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India-Myanmar hold meet on drug control

India and Myanmar held a fifth bilateral meeting on drug control and cooperation, during which New Delhi highlighted issues pertaining to the trafficking of heroin and amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) in the country

No compromise on regulatory norms for Covid vaccine: India's health minister

Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has emphasised that no compromise has been made on scientific and regulatory norms related to the COVID-19 vaccine

India shows strong return to office trends; women workers lead

Led by women workers, India is showing a strong return-to-office trend and the number of people returning to work in November has risen to 10 per cent of pre-COVID levels, a new report revealed on Thursday

Walmart commits to export $10 bn India-made goods each year by 2027

Walmart on Thursday announced that it will triple its exports of goods from India to $10 billion each year by 2027

India's first mRNA vaccine receives approval for clinical trials

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation on Wednesday permitted Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals to conduct Phase 1/2 clinical trials, along with animal toxicity data, for its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine candidate

India's new parliament building will be ready in two years

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is performing the ground-breaking ceremony of India's new Parliament House building on Thursday

India attracted $38 billion FDI despite pandemic

India attracted $38 billion inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) despite the world reeling under COVID-19 pandemic, said NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant

Indian government agrees to key farmers' demands

The Modi government on Wednesday agreed to farmers' demands giving its nod on key issues raised by them, including amendments in the three contentious farms laws that were the first and biggest issue driving the ongoing farmers' protest

Over 60 foreign envoys visit Bharat Biotech facility in Hyderabad

Envoys of more than 60 countries on Wednesday visited a facility of Bharat Biotech which is developing Covaxin, India's first indigenous vaccine for coronavirus

Young couple travel 200 km to volunteer for corona vaccine trial

A young couple from Indore in Madhya Pradesh has travelled nearly 200 km to state capital Bhopal to volunteer for the administration of coronavirus vaccine under third-phase trial at an institute here

Covaxin likely to be available for public use in India by February

Covaxin, the COVID vaccine candidate by Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech Limited, being developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is likely to be available for use of the general public by the end of February 2021, Dr Sanjay Roy, principal investigator (PI) heading its clinical trial at AIIMS, told IANS

300 million Indians to be vaccinated first in Covid immunisation drive

The Indian government has marked 300 million Indians for the large-scale immunisation of COVID-19 vaccine after it gets the necessary approval, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed in a press briefing on Tuesday

Data of seven milliion Indian cardholders leaked on dark web

Personal details, including phone numbers and email addresses of 70 lakh (seven million) Indian debit and credit cardholders, have been circulating on the dark web, an Internet security researcher alerted on Tuesday

Over 154,000 auxiliary nurse midwives to administer vaccines

India's Health Ministry on Tuesday said that as many as 1.54 lakh (154,000) auxiliary nurse midwives will administer Covid-19 vaccine to people under the universal immunisation programme when the vaccination process begins

Biden hails 'renowned physician' Vivek Murthy

US President-elect Joe Biden has introduced Indian American nominee for US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy as a "renowned physician" who could help guide Americans safely out of a still ranging coronavirus pandemic