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Govt to procure 660 mn more doses of Covishield, Covaxin at revised rates
According to the revised guidelines which came into effect from June 21, vaccine doses provided free of cost by the Centre will be allocated to states/UTs based on criteria such as population, disease burden and the progress of vaccination, and all above the age of 18 will be eligible for the free jabs.
Any wastage of vaccine will affect the allocation negatively.
Crop sowing lags in India, raising concerns over food grain output
Indian farmers had planted 61.19 million hectares with summer crops as of July 16, down 11.6% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare said in a statement.
Farmers typically start planting summer-sown crops on June 1, when monsoon rains usually reach India. Planting then continues until early August.
World leaders pledge to redouble pandemic fight at special APEC meeting
“The pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on our region’s people and economies,” the leaders said in a joint statement issued after a virtual meeting chaired by New Zealand.
“We will only overcome this health emergency by accelerating equitable access to safe, effective, quality-assured, and affordable COVID-19 vaccines,” they said.There have been over 50 million cases of COVID-19 within APEC’s borders, with over 1 million deaths. APEC-wide GDP contracted by 1.9% in 2020.
Collaboration between Delhi Police, DoT to help trace IMEI numbers of lost mobile phones
The project, which has been launched in Maharashtra and Delhi to facilitate blocking and tracing of lost and stolen mobile phones, will discourage snatching and thefts of mobile phones and also help check their resale, officials said.IMEI is a 15-digit identifier for each mobile phone used in the telecom network and according to the police, there have been many cases of cloned and duplicated IMEI handsets.
47 districts reported over 10 pc COVID-19 positivity rate for week ending July 15: Govt
PM Modi said the country stands at a point in its battle with the pandemic where apprehensions about a third wave are being continuously expressed. These states have accounted for 80 percent of new COVID-19 cases last week and 84 percent of deaths, he noted in his closing remarks, specifically mentioning the rise in infections in Kerala and Maharashtra as a matter of grave concern for the country.
DCGI examining Zydus Cadila’s COVID vaccine for children, says Dr VK Paul
The Centre in an affidavit told the Delhi High Court that pharmaceutical major Zydus Cadila’s COVID-19 vaccine may be available in the near future for children in the age group of 12 to 18 years. Zydus Cadila has concluded its trial for children between the age group of 12 to 18 and is subject to statutory permissions, the Centre added.
Alcohol linked to over 62,000 cancer cases in India last year: Lancet study
These cancers have well-established causal links to alcohol consumption, and the estimates of the direct associations with alcohol in the new study are the first of their kind for 2020.”Trends suggest that although there is a decrease in alcohol consumption per person in many European countries, alcohol use is on the rise in Asian countries such as China and India, and in sub-Saharan Africa,” said Harriet Rumgay of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), France.
2 vaccine doses given to police personnel successful in preventing 95 pc Covid deaths: ICMR study
“We would like to reiterate that our vaccines are effective and hugely safe. Pregnant women and lactating women should receive it. Patients with cancer and diabetes are even more needy in this requirement and here is real life data to show vaccine effectiveness to prevent deaths is huge,” Paul said.
Biogen Alzheimer’s drug hits roadblocks with some hospitals, insurers
Several Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plans, including those in Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, have said there is insufficient evidence of Aduhelm’s benefit for patients and they will not provide coverage for the drug.
Biogen said in a statement that the several Blues plans’ “characterization of Aduhelm as experimental and investigational is inaccurate and misleading.”
Vice prez stresses on importance of enforcing ”polluter pays” principle
“From panchayat to Parliament, all stakeholders must act proactively in protecting the environment,” Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said.
Highlighting recent disasters such as the flash floods in Himachal Pradesh, landslides in Uttarakhand and heat waves in Canada and the United States, he said these are instances of increasing frequency of extreme weather events due to global warming and climate change.
He stressed on the need to act stringently with violators of pollution laws and consider strict enforcement of the ”polluter pays” principle, the statement said.