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NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic took little time to expose inequalities and weaknesses in social and economic systems, which have threatened human development, requiring a greater need to work with and not against nature, said the UNDP in a report released Wednesday. The pandemic is the last crisis facing the …

NEW DELHI: India will have to spend between $ 1.4 billion and $ 1.8 billion on the first phase of a coronavirus vaccination program, even after receiving support under the global Covax vaccine exchange scheme, according to estimates by the GAVI vaccine alliance. India, which has the world’s second-highest number …

HYDERABAD: According to estimates of potential Covid-19 vaccine recipients in each state, Telangana is ranked 13th out of the 20 major states in the country, while Andhra Pradesh ranks 10th. Although the initial number of doses delivered to each state will depend on these numbers, there is no clarity as …

HYDERABAD: India’s first indigenous vaccine, Covaxin, managed to induce a robust immune response without any serious adverse events during phase 1 trials that were conducted on 375 volunteers, Bharat Biotech said in a research article. The company said that most of the adverse events seen during the study were mild …

The minister is admitted to the Medanta Hospital of Gurugram. Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, who is currently battling the COVID-19 infection, was admitted to Gurugram’s Medanta Hospital on Tuesday in critical condition, authorities said. The minister is undergoing treatment with Dr. Sushila Kataria, senior director of Medanta’s Department of …

Vote counting in crucial elections of local bodies is underway like traditional political fronts: the Communist Party of India (Marxist) led the Left Democratic Front (LDF), Congress led the United Democratic Front (UDF) ) and the National Democratic Party led by the Bharatiya Janata Alliance, sat down with their breath …

Indian markets climbed to new record highs on Wednesday, following strong gains in Asian indices. The S&P BSE Sensex rose 240 points, or 0.5 percent, to 46,500 levels. The index reached an intraday high of 46,592. Meanwhile, the wider Nifty50 topped the 13,650 mark. Mahindra & Mahindra was up 3 …

AMBALA: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, who was receiving treatment for Covid-19 at the Rohtak-based Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), was transferred to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on Tuesday night. Doctors decided to change the minister after his condition worsened after plasma therapy at PGIMS on Tuesday morning, the …

The global search for a vaccine to treat the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has entered a crucial phase with at least three countries – the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada – beginning to administer vaccines for emergencies. These are shots of the Pfizer Inc-BioNTech SE candidate vaccine, which has …

India has bucked the global trend and is showing sustained improvement in containing the Covid-19 outbreak, senior government officials said Tuesday, but cautioned that trends in other countries are also a strong reminder of how the situation may quickly get out of control even if a spike is contained. Speaking …