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20471. Vaccine India may end up wasting millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses if there is no separate queue for second shots
India Fights Corona: Vaccination Drive and Initiatives
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Business Insider
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- Nearly 600 million more people in India will become eligible for getting the COVID-19 vaccine on May 1.
- At the time, at least 40 million people will be eligible for their second dose and that number would rise every passing day, adding over 65 million people by the end of May.
- According to government guidelines, the second dose needs to be administered within four to eight weeks of the first dose.
- In order to ensure that people who already have the first dose do not get pushed behind in the queue, the Indian government should allow for separate counters and dedicated slots for people who are eligible for the second dose. This would be easier said than done given the current shortage of vaccine supply across many states.
20472. J&K Govt to install CCTVs in all police stations
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- The Jammu and Kashmir Government has set the ball rolling for installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in all police stations and posts of Union Territory with central allocation of Rs 500 crore under Prime Minister’s Development Package.
- Official documents of the detailed project report said that among Rs 500 crore allocation, Rs 362 crore has been released so far. The government is currently examining the detailed project report submitted by the consultant. “The DPR has been submitted by the consultant and the same is under consultation, examination,” reads an official document.
- Officials revealed that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has over 330 Police Stations and Posts. They said that modern equipment will be procured to bring further transparency to the system and ensure security.
- “The police now plan to bring up their need for facial recognition technology,” a senior police official said, adding that the facial recognition system is meant for surveillance and authentication of identity.
20473. India could soon have another locally developed vaccine as the deadly Covid crisis shows no signs of slowing
India Fights Corona: Vaccination Drive and Initiatives
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CNBC
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- India could soon have its second domestically developed coronavirus vaccine even as a deadly second wave shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
- Drugmaker Cadila Healthcare, also known as Zydus Cadila, is conducting phase three clinical trials on 28,000 people, including those above 75 and children between ages 12 and 18, for its DNA-based vaccine candidate.
- “We have completed the major recruitment for our phase three (trial),” managing director Sharvil Patel told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Thursday.
- He said the company expects efficacy data from the phase three trial to come out next month after which, it would seek emergency use authorization from the Indian drug regulator in mid-May.
20474. Covaxin Price Update: अब भारत बायोटेक ने भी घटाए अपनी कोरोना वैक्सीन के दाम, 400 रुपये में मिलेगी Covaxin
India Fights Corona: Vaccination Drive and Initiatives
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India
India.com
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- भारत बायोटेक ने भी अपनी कोरोना वैक्सीन के दाम घटा (Covaxin Price Update) दिए हैं.
- इस टीका निर्माता भारतीय कंपनी ने राज्यों के लिए अपनी कोरोना वैक्सीन के दाम घटाए हैं. अब भारत बायोटेक की कोरोना वैक्सीन कोवैक्सीन (Covaxin) राज्यों को 400 रुपये प्रति डोज मिलेगी.
- कंपनी ने गुरुवार को ये जानकारी दी. इससे पहले ‘भारत बायोटेक’ कंपनी ने शनिवार को बताया था कि वह अपने कोविड-19 टीके ‘कोवैक्सीन’ को राज्य सरकारों को प्रति खुराक 600 रुपये और निजी अस्पतालों को प्रति खुराक 1,200 रुपए में उपलब्ध करायेगी. जिसके बाद केंद्र सरकार ने सोमवार को सीरम इंस्टीट्यूट और भारत बायोटेक से कहा था कि वे अपने कोविड-19 टीकों की कीमत कम करें
20475. NH-44 Expansion: Ramban-Banihal road widening project sees 38% progress
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- The Ramban-Banihal stretch along Srinagar-Jammu National Highway has recorded a 38 per cent physical progress.
- The central government has earlier fixed December 2021 as the deadline for the completion of the project with an outlay of Rs 2169 crore, however, the project could not be completed on time as the authorities have submitted DPR for realignment of the 13-kilometer road stretch in order to bypass landslide-prone areas.
- DPR for realignment of 13.6 kilometers was submitted for bypassing dangerous zones in the area which were coming under the widening. As per the realignment plan, 5 tunnels, 33 culverts, 13 viaducts, 11 minor bridges, and 3 underpasses will be constructed to bypass treacherous stretches.
20476. Bill Gates says COVID vaccine formula should not be shared with India, developing nations, sparks row
India Fights Corona: Vaccination Drive and Initiatives
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- Bill Gates has made a controversial statement regarding the patents in vaccine technology and is facing heat from all around.
