On the same day Brazil reached the grim milestone of 250,000 deaths by COVID-19 , the country's health ministry signed a deal with Indian pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech for the purchase of 20 million doses of the Covaxin Vaccines , which is yet to be approved by local regulators. The administration of President Jair Bolsonaro said the first 8 million Covaxin shots, which will be made by Brazilian company Precisa Medicamentos, will arrive in March. A second batch of another 8 million doses is expected for April and in May, another 4 million doses will be available. Also read: Brazilian President invokes Ramayana while seeking hydroxychloroquine from India So far Brazil has vaccinated less than 4 per cent of its population of 210 million people, with some cities stopping immunization campaigns last week due to shortages. Neither Precisa nor Bharat confirmed the deal or the delivery dates. ... » Learn More about Brazil signs COVID-19 vaccine deal with Bharat Biotech
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CEPT signs MoU with McGan’s Ooty School
Varsity all set to take forward mentorship programme to other universities , colleges CEPT University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a mentorship programme with McGan’s Ooty School of Architecture . The MoU is in line with the Centre’s New Education Policy. A key new initiative of this plan is to engage with other educational institutes to support their growth and development. Through this collaboration, CEPT University will share its experience in improving teaching and learning with emerging institutes in the country and help them strengthen their own programmes. CEPT will share its pedagogic processes, conduct teacher training programs and also share some of the teaching content that the faculty members have developed. This will allow CEPT to support institutes that are keen on ramping up efforts in the pursuit of excellence. As a first step, CEPT will support the teaching and learning in the first year of McGan’s bachelors’ programme in ... » Learn More about CEPT signs MoU with McGan’s Ooty School
Corona vaccine price fixed at Rs 250 per dose in private hospitals
For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now India - 11,079,979 | World - 113,976,268 View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts #Corona Vaccine Second phase of vaccination drive: Gujarat allows paid shots #Corona Vaccine Coronavirus cases: India reports 16,488 new COVID-19 cases, 113 deaths in past 24 hours #Corona Vaccine We are together in this: PM Modi tells WHO chief #Corona Vaccine Welcome move, but India has not beaten us in vaccine diplomacy: China #Corona Vaccine 8-phase polls in WB: 3 ex-CECs say EC's decision must have been based on law and order situation assessment #Corona Vaccine Bharat Biotech signs pact to supply 20 mn doses of Covaxin to Brazil Just In 4 min ago Centre committed to strengthen connectivity, bring development in north-east region: Harsh Vardhan 29 min ago Rajasthan: Gehlot, Pilot put up united ... » Learn More about Corona vaccine price fixed at Rs 250 per dose in private hospitals
Welcome move, but India has not beaten us in vaccine diplomacy: China
For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now Corona vaccine price fixed at Rs 250 per dose in private hospitals View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts #Corona Vaccine Second phase of vaccination drive: Gujarat allows paid shots #Corona Vaccine Corona vaccine price fixed at Rs 250 per dose in private hospitals #Corona Vaccine Coronavirus cases: India reports 16,488 new COVID-19 cases, 113 deaths in past 24 hours #Corona Vaccine We are together in this: PM Modi tells WHO chief #Corona Vaccine 8-phase polls in WB: 3 ex-CECs say EC's decision must have been based on law and order situation assessment #Corona Vaccine Bharat Biotech signs pact to supply 20 mn doses of Covaxin to Brazil Just In 6 min ago Co-WIN app: Here's how to download COVID-19 vaccination certificate 33 min ago Centre committed to strengthen connectivity, bring ... » Learn More about Welcome move, but India has not beaten us in vaccine diplomacy: China
Holiday’s blockbusters nurture cinematic revival
The Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays-the first weeklong break since nearly 70,000 screens were reopened on July 20-have shown a strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown despite seating capacity limits of 75 percent. Boosted by two new blockbusters, My People, My Homeland and Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification , the vacation saw box office results of around 2.94 billion yuan ($433.1 million) as of Monday, close to the same period last year and twice as much as in the time period in 2018, according to movie information tracker Beacon. Coupled with earlier hits-including the war epic The Eight Hundred , the highest-grossing film this year, and Leap with actress Gong Li, China saw total movie ticket revenues surpass 10 billion yuan by Oct 3. It was another sign of the potential of the world's second-largest movie market in terms of box office. An anthology in which seven directors worked on five standalone tales, the celebrity-studded My People, My Hometown , ... » Learn More about Holiday’s blockbusters nurture cinematic revival
This time for Africa: Made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines land in Côte d’Ivoire
