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SII anticipates emergency approval of WHO for AstraZeneca’s Novavax Covid-19 vaccine

The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) is waiting for the emergency approval to be granted by WHO at the earliest for Oxford University/AstraZeneca Coronavirus vaccine, which has been produced for low- and middle-income countries, revealed the chief executive of SII. On Thursday, Adar Poonawalla told to Reuters, “The emergency use licensure from the WHO…

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Bengaluru receives 20,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin for healthcare workers

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin’s one thousand vials have been received by state vaccine store, at Anand Rao Circle on Wednesday in Bengaluru with each vial of the vaccine comprising of 20 doses. The air carrier, SpiceJet flight SG 7555 had left from Hyderabad at 08:55 am on Wednesday and arrived at 10.23 am…

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Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautela will have a meeting with PM scheduled for today

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautela is scheduled for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday at 11:45 am. Chautala is going to discuss three Central agricultural laws and farmers issues with Modi, according to sources. The minister will also have a discussion on textile hubs, airports, east-west corridors, railway routes, as per…

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Centre passes approval of Tejas aircraft deal estimated to be at Rs 48,000 cr

The Union government took a major decision on Wednesday by passing approval for obtaining 83 indigeneously-developed light combat aircraft Tejas for the Indian Air Force (IAF) which is estimated to be Rs 48,000 crore. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh revealed the decision was taken amid a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) led by…

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Yediyurappa clarifies on induction of 7-8 ministers for cabinet expansion/re-shuffling

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa revealed about the cabinet reshuffling on Tuesday saying that seven to eight new ministers will be inducted into the Cabinet, though there has been a lot off build up about whether the Cabinet will have an expansion or reshuffling. According to sources, the legislators in the list are supposedly –…

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