Afraid of needles? China rolling out oral COVID-19 vaccineThe vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people, acco...
26 Oct, 2022, 06.06 PM IST
China launches a COVID-19 vaccine inhaled through the mouthThe vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated individuals,...
26 Oct, 2022, 01.13 PM IST
Companies bring back Covid curbs as cases surgeForbes Marshall, Thermax, Marico, Tech Mahindra, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, and Jindal Stainless are also among the companies seekin...
05 Jun, 2022, 05.01 PM IST
Third shot challenge: GoI must spend more to expand availabilityStudies have indicated that a different booster increases protection for those double-dosed with viral vector and inactivated vaccines. Oth...
09 Apr, 2022, 10.04 AM IST
Vaxxing the world is in self-interestIn the US, Britain and the EU, a booster shot is part of the regimen. Countries like India are rolling out booster shots, while others are ...
23 Jan, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
CII for additional 1% CSR levy in Budget to provide Covid vaccine booster shotsCII has also urged state governments to lift the pandemic-induced restrictions on economic activity, arguing that the occupancy rate of hos...
23 Jan, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
Time for booster shots, India Inc tells its employeesThe booster dose, or 'precautionary' dose as the government is calling it, is allowed from January 10 for people who are 60 and above with ...
01 Jan, 2022, 08.17 AM IST
Sinopharm, J&J, Sputnik vaccines are weaker against Omicron in new studyOnly three out of 13 people who has taken both doses of Sinopharm’s shot showed neutralizing antibodies against omicron. For J&J, this metr...
17 Dec, 2021, 06.05 PM IST
World rushes to boost against Omicron, but questions remainIn the days after earliest findings showed that omicron caused a 25 to 40-fold loss of neutralizing antibodies from the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTec...
10 Dec, 2021, 10.42 PM IST
New variant cause for concern, not panic, Joe Biden tells USThe World Health Organization (WHO) said the Omicron coronavirus variant carried a very high risk of infection surges as more countries clo...
29 Nov, 2021, 11.50 PM IST
China's COVID-19 outbreak developing rapidly, health official saysSome 377 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms were reported from Oct. 17-29, National Health Commission (NHC) data showed...
30 Oct, 2021, 07.39 PM IST
The next booster shot to revive economy may not be far awayGoing by what the indicators are showing so far, third quarter doesn't hold any hopes of revival.
09 Dec, 2019, 07.09 PM IST
Expecting US economy to grow 3-4%: James Glassman, JPMorgan Chase“The tax cut stimulus will fade but it will boost growth potential of the US economy.”
27 Aug, 2018, 11.53 AM IST
RBI provides booster shot to economy, cuts repo rate by 50 basis pointsInvestment is likely to respond more strongly if there is more certainty about the extent of monetary stimulus in the pipeline, even if tra...
29 Sep, 2015, 12.05 PM IST
Rate cuts not goodies, but natural result of low prices: Raghuram RajanThe comments come as corporate executives and India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is stepping up pressure on the central bank to cut rate...
24 Aug, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
Pranab Mukherjee to sign off with economy booster shotDestined for Rashtrapati Bhavan, the veteran Congressman is preparing himself for the inevitable end to his political career.
24 Jun, 2012, 04.55 PM IST
- Economy responds to booster shots
The economy has started responding to the stimulus measures taken by the government, a meeting of top government officials chaired by Cabin...
29 Apr, 2009, 02.17 AM IST