As children are anticipated to be highly susceptible to get infected with Covid-19 in the upcoming third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, 20 children in Karnataka have been vaccinated with the Zydus Cadila vaccine ZyCoV-D as a part of the phase 3 clinical trials to assess the efficacy. From the total count of 1,700 volunteers…
India on Wednesday gave approval to the first kit for home testing of Covid-19, thereby permitting the masses of the country to purchase the kit at Rs 250., which will give the results within a short span of 15 minutes. Pune-based Mylab Discovery Solutions Ltd. has developed the home testing kit, which is Rapid Antigen…
With mucormycosis commonly known as black fungus spreading like never before, the antifungal drug Amphotericin-B used for its treatment is at a severe shortage in the country. The Centre assured to resolve the shortage at the earliest with the new drug approval granted to five pharmaceutical companies for production of the drug, according to the…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday revealed that the India-China ties are at crossroads and New Delhi is not able to come to terms with Beijing regarding mutual cooperation as border conflicts persist at the LAC. The External Affairs Ministry (EAM) mentioned that the process of disengagement of Indian and Chinese troops at the…
Union Commerce and Industry minister Piyush Goyal has written to Valdis Dombrovskis last week to begin the trade and investment negotiations after a decision in this regard was taken at the India-EU Leaders Summit dated on May 8. This would consist of establishing negotiation groups on different tracks and to commence formal engagement by the…
The Centre on Wednesday declared that overall 5,86,29,000 doses of vaccines against Covid-19, which includes Covishield and Covaxin will be delivered to the states and the Union territories without any charges from May 1 to June 15. The notice also stated that the States also have the option of buying 4,87,55,000 doses of the Covid-19…
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday iterated that more pharmaceutical companies should be given the allowance for manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines for the requirement of the country during the pandemic crisis. During a virtual meeting, Gadkari said, “If the demand of the vaccine is more than the supply, it creates the problem. So, instead of one…
China has been extremely supportive towards the proposal by India and South Africa regarding a temporary waiver of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for vaccines against Covid-19, and said that it is inclined to all the measures which ensure fair access to the vaccines. Zhao Lijan, Foreign Ministry spokesman stated on Monday, “China…
A week after Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa launched the OxyBus vehicles, the same will be operational within the next two days. And, for all the 20 buses to be functional for the masses, it will take quite some time. The delay has been due to the limitation in obtaining medical oxygen and other…
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa revealed on Wednesday that the decisions for extension of the lockdown in the state will be taken a day prior to the ending of the current lockdown on May 24. While addressing the reporters over the issue, Yediyurappa said, “The government still has time, we will hold discussions and a…
