by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
BENGALURU: A top executive at an Indian biotechnology company defended its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, approved for emergency use by the government, and said it will produce efficacy data from late-stage trials by March.The vaccine, COVAXIN, received emergency...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News
New Delhi: The year 2020 was the eight warmest since 1901 but it was "substantially lower" than the highest warming observed in 2016, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday. The IMD said the past two decades — 2001-2010 and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Mumbai: Coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford will cost USD 3-4 per shot (Rs 219-292) to the government and will be priced at double that rate in private market ones such sales open up, said the CEO of its Indian manufacturer on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: India has enough stockpile of the Covid-19 vaccine for inoculation of priority groups, including healthcare workers and frontline workers, in the first phase, Niti Aayog member V K Paul said on Monday. Paul, who is also the Chairman of National Expert Group...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2021 | Articles, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
How to prevent the next pandemic? As 2021 begins with Covid-19 continuing its global spread, scientists have spotlighted three approaches to at least reduce the risk of pandemic potential diseases – screening animals, reducing land-use change and...
