Serum distances from executive's criticism of govt

The Serum Institute has disassociated itself from its executive director's statement that the government began the COVID-19 vaccination of multiple age groups without taking into consideration the......

Does India have enough vaccine reserves to combat another Covid wave?

Vaccine makers in India have a limited stockpile of doses, even as COVID-19 threatens to rear its head this winter season, reports Sohini Das. IMAGE: A beneficiary is being inoculated with a......

DCGI finds no link between Covid vaccine shot and 'adverse' reaction

A probe initiated by the Drugs Controller General of India into an alleged "serious adverse event" reportedly suffered by an Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial participant in Chennai has found that it......

'None of the existing vaccines can prevent emerging variants of Omicron'

'We seem to be in a situation where we can do little, and nothing needs to be done anyway.' Photograph: ANI Photo   As India's COVID-19 daily case count dips below the 100-mark, approvals for......

What Ivanka will be up to at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Young Indian entrepreneurs hope to share some of the limelight too at the Hyderabad event.B Dasarath Reddy reports. New-age entrepreneurs, from Flipkart Executive Chairman Sachin Bansal to......

Covid-19 could be the boost Indian pharma cos need

The western world had largely considered India to be a production hub, and also, a good potential geography for clinical trials, and a big market. But in Covid-19 research, Indian companies and......

'I'm willing to give more than Rs 35,000 crores for vaccines'

'I'll give it to the vaccine manufacturers without guarantees, take the payment in advance and give me the supplies.''The moment you give me one lot of supply, I'll give you more.' IMAGE: A......

Edelweiss, Lanco lead race for Axis' PE arm

Infrastructure conglomerate Lanco Group and leading financial services firm Edelweiss Capital have emerged frontrunners in the race for Axis Bank's private equity arm. According to two people......