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Boris Johnson won't visit India on January 26 over UK Covid-19 crisis

"The Prime Minister spoke to Prime Minister Modi this morning, to express his regret that he will be unable to visit India later this month as planned," a Downing Street spokesperson said

Next big bet: Experts bullish on Bharat Biotech's upcoming nasal vaccine

Bharat Biotech is currently working on two intra-nasal vaccines

It's raining billionaires in India's pharma and health care space

Created 7 billionaires in 2020; now 17 super-rich promoters in the sector with combined wealth of Rs 4.35 trillion

Govt ready to roll out vaccine within 10 days of emergency nod: Health secy

Health personnel succh as doctors and nurses and frontline workers such as police personnel, home guards won't have to register themselves online to get the vaccine

Vaccine firms Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute patch up after war of words

Adar Poonawalla and Krishna Ella issue joint statement saying they would work together to roll out Covid-19 vaccine

Govt clears air on Bharat Biotech's vaccine, says relied on safety data

Minutes of expert panel meeting made public

Stung by China, Brazil now looking at India to secure Covid-19 vaccines

Brazil made a diplomatic push on Monday to guarantee an Indian-made shipment of British drugmaker AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, according to a Reuters report from Brasilia

All Indian vaccines have to be stored at 2-8 degree Celsius: DBT secy

Department of Biotechnology Secretary Renu Swarup said Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin and Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield have robustly undergone immunoassay lab tests

Suspect profit, political gains took precedence over science: Experts body

In a statement, the Progressive Medicos and Scientists Forum said India was quick to criticise China and Russia for granting emergency approvals to vaccines without efficacy data

Haryana reports four coronavirus fatalities, 259 fresh infections

Haryana on Tuesday reported four more coronavirus deaths, taking the toll to 2,927

Delhi reports 442 fresh Covid-19 cases; positivity rate dips to 0.55%

Delhi recorded 442 Covid-19 cases and12 new fatalities on Tuesday, even as the positivity rate slumped to 0.55 per cent, authorities said

Noida Metro gets highest single-day ridership post Covid-19 lockdown

The Noida-Greater Noida Metro had 10,418 passengers on Monday

Telangana can inoculate all eligible for vaccination in a month: Official

The Telangana government has put in place arrangements, including storage, for the Covid-19 vaccines, the official said

China doubles down on Covid-19 narrative as WHO investigation looms

China has dismissed criticism of its early handling of the coronavirus, first identified in the city of Wuhan at the end of 2019

Lanka to finalise agreement to secure Covid-19 vaccine through Covax

Sri Lanka is all set to finalise an agreement to secure Covid-19 vaccine via the United Nations-backed Covax facility

LIVE: Govt says can introduce vaccine within 10 days of emergency approval

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,947,011, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 921,938, Andhra Pradesh 883,210, Tamil Nadu 820,712, and Kerala 778,873

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Hong Kong comes up with medical staycations

Deadly Covid wave in California, Japan likely to go into month-long emergency, Singapore cops to get 19 contact tracing data and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Serum, Bharat Biotech announce 'combined intent' to supply vaccines

The more important task right now is of saving the lives and livelihoods of populations in India and around the world, a joint statement by both companies said

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Nod to Covaxin raises many eyebrows

Other vaccines being developed in India, dangerous conspiracy theories, private hospitals keen on jumping in-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Alert in Kerala as 6 UK returnees test positive for corona strain

An alert has been sounded after six UK returnees to the state after December 14 tested positive for the new coronavirus strain