Pharmaceutical giant Zydus Cadila has revealed to the Centre that it will file for emergency use authorization (EUA) for its vaccine candidate ZyCoV-D vaccine in the span of the next seven-eight days. The vaccine will be the second indigenous vaccine to apply for authorization and be the first DNA vaccine in the world against the…
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated on Friday that the Union Government is prepared to restart the discussion with the farmers’ unions protesting about the provisions of the three controversial agricultural laws, though Tomar refuted revoking of the laws. Translation from Tomar’s Hindi tweet said, “The Government of India is ready to have a…
Air India Express on Friday ran the country’s first international flight with the entire crew vaccinated against Covid-19. The flight IX, 191 too off from Delhi to reach Dubai with the completely vaccinated staff. An official release by the airline stated, “Air India Express, India’s leading budget carrier, operated the first international flight from the…
The opinions of a group of medical experts have been compiled by the news agency Reuters, which projects India’s third wave of Covid-19 to arrive by October, adding that the third wave will be managed in a much better way than the second wave, and the Covid-19 pandemic will continue to be the health concern…
The state of Karnataka has registered 5,983 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 138 related fatalities as the caseload surges to 27,90,338 and the death toll goes to 33,434 as of Thursday. The day also marked 10,685 new recoveries, which makes the cumulative count of recoveries go up to 26,10,157. From the fresh cases registered on…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inauguratingg the Customized Crash Course programme for training the Covid-19 frontline workers as scheduled on June 18 at 11 AM through the mode of video conferencing. According to an official release from Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the launch will initiate the programe in as many as 111 training centres…
Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) is planning to launch Covovax in India till September, according to the people aware of the development revealed to ANI. Covovax is a type of Covid-19 vaccine developed by US-based firm Novavax. The SII further declared that it will initiate clinical trials of Novavax for children by the month…
Around 20 people which includes three Indians have been reported to be missing in the flash floods caused by heavy rains in Sindhupalchok district in central Nepal, according to a government official. The District Administration Officer (DAO) of Sindhupalchok, Arun Pokhrel, confirmed the information that 3 Indians and equivalent Chinese residents are missing from Tuesday…
According to a recent study conducted, anti-Covid-19 drug 2-DG developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has proven to be effective against all the strains of Covid-19 and simultaneously curtails the multiplicity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. As per the abstract analyzed by the news agency ANI, the preliminary study depicted that 2-DG drug…
A 100-bed Covid-19 hospital powered with solar energy will be instituted in Yelahanka, Bengaluru in a few days, as a measure to boost the health infrastructure of the city for the upcoming anticipated third wave of Covid-19. Union Minister DV Sadananada Gowda will be launching the hospital on Saturday. An NGO known as Doctors For…
