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Farmer unions in India reject govt’s offer to stay farm laws

According to various media reports, the meeting between the farmer unions on Thursday was a long discussion and there were difficulties to reach a consensus.  On Thursday, farmer unions rejected the Central government’s offer to suspend the three controversial farm...

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Five die in fire at Serum Institute of India

Pune-based Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla earlier through a tweet reassured the government and the public that there would be no loss of Covishield production.  Five people died after a major fire broke out on Thursday afternoon at...

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US to join global coronavirus vaccine program, says Fauci

Biden’s top medical adviser on the pandemic Dr Anthony S Fauci told the World Health Organization’s executive board that Biden will issue a directive on Thursday that states the United State’s intent to join the COVAX Facility.  Dr Anthony S...

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Amazon offers Biden help with vaccination efforts

CEO at Amazon World Wide Consumer Dave Clark reiterated a request Amazon had made to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asking that frontline workers among the company’s more than 800,000 US employees, receive vaccines at the “earliest appropriate...

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India begins Covid-19 vaccine exports to neighboring countries

Bhutan and Maldives received consignments of Covishield manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) on Wednesday while Bangladesh and Nepal received it on Thursday.  India on Wednesday began exports of Covid-19 vaccines to six neighboring countries and started the...