- The entire world is involved in curbing down the coronavirus and developing vaccines for it. As per the reports, amid this massive crisis, Bill Gates is being accused of withholding vaccine recipes from other countries.
- Bill Gates in an interview with Sky News was asked if it would be possible to change the intellectual property law so as to enable the recipe for COVID Vaccines to be shared, he clearly denied sharing the formulas with developing nations.
20477. इस राज्य में अब ड्रोन से डिलिवर होगी Covid वैक्सीन, उड्डयन मंत्रालय से मिली मंजूरी
India Fights Corona: Vaccination Drive and Initiatives
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India
News18
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- नागरिक उड्डयन मंत्रालय (Civil Aviation Ministry) ने शुक्रवार को तेलंगाना सरकार को वैक्सीन (Covid Vaccine) के प्रायोगिक वितरण के लिए ड्रोन (Drone) का इस्तेमाल करने की अनुमति दी है. मंत्रालय के बयान में ये जानकारी नहीं है कि कौन सा विशेष टीका इस एक्सपेरिमेंटल डिलिवरी का हिस्सा होगा.
- ट्विटर पर मंत्रालय ने कहा कि उसने "विमान की दृष्टि सीमा के भीतर ड्रोन का इस्तेमाल कर वैक्सीन की एक्सपेरिमेंटल डिलीवरी करने" के लिए मानव रहित विमान प्रणाली (UAS) नियम, 2021 से तेलंगाना सरकार को सशर्त छूट दी है
- ये छूट एक साल की अवधि के लिए या अगले आदेश तक मान्य होगी. 22 अप्रैल को, मंत्रालय ने भारतीय चिकित्सा अनुसंधान परिषद (ICMR) को Covid-19 वैक्सीन देने के लिए ड्रोन का उपयोग करने पर व्यवहार्यता अध्ययन करने की अनुमति दी थी.
20478. Much hyped helicopter service to tourist destinations, Air Safari on statements only
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Developments in Jammu and Kashmir/Ladakh-
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- The much-hyped helicopter service to tourist destinations to boost tourism in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has remained confined to the official statements for want of concrete steps from the Government.
- Moreover, there is no decision on resumption of chopper service to Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch and Rajouri, which was stopped all of a sudden several years back. The then Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor Baseer Khan in a high-level meeting held on July 9, 2021 had announced that the tourism sector in Jammu and Kashmir will undergo a sea change with various tourist destinations in both the regions getting helicopter services in very near future.
- In the meeting attended by Commissioner Civil Aviation, Secretary Tourism Department, Managing Director Tourism Development Corporation, Directors of Tourism and others, it was stated that this move will boost tourism in Jammu and Kashmir and add interesting experience to the visit of tourists.
20479. How this tech startup is learning from its Afstartup rica experience to digitise small banks in India
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Startups in Bharat
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- The Bengaluru-headquartered banking digital banking technology startup was founded by Harshavardhan Pusala in 2015 with a focus on the African market where it provides an array of solutions with the larger goal of enabling financial inclusion.
- around 190 million adults in India still do not have a bank account. Traditionally, the unbanked have largely been brought into the banking umbrella by institutions such as cooperative banks and MFIs.
- Techurate has around 24 customers across 15 countries – largely in Africa, with some in Latin America and the Middle East as well. The banking technology market is quite a crowded space with the likes of Infosys, Wipro, TCS, Temenos, Fiserv, Zeta etc.
- The startup believes it is at an inflection point for rapid scale-up, with its foray into the Indian market. It has been recording over 50 percent annual growth in terms of revenue and remains profitable. Indications are that Techurate is likely to cross three-digit numbers in terms of revenue in the next fiscal.
20480. MAM College to be developed as Innovation Hub: Kansal
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Daily Excelsior
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- Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Rohit Kansal today said that our education system has to reorient itself to impart skills to students that are in consonance with modern day requirements. He also said that lower level cognitive jobs that are repetitive in nature had turned obsolete and were being replaced by jobs that required a different set of skills.
- He made these remarks while opening a 2-day National Conference on ‘Integrated Approach in Science and Technology for Sustainable Future (IAST-SF 2022)’ here at MAM College. Speaking on the age of technology and innovation, Kansal said that the challenge for scientists is to amalgamate technology with sustainability.
- Speaking on the age of technology and innovation, Kansal said that the challenge for scientists is to amalgamate technology with sustainability. He said that technology with disparity in terms of environmental or human hazards is not recommended anymore.