New Delhi: Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume and which is conducting trials of Covid vaccine candidates prior to mass production, took to Twitter today to highlight challenges in production and distribution. of vaccines in the country. “Quick question: Will …
Read More »Reliance Industries Raises Rs 7.5 billion from Silver Lake for 1.75% Stake in Retail Arm
Reliance Industries Ltd, led by Mukesh Ambani, said on Saturday that it has received ₹7,500 crore from Silver Lake Partners. The California-based private equity firm previously acquired a 1.75% stake in Reliance’s retail arm. On September 9, Reliance Industries announced that Silver Lake would invest ₹7.5 billion rupees in its …
Read More »Prime Minister Narendra Modi will highlight India’s role as a ‘pharmacy for the world’ and seek greater participation in peacekeeping missions in today’s UN General Assembly speech
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 27, 2019. (REUTERS / Brendan Mcdermid) In a pre-recorded video statement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will promote greater transparency in the process of inclusion and exclusion …
Read More »Paris stabs suspected Pakistani suspect, minister says
A young man stabbed two people on Friday outside the former Paris offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, where 12 people were killed in 2015, and a terrorism investigation into the new attack was opened, authorities said. The alleged assailant had been arrested a month ago for carrying a …
Read More »Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine Produces Strong Immune Response in Initial Trial
A single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response against the new coronavirus in an early to mid-stage clinical trial, according to interim results released Friday. The vaccine, called Ad26.COV2.S, was equally well tolerated at two different doses, the results showed. A single injection, …
Read More »30 pm Today. Here is the agenda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the UN General Assembly annual summit today at 6:30 pm IST New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to deliver a virtual speech today at the annual UN General Assembly. PM Modi’s speech is scheduled for 6:30 pm. While the prime minister will …
Read More »India responded well in many respects, but positive spin on Covid-19, avoiding bad negative news: The Lancet
A woman reacts when a healthcare worker tries to collect her swab sample to test for Covid-19, in Hyderabad on September 23, 2020 (AFP). The British magazine stressed that India has the fastest growing Covid-19 outbreak in the world in absolute numbers, adding that not relying on science despite a …
Read More »SP Balasubrahmanyam’s mother tongue was music
There has hardly ever been a replay singer in the history of Indian films who can transcend the borders of regionalities and languages and move millions of hearts with his songs as SP Balasubrahmanyam always did. Affectionately known as SPB, he sang in 16 different languages, including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, …
Read More »In Manmohan Singh’s birthday wish, Rahul Gandhi throws himself at PM Modi
In this Dec. 14, 2019 photo, Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh interact during the party’s ‘Bharat Bachao’ rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. (PTI / File) India feels the absence of a prime minister with the depth of Manmohan Singh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi …
Read More »‘Lies, disinformation, warmongering’: India responds to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech to the UN
In a strong message, Indian delegate Mijito Vinito on Friday called Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s virtual speech at the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) full of “lies, misinformation and warmongering.” Vinito, who had left the room during Khan’s prerecorded speech at the UNGA, where the prime minister raised …
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