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PM Modi meet with CMs to kickstart mega Covid-19 vaccination drive

The government is in the final stages of due diligence to ink a supply deal with Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech, which have got approval for emergency use of their vaccines

DGCA issues guidelines for carrying vaccine in passenger aircraft

Dry ice, which is used to pack the vaccine, transforms into carbon dioxide gas at temperatures higher than -78 degrees Celsius and is therefore classified as "dangerous goods" by ICAO

Adverse effect of Covid-19 vaccine: What the law says, or doesn't

Laws governing compensation in case of adverse side effects for Covaxin and Covishield may differ in accordance with the kind of approvals given, say legal experts

Airlines get ready for Covid-19 vaccine journey ahead of inoculation drive

Government has asked airlines to get ready to transport 30 tonnes of vaccines immediately

South Africa says to get 1.5 million vaccines from Serum Institute of India

A million jabs to be delivered in January and the remainder the following month

Bharat Biotech vaccine may cost less than Serum's; govt working on pricing

The final contract is expected to be signed soon

Free vaccines may require states to spend a third of their health Budget

While Covishield could erode a third of states' health bill if they bear the full cost, approval of the Pfizer jab would double the health spend

Is India ready for vaccine rollout? Key Covid updates of the last 24 hours

The health ministry is prepared to roll out the Covid vaccine within 10 days of the emergency use authorisation, which was granted to two companies on January 3

70 mn doses ready: Delays over pricing holding back India's vaccine rollout

The Indian government may be looking to put pressure on Serum to lower its prices, as seen by its controversial decision to greenlight a rival vaccine

Govt ready to roll out vaccine within 10 days of emergency nod: Health secy

Health personnel succh as doctors and nurses and frontline workers such as police personnel, home guards won't have to register themselves online to get the vaccine

Vaccine firms Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute patch up after war of words

Adar Poonawalla and Krishna Ella issue joint statement saying they would work together to roll out Covid-19 vaccine

Top headlines: India aims to double gas pipeline; SC clears Central Vista

A FinMin report says India is witnessing a 'V-shaped' economic recovery since June; China court awards death sentence to former business executive.

Serum, Bharat Biotech announce 'combined intent' to supply vaccines

The more important task right now is of saving the lives and livelihoods of populations in India and around the world, a joint statement by both companies said

India's Covid-19 vaccination challenge needs a private sector helping hand

The media and opposition figures have justifiably asked why Bharat Biotech's candidate was approved at the same time as AstraZeneca's, when it hasn't even finished or published results from Stage III

Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19 vaccine, promise of techno-nationalism & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Covid-19 vaccine: I am not worried about the efficacy, says Jacob John

I would go for Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and not Covishield, and that is my personal judgment, the former head of Centre for Advanced Research in Virology at ICMR says

Bharat Biotech chief takes on Serum Institute in Covid-19 vaccine war

Krishna Ella turns the tables on critics, questions approval granted to Oxford-Astra vaccine

A shot at transparency

Approval to Covaxin raises many questions

Covaxin: Science, not pride will help India build trust in this vaccine

The hasty nod for Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, developed in collaboration with the ICMR and National Institute of Virology, has raised eyebrows in the scientific and healthcare communities

World's biggest Covid-19 vaccination programme set to begin in India: PM

Lauding the people behind this Made in India initiative, Modi said: "The country is proud of the contributions of its scientists and technicians."