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Tedros lauds India, PM Modi for supporting vaccine equity
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 25 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "supporting vaccine equity".
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Over 1.30 cr people in India so far vaccinated against COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): With 3,95,884 vaccine doses administered to healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) on Thursday, the 41st day of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination, the total number of vaccination crossed 1.30 crores in the country, said Union Ministry of He
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Bangladesh PM's younger sister gets first shot of Covid-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangaldesh], February 25 (ANI): Shaikh Rehana, the younger sister of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has received her first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine.
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India offers 'Made in India' vaccines to all foreign diplomats and their f
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): Envoys, UN workers and people working in intergovernmental agencies and their families may not have to worry about Covid-19 vaccines. The Indian government has offered India-made vaccine in a special Covid vaccine drive for diplomats in all locations
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Pfizer, BioNTech begin testing of third dose against new COVID-19 variants
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): Pfizer and its partner BioNTech on Thursday said that they have begun to test how well the third dose of their authorised vaccine stacks up against new coronavirus variants.
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India's proposal at WTO for TRIPS waiver gets support from 57 nations, say
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): As many as 57 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have supported India's proposal for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on COVID-19 vaccines, said Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal on Thursday.
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"Private sector has to be involved in India's growth story" Nirmala Sithar
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): At an exclusive interactive session organized by the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) this Sunday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that India's growing and aspiring needs, as well as demands, cannot be only
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Worrisome Covid mutation that may weaken effectiveness of vaccines found i
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], February 25 (ANI): A new form of coronavirus variant is spreading rapidly in New York City and it carries a worrisome mutation that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, according to The New York Times.
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Lt Governor-headed committee to monitor Covid-19 vaccination in Puducherry
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], February 25 (ANI): A 22-member COVID Intensive Vaccination Committee led by Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has been constituted in Puducherry to monitor and upscale the inoculation activities in the Union Territory.
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'Made in India' COVID-19 vaccines dispatched to Cote d'Ivoire
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): Keeping up with the commitment to assist in the pandemic period, India on Thursday dispatched the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
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Pressure mounts on WTO to consider India's proposed IPR waiver on COVID va
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): As the world grapples to counter the pandemic, pressure on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is mounting to seriously consider a proposal by India and South Africa for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on COVID-19 vacc
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First batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine arrives in Nicaragua
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Managua [Nicaragua], February 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The first batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus has arrived in Nicaragua, the latter's vice president said.
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