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India’s Serum plans to launch Novavax shot for children in six months

14 Dec 2021

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Serum Institute of India (SII) plans to launch the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for children in the country in six months, its CEO said on Tuesday, adding global vaccine supplies were outstripping the absorption capacity of many countries. The Novavax shot, which the world’s largest producer of vaccines calls Covovax, has shown …

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India’s Gujarat state acknowledges more COVID-19 deaths than official tally

13 Dec 2021

By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – India’s western state of Gujarat has acknowledged more COVID-19 deaths than its official tally, according to a court document filed on Monday, lending weight to fears that the country’s actual toll was much higher than reported. Reuters and other media have reported, based on figures collected from crematoriums …

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Cricket-India’s Rohit ruled out of test series against South Africa

13 Dec 2021

(Reuters) – India batsman Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the three-test series against South Africa due to a hamstring injury and will be replaced by Priyank Panchal, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Monday. Rohit, who replaced Virat Kohli as India’s white-ball skipper last week, picked up the injury to his left …

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India says climate commitments ambitious yet achievable

13 Dec 2021

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s targets to achieve net-zero carbon emissions and increase its share of renewables in the energy mix were “very ambitious yet very much achievable”, environment secretary, Rameshwar Prasad Gupta, said on Monday. Separately, Britain’s president of the COP26 climate conference, Alok Sharma, said he urged companies in India and in other …

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India Modi’s personal Twitter handle ‘briefly compromised’ -Prime Minister’s Office

11 Dec 2021

(Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal Twitter handle was “very briefly compromised,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a tweet early on Sunday. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the Prime Minister’s personal twitter handle @narendramodi was immediately secured, PMO India’s tweet said, adding any tweet shared during the brief period …

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India’s Omicron cases mild, vaccine boosters not a priority -government

10 Dec 2021

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India has detected 25 cases of the emergent Omicron variant of the coronavirus and all have shown mild symptoms, the health ministry said on Friday, adding that there was no immediate plan to authorise vaccine boosters. Vaccine supplies have surged in India in recent months thanks to the Serum Institute of India …

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With flowers and salutes, last respects paid to India’s defence chief

10 Dec 2021

By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The bodies of India’s defence chief and 12 others who died in a helicopter crash laid draped in the Indian flag at a defence cantonment on Thursday, before being flown to New Delhi, where the general will be laid to rest with full military honours. General Bipin Rawat, his …

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