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National Metrology Conclave: The COVID-19 vaccination program is scheduled to start in India, PM Modi said. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday that the world’s largest inoculation campaign against the coronavirus will begin in the country, a day after the drug regulator approved two vaccines for emergency restricted …

HYDERABAD: Bharat Biotech founder and president Dr. Krishna Ella lashed out Monday at naysayers who criticized the speed at which emergency use authorization (EUA) was granted to Covaxin, the Covid-19 vaccine from the company. “We don’t deserve this backlash,” he said, urging people to stop politicizing the issue. Without naming …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually deliver the inaugural address at the National Metrology Conclave on Monday. The theme of the conclave is ‘Metrology for the inclusive growth of the nation’. The conclave, organized by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-National Physics Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi, has been completed …

The National Program for Enhanced Learning in Technology (NPTEL), a national coordinator of SWAYAM, has opened enrollment for more than 500 online certification courses, which are open to working students and professionals across India. NPTEL offers these courses completely free of charge, a joint initiative of the IIT and the …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the new year had brought a “great achievement” with the development of not one, but “two COVID vaccines made in India.” Speaking at the 75th anniversary of the National Physical Laboratory of the Scientific and Industrial Research Council, the Prime Minister said …

Covaxin has already been used in children older than 12 years in the last round. New Delhi: Bharat Biotech, which received emergency approval for its Covid-19 vaccine only in “clinical trial mode,” can conduct its trials in children older than 12 years. The vaccine has already been used in children …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India is about to start the world’s largest vaccination program, a day after the country formally approved the emergency use of two vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). . “The whole country is in debt to all the scientists and technicians,” Prime …

RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian association of private health clinics said Sunday that it was negotiating with the Indian pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech to purchase five million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, which India has just authorized for emergency use. The Brazilian Association of Vaccine Clinics (ABCVAC) confirmed on its …

India formally approved the emergency use of two vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as it prepares for one of the world’s largest campaigns and plans to inoculate some 300 million people on a priority list this year. India’s Comptroller General of Drugs VG Somani gave the green light for …

Dr Gagandeep kang, the vice president of the board of Coalition for Outbreak Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a global association that seeks to proactively develop vaccines for epidemics, and a professor at the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, discusses concerns surrounding the approval process of the two vaccines by DCGI during …