Opinion: How India became a vaccine-making powerhouse
If 2020 will be remembered for a virus that paralysed our planet, 2021 should be defined by a vaccine that healed it. The coronavirus vaccine has had special meaning for India, a country that has emerged as the pharmacy of the world. While India has earned its reputation as a…
MEA issues statement after Rihanna and others extend support to so-called farmers, slams sensationalist social media comments: Read
MEA pointed out the violence that erupted on Republic Day and said that hundreds of men and women serving in the police had been physically attacked and in some cases stabbed and seriously wounded. Press Statement on recent comments by foreign individuals and entities on the farmers’ protests February 03,…
‘Hope To Launch COVOVAX By June 2021’: SII’s Adar Poonawalla Announces 2nd Covid Vaccine
SII chief Adar Poonawalla on Friday announced that the drug-making company is hoping to launch Novanax’s Coronavirus vaccine in India by June this year. Serum Institute India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Friday announced that the drug-making company is hoping to launch Novanax’s coronavirus vaccine in India by June this…
India To Gift 10 Million Coronavirus Vaccine Doses To Africa, 1 Million To UN: MEA
MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava on Thursday said that India India plans to gift vaccines to Oman, CARICOM countries, Nicaragua, Pacific Island states. India is planning to donate 10 million vaccine doses to Africa and 1 million to the United Nations under the GAVI’s (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) COVAX…
India donates first 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka said 150,000 health workers and 115,000 selected military and police troops will be the first to be inoculated at six hospitals in Colombo and its suburbs. Sri Lanka’s president on Thursday welcomed the first 500,000 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine from India, which has donated the shots to…
FDA approves COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine for emergency use
The FDA Secretary General Paisal Dunkhum, said today the FDA had approved the registration of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca in Italy, after the company had sent nearly 10,000 pages of documents for registration in Thailand for approved use during the state of emergency since December 22, 2020. Efficacy,…
Brazil Thanks India For 2mn Doses Of COVID Vaccine; Says ‘honoured To Have Great Partner’
President Bolsonaro shared an image of Lord Hanuman carrying the Coronavirus vaccine like ‘Sanjeevani’ from India to Brazil expressing his gratitude to India. President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has expressed his gratitude towards India and Prime Minister Modi for vaccine exports from our country. In his message, he shared a photograph…
Supply of Indian manufactured vaccines to neighbouring and key partner countries
The Government of India has received several requests for the supply of Indian manufactured vaccines from neighbouring and key partner countries. In response to these requests, and in keeping with India’s stated commitment to use India’s vaccine production and delivery capacity to help all of humanity fight the Covid pandemic,…
COVID-19 vaccines only to be administered to those over 18
The subcommittee managing COVID-19 vaccination has decided that inoculation will focus on those over the age of 18, when the first batch arrives in February. Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, department adviser Dr. Tawee Chotiwittayansunan and Head of the Chulalongkorn University Center for Excellence in…
His Majesty the King has graciously devoted funds for the purchase of land for a central mosque in Nakhon Si Thammarat province
On January 15, 2021 at Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Administration Organization, His Majesty the King appointed Nakhon Si Thammarat Governor Kraisorn Wisitwong to chair a ceremony donating funds to the Islamic Committee of Nakhon Si Thammarat for the purchase of land for a central mosque in the province. The plan…