- Sunday, May 19, 2024
THE president of India's ruling party has said that the country will get about 266m Covid-19 vaccine doses in August as a simpler licensing process has helped the government secure far more than earlier expected. Writing in a column for the Times of India daily, Bharatiya Janata Party president Jagat…
THE US has authorised an extra dose of Covid vaccine for people with weakened immune systems, as the country struggles to thwart the Delta variant. Emergency use authorization for a third injection of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines was granted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulator. "The country…
INDIA is in talks to buy 50 million doses of Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE's Covid-19 vaccine, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. A Pfizer spokesperson said it was in talks with the government to supply vaccines, but declined to provide further details.…
A NORTHEASTERN Indian state that has for years been a big transit point for illicit drugs originating in neighbouring Myanmar has launched a massive crackdown on the trade, seizing record amounts and arresting nearly 2,000 people since May. Assam, four of whose neighbouring states have open and rugged borders with…
INDIA's drugs regulator has given approval to study the mixing of Covaxin and Covishield vaccine doses. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has accepted a proposal to conduct a study by mixing two different Covid-19 vaccines. The study will be done at Christian Medical College in Tamil Nadu's Vellore.…
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi has announced that India has relaxed the rules of a scheme to provide easy access to cooking gas that will benefit millions more poor people in the country. The move could mean an increase in India's imports of liquefied petroleum gas, reports said. India in 2016…
AN artificial pancreas trial currently running in the UK will help the healthcare sector leap to a new digital era, the NHS national speciality adviser for diabetes has said. As many as 1,000 NHS patients with type 1 diabetes are taking part in a study where their blood sugar levels…
INDIAN AMERICAN Yamini Rangan has been named as the CEO of US-based software firm HubSpot, effective September 7. Now, she is the chief customer officer of the company. She will succeed co-founder and current CEO Halligan who will become executive chairman of the company, a statement said. Rangan said: “It’s the…
THE Modi government on Tuesday (10) told the Delhi High Court that Twitter was prima facie in compliance with the new IT rules in the country. The social media giant has recently appointed a chief compliance officer (CCO), resident grievance officer (RGO) and nodal contact person on a permanent basis.…
AN Indian American Congressman has urged the Biden administration to do more by expanding its global vaccine aid programme to India. Raja Krishnamoorthi added that the US has allocated only 7.5m doses of Covid vaccines to India. His statement came on a day when the White House said it is…
