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JN.1 variant of Omicron evades immunity, rewriting the COVID playbook and raising concerns about the effectiveness of vaccines. #JN.1 #coronavirus Read more »
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India may mobilise global leadership for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines as well as on terrorism, peace and Security Council reforms. Read more »
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India must strive for 10 million Covid-19 vaccinations per day to cover its 1.4 billion population in four months. Read more »
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The poor gets government care and the rich can afford private hospitals; the vulnerable section is the uninsured 36 crore white-collar employees or self-employed people. Read more »
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Positive mental health of students can only be achieved through caring and accepting children as they are. Read more »
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The health ministry orders 25 crore doses of Covishield and 19 Crore of Covaxin after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement universalising Covid-19 vaccine drive. Read more »
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Some practical steps to avoid a shortfall of medical oxygen that caused a large number of casualties during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »
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Government, RBI must encourage out-of-court restructuring and one-time settlements under IBC insolvency regime rather than pushing the problem to future. Read more »
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India's Covid-19 vaccination drive needs to cover a third of the country's population to have some control over the second wave of the pandemic. Read more »
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Is India in the brink of achieving herd immunity against Covid-19? Here we have a seasoned epidemiologist busting the myth that has sparked high levels of vaccine hesitancy. Read more »