Year: 2021

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DCGI Okays Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute Candidates for Restricted Emergency Use

The Wire Staff 03/01/2021

The DCGI V.G. Somani announced in a press conference...

Mural on coronavirus and safety measures

ICMR Successfully Cultures UK-Variant of Coronavirus Strain

In a tweet, the ICMR claimed that no country...

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With Multiple Dry Runs, India Rehearses for Massive Coronavirus Vaccination Drive

In the national capital, where the dry run was...

A carcass of a juvenile woolly rhinoceros, found in permafrost in Yakutia, is seen in this handout photo

Woolly Rhino Remains Found in Melting Siberian Permafrost

Tatyana Gomozova 03/01/2021

It likely roamed the Siberian hinterland more than 12,000...

FILE PHOTO: A man rides his motorcycle past a parked bus of Indian biotechnology company Bharat Biotech outside its office in Hyderabad

Expert Panel Recommends Bharat Biotech Vaccine Candidate for DCGI Approval

The recommendation for Bharat Biotech's vaccine candidate came a...

Subject Expert Committee Okays AstraZeneca, Bharat Biotech Vaccine Pitches

Krishna N. Das 02/01/2021

The next step is for the Drug Controller General...

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker prepares a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as Israel continues its national vaccination drive, in East Jerusalem

India Approves Two Vaccine Candidates, But Let’s Not Pretend Everything Is Okay

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/01/2021

India stands at the cusp of one of the...