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Explained | What the easing of IP norms on Covid vaccines means for India

The challenge moves to the next level and needs to navigate fineprint consensus building through bureaucratic layers of WTO and member countries’ national governments.

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On May 5, U.S. President Joe Biden had announced that he will support an initiative at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to waive Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) protection for COVID-19 vaccines.

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Covid-19 | Russia authorises use of single dose vaccine Sputnik Light

Analysis of data after 28 days of administration of vaccine showed an efficacy of 79.4%.

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RDIF believes the new vaccine will pave way for the immunisation of a larger number of people in a shorter time frame.

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Coronavirus | Bangladesh gifts India 10,000 Remdesivir vials

Kallol Bhattacherjee

The doses of Remdesivir were produced by Beximco, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies of Bangladesh.

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Remdesivir antiviral injectable drug.

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Kerala Assembly elections | Don’t attribute win to Pinarayi alone, says CPI(M) mouthpiece

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Editorial objects to the narrative that Vijayan will dominate govt and party.

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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan made history by retaining power in the State during this year's Assembly elections. File

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On May 5, U.S. President Joe Biden had announced that he will support an initiative at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to waive Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) protection for COVID-19 vaccines.

Explained | What the easing of IP norms on Covid vaccines means for India

RDIF believes the new vaccine will pave way for the immunisation of a larger number of people in a shorter time frame.

Covid-19 | Russia authorises use of single dose vaccine Sputnik Light

Remdesivir antiviral injectable drug.

Coronavirus | Bangladesh gifts India 10,000 Remdesivir vials

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan made history by retaining power in the State during this year's Assembly elections. File

Kerala Assembly elections | Don’t attribute win to Pinarayi alone, says CPI(M) mouthpiece

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The Centre provides the Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant to the States under Article 275 of the Constitution.

Finance Ministry releases ₹9,871 crore as revenue deficit grant to 17 States

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Covid-19 | Govt. issues guidelines for expeditious vaccination of aviation personnel

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Union Minister Amit Shah during a public meeting. File

West Bengal Assembly Elections | The limits to polarisation in Bengal Suhas Palshikar Shreyas Sardesai Jyotiprasad Chatterjee Suprio Basu

Despite a fierce Hindutva push, the BJP failed to retain the level of Hindu support it garnered in 2019

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A Covid-19 patient sits inside an autorickshaw with oxygen support outside in a queue to get admission at the 1200 Bed Covid-19 Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad

India records highest single-day toll with 3,971 deaths Special Correspondent

India continues to top the world in daily cases and deaths.

COVID-19 surge may taper off by end of May, says virologist Gagandeep Kang

13 COVID-19 patients die in Tamil Nadu hospital

Scientists’ body shared analysis on new strains with govt, says member

SC demands oxygen supply plan for Delhi

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Covid-19 | Russia authorises use of single dose vaccine Sputnik Light

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Explained | What the easing of IP norms on Covid vaccines means for India

Coronavirus | Bangladesh gifts India 10,000 Remdesivir vials

95 million doses of COVID vaccines handled by AAI-managed airports

Bombay High Court adjourns Anil Deshmukh’s plea for four weeks

Supreme Court wants formula on oxygen issue ahead of third wave

Disability certificates to be issued online from June 1

System would allow pan-India validity, Centre says

Former Union Minister Matang Sinh dies of COVID-19 complications

He was a close aide of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao

Oxygen saturation of 92 or 93 should not be considered critical, says Randeep Guleria

This level is only a buffer that enables a patient to reach hospital on time: AIIMS director

Central team arrival soon after govt formation irks Mamata

BJP should accept verdict of people, she says

Prime Minister reviews public health response to COVID-19

States should be given help and guidance on ramping up healthcare infrastructure, he says

Covid-19 | Government issues guidelines for vaccinating aviation personnel

Dedicated vaccination facilities to come up at airports while ATC staff, cockpit and cabin crews to get priority.

Union Minister Muraleedharan alleges 'TMC goons' attacked his convoy in West Bengal

“Culture of Bengal never allows attack on women. I will send reports to all concerned,” Union Minister Muraleedharan said

MHA asks W.B. Governor for report on law and order in State

The Ministry has formed a four-member, headed by an Additional Secretary ranked officer, to investigate the post-poll violence

Pakistan court asks India to cooperate in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

A 3-member Bench of the Islamabad High Court on May 5 resumed hearing of the petition by Pakistan’s Ministry of Law and Justice seeking appointment of a lawyer for Kulbhushan Jadhav

Centre makes it mandatory for disability certificates to be issued online

“Mandatory for all States/UTs to grant certificate of disability through online mode only using UDID portal with effect from June 1. States/UTs have been advised for compliance,” the Ministry’s disability affairs Department tweeted.

Delhi HC seeks CCI stand on Facebook, WhatsApp appeals against single judge order on privacy policy

A Bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notice to the CCI which had ordered the probe and sought its response by May 21, the next date of hearing

Over 89 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses still available with States, UTs: Centre

More than 89 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the States and UTs and over 28 lakh vaccine doses will be received by them within

Supplied 730 MT oxygen to Delhi on May 5, Centre tells Supreme Court

The SC on May 5 ordered the Centre to prepare a "comprehensive plan" for the supply of 700 MT of life-saving oxygen to Delhi on a daily basis

What is procedure for deporting foreigners who are here without documentation: HC to MHA

The Delhi HC directed the MHA to place on record the procedure as well as the time period and formalities to be completed for the repatriation/deportation of foreign nationals

SC declines ECI plea to restrain media from reporting critical remarks by Madras HC

‘This is a celebration of our constitutional ethos which bolsters the judiciary... We cannot gag the reporting of proceedings,’ says the Bench.

