Splco emerging trend in bilingual online media
According to Emkay Global Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi’s vaccine share lower than Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra Indian states like Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Tamil Nadu are getting lower share of vaccine than their need as against Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra which are getting more, said integrated securities company Emkay Global Financial Services. In Read More…
Lancet international medical journal has called on the Narendra Modi government to own up mistakes, provide responsible leadership and implement a science-based response to steer India out of its Covid-19 crisis and “botched vaccination campaign”, describing some of its actions as “inexcusable”. The Lancet, in a commentary on India’s Covid-19 emergency, cited how the Read More…
The B-1617 variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, has been classified as a variant of concern at the global level by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO, said Monday that the B.1.617 virus variant that was first identified in India had been classified as Read More…
Nirmala Sitharaman said the GST on vaccines and drugs helped manufacturers claim Input Tax Credit to keep costs low. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that a 5 per cent tax on vaccines and 12 per cent on medicines and oxygen concentrators was necessary to keep costs low, after a new appeal by Read More…
The developers of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V said that their single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine demonstrated 79.4 per cent efficacy against the COVID-19 and it has proven effective against all new strains of coronavirus. Sputnik Light is the first component (recombinant human adenovirus serotype number 26 (rAd26)) of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Read More…
The counting for the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Election Results started on May 2 and is still underway. However, the latest trends indicate that the Samajwadi Party has emerged to be the front runner while the BJP has suffered a major setback. In the three-tier panchayat elections held in Uttar Pradesh, the ruling BJP Read More…
There has been an alarming rise in the coronavirus caseload and it is not coming down. Health services are proving to be inadequate to deal with the second wave. Under this scenario the government is busy preparing for the third wave, that is, the pandemic does not seem to be ending anytime soon. Read More…
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad has come into action mode on the present coronavirus crisis in Bihar After being released on bail, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad has come into action mode on the present coronavirus crisis in Bihar. The former Chief Minister and Union Minister is currently staying in his Read More…
The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the Centre to show cause as to why contempt not be initiated against it for failing to comply with order on supply of oxygen to Delhi for treating COVID-19 patients. “You can put your head in sand like an ostrich, we will not,” the high court told the Read More…
The scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur and Hyderabad applied the Susceptible, Undetected, Tested (positive), and Removed Approach’ (SUTRA) model to predict that active cases would go up further by over 10 lakh by mid-May. Active cases in the ongoing second COVID-19 wave in India may peak at 38-48 lakh between Read More…
