Covovax as Covid booster jab to be available on CoWIN soon

In view of rising cases of COVID-19 in various parts of the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is learnt to have approved the inclusion of Serum Institute's Covovax on the CoWIN......

DCGI approves market authorisation for Covovax as Covid booster dose

The Drug Controller General of India has approved market authorisation to COVID-19 vaccine Covovax as a heterologous booster dose for adults who have been administered two doses of Covishield or......

Expert panel bats for Covovax as Covid booster jab for adults

An expert panel of the central drug regulatory authority has recommended market authorisation for Serum Institute of India's COVID vaccine Covovax as a heterologous booster dose for adults who have......

WHO warns against use of 2 India-made cough syrups in Uzbekistan

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that two cough syrups made by Noida-based company Marion Biotech should not be used for children in Uzbekistan. In a medical product alert on......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

The job-eating economy

The October unemployment rate of 6.5 per cent is just the beginning. Author David P Bernstein notes that this 6.5 per cent is actually higher than the unemployment figures for all but one of the 10......

Highlights of the RBI Credit Policy

Following are the highlights of the RBIMonetary and Credit Policy for the year 2007-08: Highlights Greater emphasis on price stability and well-anchored inflation expectations while ensuring a......

COVID-19: FIFA to release $150 million to associations

IMAGE: FIFA's 211 member associations would receive $500,000 in the coming days as well as any remaining entitlements for 2019 and 2020. Photograph: FIFA/Twitter FIFA will release operational......