Supportes of Fr. Stan Swamy lit up candles outside St. Peters Church where his funeral was held at Bandra in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Late Father Stan Swamy’s computer was compromised by the same attacker who hacked the computers of co-accused Rona Wilson and Surendra Gadling in the Bhima Koregaon caste violence … Read more
A floating trash barrier (FTB), developed by a Bengaluru firm and deployed in eight cities across India to trap trash in waterbodies, has won the Cleaning and Restoring India’s Water Bodies Challenge conducted by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA). The challenge was conducted by the Waste to Wealth Mission — Swachh Bharat … Read more
Moderna’s research and manufacturing plant will produce vaccines to combat a range of viruses. Source link
Dubai – Altibbi, a Middle East digital health platform founded in Jordan and headquartered in Dubai, has raised $44 million in a series B round to expand its online pharmacy and diagnostic collection business, it said in a statement on Monday. The funding round was led by Dubai-headquartered Foundation Holdings and the venture capital arm … Read more
New Delhi: Health-tech Company HCAH (HealthCare at HOME) has raised Rs 112 crore from Singapore based private equity fund ABC World Asia (“ABC”) to build a hospital healthcare delivery platform. HCAH aims to use this investment for physical rehabilitation and recovery through its service range of home ICU, inpatient rehab in transition care centers including … Read more
French firm says it will not rule out “legal recourse” against the UK government for loss of earnings. Source link
In a statement on its website, Valneva said: “Valneva SE, a specialty vaccine company, today announced that it has received a termination notice from the UK Government (HMG) in relation to the Supply Agreement for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, VLA2001. Source link
Advanz pushed up the price of thyroid tablet packs more than 10-fold, says the competition watchdog. Source link
NEW DELHI: A Chinese state-backed hacking group has in recent weeks targeted the IT systems of two Indian vaccine makers whose coronavirus shots are being used in the country’s immunisation campaign, cyber intelligence firm Cyfirma told Reuters. Rivals China and India have both sold or gifted Covid-19 shots to many countries. India produces more than … Read more
India and China have agreed to put in place a mutually acceptable solution for disengagement in Eastern Ladakh at the earliest, a joint statement said after the seventh round of Corps Commander-level talks that took place on Monday. According to sources privy to the developments in the meet, India stood firm on its stand that … Read more