NEW DELHI — When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in India, there were fears it would sink the fragile health system of the world’s second-most populous country. Infections climbed dramatically for months and at one point India looked like it might overtake the United States as the country with the […]
India could approve Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 within the next few weeks, the RIA news agency cited India’s ambassador to Moscow as saying on Monday. Small human trials of the Russian vaccine have been ongoing in India, conducted by India’s Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (REDY.NS) and supported by […]
New Delhi, Jan 1: Continuing a 30-year practice, India and Pakistan on Friday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral arrangement that prohibits the two countries from attacking each other’s atomic facilities. The two countries exchanged the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the […]
NEW DELHI – Experts at India’s drug regulator were meeting on Wednesday to consider approving an AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccine for emergency use after Britain became the first country to do so, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. A representative of India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization […]
AHMEDABAD, India – Some Indian states on Monday began a trial run of COVID-19 vaccine delivery systems, with health authorities checking everything from their technology platforms to the storage infrastructure that will be required to inoculate millions. India wants to deliver 600 million coronavirus shots in the next […]
New Delhi, Dec 19: Days ahead of India taking up a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council, India and the UK have held discussions on issues that are on the world body’s agenda with the Indian officials briefing their British counterparts about the country’s priorities including reformed multilateralism […]
NEW DELHI – India’s government said on Friday it could soon start voluntary inoculation against the COVID-19 disease as it considers emergency use authorization for three vaccine candidates including those from AstraZeneca and Pfizer Indian company Bharat Biotech has also applied for emergency approval. The country recorded 22,890 […]
New Delhi – India’s wholesale price gauge marginally picked up in November, data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry showed on Monday, with prices rising 1.55% from a year earlier. The annual wholesale price index rose in November, mainly because of an increase in prices of […]
Mumbai, Dec 14: Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 250 points in early trade on Monday tracking gains in index majors ICICI Bank, HDFC and L&T amid persistent foreign fund inflows and largely positive trend in global markets. After touching its record intra-day high of 46,373.34 in the opening […]
NEW DELHI – India will deploy its vast election machinery to deliver 600 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the most vulnerable people in the next six to eight months through conventional cold chain systems, the expert leading the initiative said on Friday. The government has lined up […]
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