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Indian companies are spending billions of dollars to build infrastructure as the country wants to raise the share of gas in its energy mix to 15% by 2030 from about 6% now.
Approval of COVID vaccine lends strength to optimism on health, eco fronts: FinMin report
India, the report said, ”has been successful in bending the COVID-curve till now, with reducing weekly/daily infections, rising recovery rate (now at around 95 per cent) and one of the world’s lowest case fatality rates”. The downside risk, however, remains due to the spread of the UK variant and fatigue from social distancing guidelines, it said, adding the emphasis on continued observation of ‘COVID appropriate’ behaviour with the due exercise of caution and surveillance needs to be sustained.
Indian vaccine makers end spat, pledge ‘smooth rollout’ of COVID-19 shots
The approval for Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN, developed with a government research body, faced criticism from industry experts and others as the company has yet to release efficacy and safety data, and it still has a Phase III trial underway.
Ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccine within 10 days of emergency use authorisation: Govt
Bhushan further said that Co-WIN has the facility of automated session allocation, Aadhaar authentication to prevent malpractice, creation of Unique Health ID for willing beneficiaries, reporting and tracking of adverse events following immunization, if any, SMSes in 12 languages to guide beneficiaries and vaccinators, QR code-based vaccination certificate issued after all doses, DigiLocker integrated for data retrieval and storing QR code-based certificate, 24×7 Helpline including IT professionals.
Committed to protect interest of NPS subscribers: Govt
“It is stated that the introduction of National Pension System (NPS) was a policy decision of the government of India in view of the increasing pension liability of the government,” said the letter issued to Patel by the department, which comes under the Finance Ministry.
Union Budget on Feb 1, Parliament session starts Jan 29
Bharat Biotech says approved COVID shot trials ‘honest’
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan clarified on Twitter on Sunday that the emergency use approval for COVAXIN was “in clinical trial mode”, wherein all recipients of the vaccine would be tracked and monitored as if they were in trial.
2020 was 8th warmest year since 1901, past two decades saw highest temperature rise: IMD
The IMD said the past two decades — 2001-2010 and 2011-2020 — were also the warmest decades on record with anomalies of 0.23 degree Celsius and 0.34 degree Celsius respectively, indicating the overall rising temperature.
Coronavirus vaccine to cost $3-4 to govt; $6-8 in private market: SII
“We want the vaccine to be affordable and accessible to all. The government of India will receive it at a far more affordable price of USD 3-4, since they will be buying in a larger volume,” said Adar Poonawalla,CEO,Serum Institute of India,
Sufficient Covid-19 Vaccines For First Phase Of Vaccination Drive: V K Paul
“Our first phase (of vaccination) comprises priority groups with a high risk of mortality and our healthcare and frontline workers. For them, we believe, we have enough (Covid-19 vaccine) stockpile,” V K Paul,Chairman of National Expert Group On Vaccine Administration for Covid-19, told PTI in an interview.