Health Minister J P Nadda launches India-made tetanus and adult diphtheria vaccineUnion Health Minister J.P. Nadda launched India's indigenously manufactured tetanus and adult diphtheria (Td) vaccine, bolstering the Unive...
21 Feb, 2026, 05.22 PM IST
India sailed through Omicron wave because of vaccination, says Health Minister MandaviyaIndia, which battled the deadly second wave blamed on the Delta variant in April-May last year, faced the Omicron challenge in December 202...
01 Apr, 2022, 12.39 PM IST
Jharkhand minister writes to PM, seeks Bharat Ratna for scientists who developed indigenous Covid vaccinesThe minister said doing so will inspire young scientists of the country and this way, the nation can also pay gratitude to its scientists.
01 Jul, 2021, 08.32 AM IST
Indigenous vaccine efforts only hopeThe world does not have sufficient installed capacity to supply the 11-13 billion doses of Covid vaccines required and their ingredients.
30 May, 2021, 11.04 PM IST
Govt looking into securing part of J&J vaccines for Indian market: SourcesHyderabad-based Biological E has, however, proposed to manufacture about 30 crore doses of its indigenous vaccine exclusively for the India...
26 May, 2021, 09.57 PM IST
Increase domestic Covid vaccine productionThe indigenous vaccine candidates in advanced stages—Zydus Cadila, Biological E and Gennova—must receive special attention for timely emerg...
04 May, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
Biological E jabs may hit market by August, says Dr VK PaulAs per the ICMR , Biological E is testing a two-dose vaccine. Similar to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, Biological E’s vaccine under trial presc...
22 Apr, 2021, 08.04 AM IST
65% of vaccines manufactured in Hyderabad, says Bharat Biotech's Krishna EllaKrishna Ella, whose firm developed India's first indigenous vaccine for Covid-19, said 'pandemic vaccines and everything in future will com...
22 Feb, 2021, 06.20 PM IST
India developing seven more vaccines against coronavirus: Health Minister Harsh VardhanThree of the vaccines are in the trial phase, two are in the pre-clinical stage, one is in phase 1 and another in phase 2, the Union health...
06 Feb, 2021, 10.55 PM IST
Covaxin approval sans due process, alleges Manish Tewari"COVAXIN is another story -- Approvals sans Due Process," the former Union minister added, tagging a media report which claimed scientists ...
16 Jan, 2021, 03.33 PM IST
IMA asks its members to participate in COVID-19 vaccination drive"With the vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 at our doorsteps, it is worth remembering that indigenous vaccines have been developed after the t...
08 Jan, 2021, 03.47 PM IST
Targeting Opposition, BJP says political row over indigenous vaccine helping 'foreign forces'On Sunday, India's drugs regulator approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously devel...
04 Jan, 2021, 07.24 PM IST
Serum Institute develops first indigenous vaccine against pneumonia; to be launched next weekIndia's drug regulator in July had granted market approval for the Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate vaccine, after reviewing the phase...
24 Dec, 2020, 10.13 AM IST
Coronavirus vaccine likely to be ready for India next year, says scientistIn India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had promised an indigenous vaccine as early as mid-August, a claim the government and i...
22 Sep, 2020, 10.15 AM IST
Human trials for COVID-19 vaccine initiated in India, with 1,000 volunteers: ICMRThe Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has permitted two vaccines -- one developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited in collabo...
14 Jul, 2020, 09.14 PM IST
ICMR says move to fast-track COVID-19 vaccine is in accordance with global normsICMR said that the letter sent by the DG was meant to cut 'unnecessary red tape'.
04 Jul, 2020, 06.58 PM IST
- India unveils first indigenous vaccine against swine flu
India on Thursday unveiled its first indigenous vaccine against the dreaded swine flu which claimed over 18,000 lives globally and more tha...
03 Jun, 2010, 11.25 PM IST