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What is European Union’s Green Pass list?

June 30, 2021

European Medicines Agency (EMA) has excluded Serum Institute of India (SII) manufactured Covishield from the list of approved vaccines for ‘Green Pass’. As per EMA, vaccine was excluded from list because it does not have marketing authorisation in European Union ..

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IIT Delhi develops Rapid Antigen Test Kit for COVID-19

June 26, 2021

Minister of State for Education, Shri Sanjay Dhotre, launched a Rapid Antigen Test kit for COVID-19. It was developed by IIT Delhi. Rapid Antigen Test kit (RAT Kit) RAT kit has been developed by IIT Delhi researchers led by Dr. ..

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Japan to help India build Vaccine Cold Chain Facilities

June 26, 2021

Japan is all set to provide India a $10 million assistance for building cold chain facilities to safely store covid-19 vaccines. Key Points Japan will provide this assistance to India to build cold chain equipment including medical equipment like cold-storage ..

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Study: Nano-decoys from human LSCs can neutralize SARS-CoV-2

June 25, 2021

A recent study finds that, Nano-decoys can bind to and neutralize SARS-CoV-2 viruses. Key Points Nano-decoys are made from human lung spheroid cells (LSCs). It promotes viral clearance and reduce lung injury in macaque model of COVID-19. Nano-decoy therapy could ..

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S&P Cuts India’s Growth Forecast to 9.5%

June 25, 2021

Global rating agency, S&P, has cut India’s growth forecast for fiscal year 2021-2022 to 9.5 per cent. Earlier, it was kept at 11 per cent. Highlights Rating agency has warned of risk to the growth rate from upcoming waves of ..

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WHO: Delta variant may become dominant lineage

June 24, 2021

World Health Organisation has warned that; Delta variant, which is significantly more transmissible strain of COVID-19, is expected to become a dominant lineage if current trends continue. Warming came after WHO reported in 85 countries & continues to be detected ..

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Cabinet approves PMGKY 4.0

June 24, 2021

Union government has approved PMGKY 4.0 to allocate additional food grain for another period of five months from July 2021 to November 2021. Key Points Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana Phase IV will be launched from July 2021 to November ..

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Moody’s: India’s growth projection at 9.6 per cent for 2021

June 23, 2021

Moody’s Investors Service has reduced India’s growth forecast to 9.6 per cent for 2021 from the earlier forecast of 13.9 per cent. According to it, growth will restrict to 7 % in 2022. Highlights Growth forecast was published in its ..

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Delhi launched Mukhyamantri Covid-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana

June 23, 2021

Delhi government has launched “Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana” to provide financial assistance to the families who lost a member due to Covid-19 pandemic. Why scheme was launched? According to notification by Social Welfare Department, Rs 50,000 ex-gratia will ..

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ZyCoV-D: World’s first DNA-based Vaccine

June 23, 2021

Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila is soon going to apply Central Drugs Regulator (DGCI) for emergency approval of the corona vaccine ZyCoV-D. If approved, it will be the world’s first DNA-based vaccine. With this, the number of vaccines available in ..

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