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced that the COVID-19 vaccine from India has landed in Africa. The minister had also recently traveled to the Maldives where he handed over 1 lakh additional doses of the made-in India vaccine. India has been sending COVID-19 vaccine doses to several different countries in South Africa. The latest batch of vaccines arrived in Côte d’Ivoire on Friday (February 26). The EAM shared the news with two pictures of the vaccine being unloaded from a plane. He wrote in his Twitter post, “This time for Africa. Made in India vaccines land in Côte d’Ivoire. #VaccineMaitri.” This time for Africa. #VaccineMaitri pic.twitter.com/wdo8M8Jsa9 — Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) February 26, 2021 India has been swift to aid neighbouring countries by supplying the COVID-19 vaccines wherever it is needed. The most recent deal signed for the vaccine doses was with Brazil . Bharat Biotech announced that it will supply 20 ... » Learn More about This time for Africa: Made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines land in Côte d’Ivoire
Sitaram Kunte appointed as new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra
IAS officer Sitaram Kunte has been appointed as the chief secretary of Maharashtra , while his batchmate Praveen Pardeshi has been superseded. The orders will be issued on Saturday evening and the file has been signed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray . Kunte belongs to the 1985 batch of the IAS and was also the municipal commissioner of Mumbai . At present, he is working as the additional chief secretary (home). Kunte was sidelined in the BJP government. When the MVA government came to power, Ajoy Mehta was the chief secretary. Sources in bureaucracy said that he could not see eye to eye with the then-municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi who was transferred abruptly. Sharad Pawar was not so keen on Kunte’s candidature. Kunte’s wife Ashwini is an educationist and their son Anish is in the US. The present chief secretary Sanjay Kumar is retiring on Sunday and is likely to take over as chairman of Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission. ... » Learn More about Sitaram Kunte appointed as new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra
Mumbai:Pvt ICUs fill up, jumbo Covid hospitals see admissions rise
Mumbai : Jumbo Covid-19 hospitals have gone on a recruiting spree once again with an increase in admissions in the past few days. With a sharp increase in positive cases , private ICUs have started to fill up, while wards have seen an uptick in admissions as well. At BKC’s jumbo Covid-19 hospital, dean Dr Rajesh Dere said they have been hiring doctors, nurses and ward boys for the past two days. The hospital on Thursday had 321 patients, up from an average of 180 till last week. “We have nearly 700 active beds, but we are hiring manpower that is needed to run 2,000 beds,” Dere said. For now, the plan is to recruit over 200 doctors and staffers. The ICU occupancy has now gone up to 40 from an average of 30 till last week. A similar recruitment drive was underway at the Nesco jumbo hospital in Goregaon. On Thursday, the field hospital was preparing to activate 769 beds in addition to the 886 that are already functional. Dean Dr Neelam Andrade said the average bed occupancy has ... » Learn More about Mumbai:Pvt ICUs fill up, jumbo Covid hospitals see admissions rise
Democrats-held House passes 1.9-trln-USD relief package amid Republican opposition
Video Player Close WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Democrats-held House approved a 1.9-trillion-U.S.-dollar COVID-19 relief package early Saturday morning amid unanimous Republican opposition, sending the bill to the Senate. The measure, a major legislation for President Joe Biden, cleared the lower chamber of Congress by a vote of 219 to 212, with lawmakers largely voting along party lines. Two Democrats defected and voted against it. The House vote came after more than eight hours of debate by the House Rules Committee on the framework for the relief package, and a full House debate that started late Friday night and stretched into early Saturday morning. In the House debate that lasted for over an hour, Republican lawmakers unanimously opposed the giant relief package, calling it a Democratic wish list, arguing that the plan includes provisions that they see as unrelated to the crisis, and that the high price tag could result in unsustainable debt for future ... » Learn More about Democrats-held House passes 1.9-trln-USD relief package amid Republican opposition
PNB scam: Nirav Modi to know his fate on Thu
Wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who remains behind bars in a London prison as he contests his extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, will find out the UK court's ruling in the nearly two-year-long legal battle on Thursday. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/ Rediff.com The 49-year-old is expected to appear via videolink from Wandsworth Prison in south-west London at Westminster Magistrates' Court, where District Judge Samuel Goozee is set to hand down his judgment on whether the jeweller has a case to answer before the Indian courts. The magistrates' court ruling will then be sent back to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for a sign off, with the possibility of appeals in the High Court on either side depending on the outcome. Modi was arrested on an extradition warrant on March 19, 2019, and has appeared via videolink from Wandsworth Prison for a series of court hearings in the ... » Learn More about PNB scam: Nirav Modi to know his fate on Thu