- 20 Dec
- 2020
India seeing multiple monopolistic trends: Prevention better than cure
There are a few undesirable trends in some sectors where market share is becoming dominant with potential monopolistic trends.
- 19 Dec
- 2020
PLI scheme may add USD 520 billion to GDP in 5 years: Report
The government had in March announced the PLI scheme to help lower the country's dependence on imports, mainly from China, by incentivising and inviting global as well as capital-rich companies to set up manufacturing capacities in the country.
- 18 Dec
- 2020
Oxford says vaccine has good immune response with two-dose regime
The vaccine candidate, which has been licensed to AstraZeneca, has issued interim late stage trial results showing inflated efficacy when a half dose is followed by a full dose, compared to a two full-dose regime, though more work needs to be done to affirm the result.
- 17 Dec
- 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu to become first Israeli to receive COVID-19 vaccine
"On Friday, I will leave quarantine and on Saturday evening I will go get vaccinated. I have asked to be the first person to get vaccinated in order to serve as an example and to persuade you that you can and should be vaccinated," Netanyahu said,...
- 17 Dec
- 2020
Facebook takes the gloves off in feud with Apple
On Wednesday, Facebook went on the offensive to forestall Apple’s changes.
- 16 Dec
- 2020
Cipla partners Premier Medical Corporation to launch COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits in India
"In this collaboration, Cipla will be responsible for the marketing and distribution of the Rapid Antigen Detection Test for the qualitative noticing of SARS-CoV-2 antigen that will be manufactured by Premier Medical Corporation Pvt Ltd," Cipla s...
- 14 Dec
- 2020
First shipments of Pfizer vaccine leave Michigan manufacturing facility
The first trucks carrying the vaccine for widespread use in the US pulled out of a Pfitzer manufacturing plant in Michigan on Sunday, en route to 636 predetermined locations, amid a botched government response that has made the US the worst-hit country in the world.
- 13 Dec
- 2020
Kamal Haasan asks PM Modi to explain need for new Parliament building
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the understructure stone for a new Parliament building on December 10. He also performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the structure, which is expected to be completed by 2022.