Coronavirus updates | PM Modi speaks with Lt. Governors of Puducherry, J&K about COVID situation: sources

India adds record 4.12 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 3,980 fatalities

British Airways flies aircraft with emergency aid to Delhi

The aircraft was loaded with more than thousand items from the Indian High Commission and charities.

How cycling communities are helping Indian cities deal with the second wave of COVID-19

Bengaluru’s Relief Riders started helping vulnerable groups with delivery of medicines and essentials. Several cities have now followed suit

Central team arrives in West Bengal to take stock of post-poll violence

Members meet senior officials of State government

Morning digest: Virologist Gagandeep Kang says coronavirus surge may go down by May end, U.S. to support IP waiver for COVID-19 vaccines, and more

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Labour Ministry to collect Aadhaar details of informal workers for social security schemes

No one will be denied benefits for want of Aadhaar, say Labour Secretary

“Brief States on basis for vaccine, oxygen allocations”

Complaints of discrimination might end then, Madras HC tells Centre

COVID-19 assistance continues to pour in from abroad

Navy brings 54 tonnes of liquid oxygen from Bahrain, Germany to set up massive oxygen plant in Delhi

Rahul Gandhi seeks transparency, demands answers in distribution of foreign aid

Modi government “complete failure” in handling pandemic, vaccination and employment, he says

Centre seeks report from West Bengal on post-poll violence

After the Assembly election results were declared on May 2, several instances of poll-related violence, which left several dead, were reported in the State.

Coronavirus | All foreign aid allocated to States: Centre

Pandemic moving towards eastern States, say officials

Maratha quota | Centre alone can identify socially and educationally backward classes: Supreme Court

‘States can only make suggestions to the President or the statutory commissions’

Coronavirus | India records highest single-day toll with 3,971 deaths on May 5, 2021

India continues to top the world in daily cases and deaths.

Customers looking for oxygen concentrators online duped

Businessman who paid ₹1 lakh for 2 devices files complaint

Delhi High Court urges Centre to drop GST on imports of oxygen concentrators

Plea filed by a senior citizen who got a device from abroad for personal use

Coronavirus | Scientists’ body INSACOG shared analysis on new strains with government, says member

INSACOG, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequencing Consortia, is involved in sequencing genomes of coronavirus samples in different States.

Coronavirus | COVID-19 surge may taper off by end of May, says virologist Gagandeep Kang

She stresses on the protection that vaccines can offer against disease

Election Commission defers bypolls due to COVID-19 second wave

Three Parliamentary constituencies — Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh and Mandi in Himachal Pradesh — are vacant

Coronavirus | Average monthly income for workers fell by 17%

Households coped with the loss of income by reducing food intake, selling assets, and borrowing from friends, relatives and money-lenders

Coronavirus | Third wave inevitable, says Principal Scientific Adviser

There is need to update vaccines to deal with new strains and mutations, says K. VijayRaghavan, principal scientific adviser to Government of India

Need to be patient over foreign aid distribution, calls for transparency premature: German Ambassador

For the moment, we have to find a solution to this crisis, get people out of the emergency situation, says Walter J. Lindner

Coronavirus | Roche gets emergency use approval for investigational drug used in COVID-19 treatment

This will enable Roche to import the globally manufactured product batches to India where it has a partnership with Cipla to market as well as distribute the same

No meeting of GST council called in last 6 months: Punjab FM

States have deciding rights in the council, he says

COVID-19 | Over 51,000 persons in 18-44 age group get first dose of vaccine in U.P.

Uttar Pradesh government said it noticed a trend where the number of people getting discharged was less than the daily positive cases

Coronavirus | 10 States contributed 70.91% of new COVID-19 cases: Health Ministry

The National Mortality Rate has been falling and currently stands at 1.09%, says the Health Ministry

Over half newly-elected MLAs have criminal cases

ADR analysis finds 71% of winning candidates in Kerala, 60% in T.N., 49% in Bengal have criminal cases

Coronavirus | Bihar CM Nitish Kumar appeals for postponement of weddings, social functions

As lockdown begins in Bihar, police cane people defying restrictions

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A patient being taken in an auto-rickshaw to the COVID-19 Ward at King George Hospital, in Visakhapatnam on Monday.

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Asiatic Lion seeks the comfort of a shade in its enclosure at the Nehru Zoological Park as the temperatures are rising with the onset of summer in Hyderabad on Saturday.

71K | Eight Asiatic lions test positive in COVID-19, first in India

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22K | Supreme Court declares Maratha quota law unconstitutional

Relatives of a woman suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), carry an oxygen cylinder as she receives treatment in the emergency room of Holy Family Hospital in New Delhi.

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DMK president M.K. Stalin handing over a letter of his election as Legislature Party Leader to Governor Banwarilal Purohit on May 5, 2021. Photo: Special Arrangement

18K | Full list of Tamil Nadu Cabinet and Council of Ministers

Family members and paramedical workers rush a coronavirus patient at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, in Chennai on May 3, 2021.

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