind.
Poonawalla is chief executive of Serum Institute of India (SII), now the world’s largest manufacturer of Covid vaccines, which has been running full tilt to produce 50m doses per month of the AstraZeneca/University of Oxford jab.
https://www.afinalwarning.com/483939.html (Natural News) Scientists from the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) are investigating a mysterious radio signal emanating from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the solar system.
Researchers working on Breakthrough Listen, a project devoted to the search for alien civilizations, detected the signal in April or May this year using the Parkes radio telescope in Australia. They have since been hard at work deciphering its cause. Though it likely has a mundane explanation, the researchers are intrigued about the signal’s very peculiar nature.
The beam, which has not been spotted again since its detection, appears to have come from Proxima Centauri. The red dwarf sits around 4.2 light-years from Earth and has two known planets orbiting it. Along with an apparent shift in the signal’s frequency, its direction may indicate the presence of a third planet or even hint at the existence of an advanced
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Former Vice President Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th U.S. president today as the country surpasses 400,000 deaths due to COVID-19.
President Biden’s first 100 days in office a notable period for new U.S. leaders to turn their political promises into policies and define a governing style will be marked by a plethora of executive orders addressing the coronavirus pandemic’s public health and economic implications, kickstarting his climate agenda, and targeting the reversal of policies implemented over the previous four years by the Trump administration.
20 January 2021 - Submitted by Olivia Powell Submitted by Olivia Powell on 20 January 2021
As the nomination deadline of 29 January approaches for the inaugural
Digital Event Awards, we talk to Dr James Morgan, chair of the judging panel, on what he will be looking for during the judging process.
What is your background in the events industry?
That’s a big question. I have been producing events for over 30 years both in the UK and internationally. My first event was volunteering as the chair of my local colleges’ Rage Day Parade. That was an experience of getting chucked in the deep end, although I was studying Hotelkeeping and Catering at the time – an events qualification didn’t exist in those days so I had to develop my own way of event organising.