The events of the last few years shows that pessimism about where we have arrived and where we are headed is justified, asserts Aakar Patel.
Illustrious international thinkers met at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2021 and many discussions addressed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world at large.
Netmed plans to procure from drug manufacturers and sell to pharmacies it has tie-ups with, and to spread its network to all tier-II and tier-III cities.
Free Basics offers a limited version of the Internet on mobile phones.
'The majority of transmission will be via people who are within two metres of one another.' 'The closer you are, the more likely that you'll be infected.'
Daiichi Sankyo had entered into a licensing agreement with Sanofi-Aventis in 1993 for marketing levofloxacin (Tavanic) in Europe, Africa, South America and in some countries in Asia. Sanofi-Aventis is currently selling the drug in more than 90 countries under the brand 'Tavanic'.
The Oxford vaccine, which also has a tie-up with the Serum Institute of India, is expected to win approval in the UK before Thursday, speeding up the provision of the jab to the most vulnerable groups.
As India gets ready to roll out one of the largest vaccine programmes, billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday said his group is working with authorities to provide technology tools and backbone for mass inoculation against COVID-19. Ambani's telecom venture Jio was rolled out four years back, offering free voice calling and dirt-cheap data. Today, Jio is India's largest telecom operator with over 400 million users, each connected to the internet. At a Facebook event, Ambani said the government's digital push kept the country running even during the pandemic and is now helping in the rollout of one of the largest vaccination programmes.
Observing that the economic recovery was not yet fully entrenched, the RBI Governor said recovery is likely to be gradual.
The lawsuit, by four industry associations and 34 producers, seeks the court's direction to Republic TV, its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and reporter Pradeep Bhandari, Times Now, its editor-in-chief Rahul Shivshankar and group editor Navika Kumar and unknown defendants as well as social media platforms to refrain from making or publishing allegedly irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks against Bollywood.
'Scientific data has proven that masks can reduce COVID-91 transmission by 53 per cent...A booster dose of vaccine, even if it works, is just a temporary fix'
Joint Secretary in the health ministry Lav Agarwal said 154 new positive cases of the disease have been reported due to the transit-related history of those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation. These include 23 new cases from Jammu and Kashmir, 20 from Telengana, 18 from Delhi, 65 from Tamil Nadu, 17 from Andhra Pradesh, nine from Andaman and Nicobar Islands and two from Puducherry.
The company has been developing donor-derived stem cell platforms.
Banks say they themselves red-flagged the transactions to RBI. It must be noted that these transactions are not outright evidence of fraud or proof of nefarious activities.
If we are to realise the full potential of biologics' ability to improve people's health, it is essential to encourage public policy and support R&D.
Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal claimed that India has been doing better than many other countries on the outcome ratio, which is the number of recoveries from coronavirus infection versus the number of deaths.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Intelligence Bureau officers say the problem lies with the government treating narcotics and terrorism as two separate problems, with different law-enforcing agencies for each, and this ends up in defeating the purpose. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Kapiva's plans to introduce allopathy-like doses of ayurvedic remedies for the millennial consumer finds traction.
There is a high demand for IT professionals who can envision, design and develop applications for the future.
This ruling means that we will continue to invest in the brand and we will also look at launching line extensions over the next calendar year, said Nandini Piramal.
The Serum Institute of India, the largest vaccine maker in the world, has been chosen by Oxford and its partner AstraZeneca to manufacture the vaccine once it is ready. Trials results for the first two phases were published earlier this month.
Drones have added a new dimension to security threats from terror groups and investigations into the attack on the Jammu IAF station last month show the involvement of "non-State actors" supported by State actors such as the ordnance factory of Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh said on Tuesday.
Among the companies likely to sign deals with Gilead are Cadila, Hetero, Strides Arcolab and Mylan, while Cipla is expected to earn active pharmaceutical ingredient rights.
Clifton, Block No 4, opposite Cafe Flow, Karachi. 6/A, Khyaban Tanzeem, Phase V, Defence Housing Area, Karachi. House 29, Street 22, P-6/2, Margalla Road, Islamabad. These are the three addresses Indian intelligence agencies have for Dawood Ibrahim, India's most wanted gangster.
ICC says it will meet representatives of the channel that claims to have unearthed 'spot-fixing' and 'pitch-fixing' in Test matches t
1mg has made buying medicines easy and it aims to do more in online health care.
Some vaccine frontrunners are in advanced stages of trial and could hit the market by early next year, making the task of securing "last mile connectivity" and ensuring that nothing goes wrong before the shot is administered more urgent.
The joint secretary also said a high-level task force to work on frontiers of science related to vaccines and drug testing was formed on Sunday.
Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi is India's richest person.
This week, global drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said their COVID-19 vaccine candidate is 95 per cent effective, including in adults over 65 years of age.
'It's a matter of great pride that no student of Army Goodwill Schools has ever joined terrorism.'
India said it firmly believes that a peaceful and secure neighbourhood will yield "rich dividends" for SAARC nations.
'When there is unlocking, there is demand revival.' 'This is going to be the main growth engine in this kind of an economic scenario.'
The ICMR has approved over 200 labs (both public and private) for COVID-19 testing through-PCR machines.
Ajit Balakrishnan on learning from past technology revolutions.
There is a perception getting built inside the government that big technology companies -- a common term used for firms like Facebook, Google, Twitter, Amazon and the like - are becoming very powerful and present multiple threats to entire nations and their citizens today. The digital ecosystem is replete with CSAM (child sexual abuse material), fake news, drug trade, radicalisation, trolling among other social vices. Given the network effect that these platforms have, it is important to ensure that these platforms are not misused.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
These dedicated COVID-19 facilities will have a capacity of 1,06,719 isolation beds and 12,024 ICU beds reserved for such patients in the country.
