INDIA
Haffkine Biopharma to produce 22.8 cr doses of Covaxin per annum
With the aim of vaccinating the entire eligible population at the earliest, domestic vaccine production is being steadily ramped up in the country with the help from the Centre. As part of this initiative, three public enterprises are being supported by the Department of Biotechnology under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 Mission 'Covid Suraksha'.
Rahul Gandhi unfollows 50 people, including aides, on Twitter
He also unfollowed some party leaders who had passed away recently like Ahmed Patel and Tarun Gogoi. Now, Gandhi is following mostly political leaders. However, it was not clear about what lay behind his decision but unfollowing his close aides has been a point of discussion in Congress since his action.
GST was notified with horrendous rates of tax: Chidambaram
In a statement on Wednesday, Chidambaram said, "GST started as a good idea, BJP converted it into a bad law. It was notified with horrendous rates of tax." He said the law was applied as though tax-collecting officers were hounds hunting foxes and every businessperson was suspected to be a tax evader, the GST Council was reduced to a talking shop.
BBC tops chart of global panic superspreaders amid India's Covid waves
They have conveniently missed taking the reference of cases per million of population. Because if one takes cases per million or casualties per million, India is one of the far better performing country on the global map, Gupta said. With 176 "Fear Inducing, Hyperbolic, Critical or Doubting" headlines, BBC tops the charts of panic superspreaders among those in terms of volumes of biased headlines.
Infighting, alliance; key to Congress defeat, says panel
The committee was headed by Ashok Chavan and has members like Salman Khurshid, Manish Tewari, Vincent Pala and Jothi Mani. Sources say that the committee in its report has mentioned infighting, alliance and flaws in candidate selection as the main reason for the Congress defeat.
Government's target to vaccinate 1B people in 2021 'not possible': ICMR
While there are plans to significantly ramp up production of the Covaxin and Covishield vaccines, the target to vaccinate around one billion people may still not be reached this year, the experts said in a commentary published in the online journal BMJ Global Health. Only around 3 per cent of the population has been inoculated till now.
India reports 1.32L Covid cases, 3,207 Covid deaths in 24 hrs
On June 1, India reported 1,27,510 cases lowest since April 8. On April 8, India had recorded 1,31,968 cases while on April 7, India witnessed 1,26,789 fresh cases. Most Metro cities are still fighting huge waves, though Mumbai and Delhi have arrested the surge. Andhra Pradesh on Sunday breached the 15-lakh mark in recoveries.
India commits itself again to BRICS agenda
While the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) is an informal strategic dialogue between the United States, Japan, Australia and India to contain China's aggressive geopolitical policies, BRICS is a grouping of five major economies, including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Cancelling Class 12 exams a big relief: Arvind Kejriwal
After chairing a high-level meeting on Tuesday evening, PM Modi said: "Government of India has decided to cancel the Class XII CBSE Board Exams. After extensive consultations, we have taken a decision that is student-friendly, one that safeguards the health as well as future of our youth."
Lilly gets emergency use permission for its drugs to treat Covid
Bamlanivimab and etesevimab together are indicated for restricted use in emergency situation, IV route for the treatment of mild to moderate coronavirus disease for injection administration in hospital settings.
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