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New GST rates implementation has set the stage for consumption led growth
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
India's Goods and Services Tax (GST) 2.0, has been hailed as a "GST booster shot" for consumption-led growth, with major reliefs announced for sectors including FMCG, MSME, textiles, automobiles, healthcare, insurance, electronics and construction, noted a report by the Union Bank of India.
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COVID-19 vaccines prior to infection reduce transmission of Omicron: Resea
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A study in California prisons found recent vaccination and boosters reduce infectiousness, but Infection risk remains high. Vaccination and boosting, especially when recent, helped to limit the spread of COVID-19 in California prisons during the first Omicron wave, according to an analysis b
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Covid-19 booster increases durability of antibody response: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine speaks to the benefits of a Covid-19 booster. The new findings shed light on how mRNA boosters - both Pfizer and Moderna - affect the durability of our antibodies to Covid-19. A booster, the researchers report, made for longer-l
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World Heart Day: Are COVID booster shots related to development of cardiac
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): The devastating COVID-19 pandemic has been a nightmare for the whole world. In fact, India ranks third in terms of the number of total cases and death count.
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CORBEVAX booster shot approved for 18 years and above jabbed with Covaxin,
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The Central government has approved Biological E's Corbevax for restricted use in an emergency as a heterologous booster dose, official sources confirmed on Wednesday.
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German health minister recommends 4th COVID-19 dose for under 60s
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], July 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany's Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach on Friday recommended a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose for people under the age of 60, contradicting the advice from a relevant national commission
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Why COVID-19 booster shots are essential?
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): A new study explores differences in the duration of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 from vaccines and natural infection based on waning antibody levels and demonstrates the need for booster vaccination in curtailing breakthrough infections and reinfections.
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COVID-19 booster vaccine beneficial for lupus patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 13 (ANI): Those with systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, who received a "booster" dose of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine after receiving the full dosage are about half as likely to experience a subsequent "breakthrough" COVID-19 infection, according to a recent study.
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Greece announces second COVID-19 booster for people over 30 as new cases r
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Greece is offering a second COVID-19 booster shot for people aged 30 and above beginning next week.
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Covaxin booster shot enhances efficacy against Delta, Omicron variants of
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): A study showed that administration of Covaxin booster dose will enhance the vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant infection and give protection against two Omicron variants of COVID-19.
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DCGI approves Corbevax as first heterologous COVID-19 booster shot for adu
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 4 (ANI): Biological E. Limited, a Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical and vaccines company, on Saturday, announced that its Corbevax COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) as a heterologous COVID-19 booster dose for
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Precaution dose of COVID vaccine will protect family, society, says expert
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Precaution dose of COVID vaccine will be helpful to boost immunity and is important to protect family and society against the pandemic, said Dr Suresh Kumar, MD, LNJP hospital Delhi on Monday.
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