- 25 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National Securityvaccine
Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson yet to apply for license of COVID-19 vaccines in India: Sources
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has urged Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson twice in writing to apply for emergency use authorisation for their…
Single-dose Sputnik Light COVID vaccine expected to be launched in India soon: Russian envoy
New Delhi (India), July 14 (ANI): The single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine is expected to launch soon in India said Russian envoy Nikolay Kudashev on Wednesday. "Sputnik V being part…
RDIF, SII to start production of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in India from September
By Shalini Bhardwaj New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia's sovereign wealth fund, and Serum Institute of India (SII), announced cooperation to produce in…
Sputnik V effective against Delta, other variants of coronavirus, says RDIF study
By Sahil Pandey New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia's sovereign wealth fund) on…
No plans to announce mutual vaccine recognition with Russia at September Forum: China
Vladivostok [Russia] July 12 (ANI/Sputnik) The Consulate General of China in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Monday denied media reports that the two countries are planning to announce the…
Sputnik V gives 90 pc protection against Delta strain of COVID-19: Scientist
Novosibirsk [Russia], July 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Viral vector and mRNA vaccines, including Russia's Sputnik V, provide enough protection against the new Delta strain of the coronavirus, Head of the Novosibirsk State…
Discussions with Pfizer and Moderna underway, trying to get solution on contractual issues: VK Paul
By Shalini Bhardwaj New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): The Government of India is holding discussions with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer over several issues including indemnity waiver, said…
Taiwan receives 1.13 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Japan
Taipei [Taiwan], July 9 (ANI): Taiwan has received a shipment of 1.13 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by Japan on Thursday. The vaccine doses were developed by the British-Swedish…
Sanofi, GSK receive approval for Phase 3 trial of COVID vaccine in India
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and its British partner GSK (GlaxoSmithKline plc) received approval for their Phase 3 clinical study in India, to assess the…
Discussions still going on over indemnity to Moderna: Sources
By Shalini Bhardwaj New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Even as the US giant drug maker Moderna's COVID-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine is expected to reach India this week, discussions…
Several countries laud CoWIN platform, India’s support during COVID-19 pandemic
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Several representatives from countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, and Guyana participated in CoWIN Global Conclave on Monday and lauded India's role in providing COVID-19…
Japan offers vaccines to Taiwan-friendly islands in the Pacific
Tokyo [Japan], July 3 (ANI): Aiming to curb Chinese expansionism jointly with the US, Japan has urged leaders from Pacific island nations to unite against the authoritarianism of China by…
