The current debate on the most significant urban renewal project of our nation since Independence — the redevelopment of the Central Vista — has, unfortunately, drifted away from substanti
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1 Opportunity Lost: Early leads of 2020, when SII and Bharat Biotech announced vaccines, could have helped India become vaccine-sufficient. Tribune photo
Dinesh C Sharma
Science Commentator
Ablack-and-white image of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Health Minister in Nehru’s Cabinet, receiving a box of penicillin at the Palam Airport surfaced on WhatsApp groups in February this year. The consignment was a gift from the Canadian Red Cross to fight infectious diseases. The picture was juxtaposed with the news of Canada seeking the Covid-19 vaccine from India in 2021. The allusion was that while India was dependent on western countries for medicines in 1947, those very donors are now depending on India for vaccines.
Why This 31-Year-Old Gallerist Is Partnering With Christie s To Auction NFTs
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Share to Linkedin Blockchain technology, when applied to art, actually helps the traditional art market, says gallerist and activist Amar Singh.
Amar Singh
Amar Singh built a career, and his eponymous London art gallery, with one goal in mind: to uplift women and LGBTQ+ post-war and contemporary artists.
After four years spent quietly investing in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), on Friday Singh partners with anonymous feminist art group Rewind Collective and Christie’s to auction off 11 original paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Yvonne Thomas and Lynne Mapp Drexler, among others. Each work will be sold with an NFT accompaniment by Rewind Collective. Bidding starts at $100 per work, though Singh expects each piece will fetch at least six-figures.
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Expert panel defers decision on Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, wants more data The wait for Sputnik V in India got a little longer as the expert panel reviewing the application has sought more data on safety, efficacy, and logistics. A source close to the development said, “No approval was given to Sputnik V on Thursday. Some queries have been asked on safety, efficacy, and logistics, which the firm will have answers to at the next meeting.”
Footfall increases as 45-plus Covid-19 vaccination drive takes off Tucked away in a corner on the eighth floor of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur outpatient block at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, people excitedly queue up next to a photo booth that proudly exclaims: ‘I got my Covid-19 vaccine today!’ Wearing green wrist bracelets that signify their vaccination status they pose happily for friends and families to have their pictures clicked. In another corner, nursing officers turn people away, asking them