- Sunday, May 19, 2024
THE GAVI vaccine alliance hopes the Serum Institute of India (SII) will resume exports of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from this quarter, earlier than the firm's forecast of the end of 2021. GAVI co-leads the COVAX facility for equitable distribution of Covid-19 shots around the world. COVAX suffered a big…
THE Indian government has slammed huge crowds at popular northern tourist spots, saying such "gross violations" of Covid-19 health measures could spark a new surge in infections. The vast nation of 1.3 billion people was hit by a record-breaking wave in cases and deaths in April and May that pushed…
VETERAN actor Dilip Kumar (98) passed away on Wednesday (7) morning. Last month, he was admitted to the hospital due to breathlessness, but after undergoing a successful pleural aspiration procedure, he was discharged. But, a few days ago, the actor was once again admitted to the hospital due to breathlessness.…
LABOUR MP Kim Johnson has accused the Metropolitan police of institutional racism after she and her family were stopped by officers in central London last month, reported The Guardian. The MP said they had arrived in Covent Garden near the end of the England v Scotland Euro 2020 match when…
THE second wave of Covid-19 has pushed rural India into deeper debt as the pandemic wiped out work for a majority of the people. The coronavirus and a lockdown aimed at stopping it last year saw millions of people thrown out of jobs in cities and towns and forced back to…
AN analysis of Indian government data has revealed that the country's Covid-19 deaths relative to infections hit a record high in June after cases peaked in early May. There is mounting pressure on authorities to accurately report deaths from a second wave of the virus. A big rise in infections in…
INDIAN Army chief has met UK’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as part of the former's two-day visit to the UK. General M M Naravane and General Sir Nicholas Carter have exchanged views on defence cooperation between the two countries, reported the PTI. Indian Army chief will also meet UK…
THE US-based Indian American support organisation IMPACT has welcomed the Recognizing America’s Children Act in the House of Representatives. The act was introduced by Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), which would provide a pathway to permanent residency for over 200,000 Documented Dreamers, a vast majority of whom…
GERMANY's health agency has said that it would lift a ban on most travellers from the UK, India and three other countries hit by the Delta variant of Covid-19. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said India, Nepal, Russia, Portugal and the UK, currently listed as so-called virus variant countries, would…
INDIAN AMERICAN Sirisha Bandla will become the second Indian-born woman to fly into space, after Kalpana Chawla. Bandla will be one of the six space travellers aboard ‘VSS Unity’ of Virgin Galactic, scheduled to blast off to space on July 11 from New Mexico. Born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and…
