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Official vaccine availability for May: 7.3Crs. Translates to ~2.35 million per day which lines up with daily reported rate.

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5 - Data till the end of February was still matched - relatively good fit - the projection (death rates came down to 100/day or so etc) 6 - Some got worried that (around end of Feb) that the "decay" was not fast enough -- but still even in the first week of March many were "hoping&qu...

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SII was already cranking out vaccine doses at their (currently) max possible rate. Presumably, all were wither getting bought by the center to be distributed to the states minus whatever doses they had to send abroad to fulfil their international obligations. So from where will they provide these a...

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#BREAKING | Serum Institute receives 340 million doses order from states, 5 states to start receiving orders in next 4 days

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1.01 Cr. registrations today

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https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-may-get-fourth-covid-19-vaccine-by-august-says-govt-official-11619004545055.html India hopes to get Hyderabad-based Biological E's indigenous Covid-19 vaccine by August this year. Biological E Ltd is done with phase 1 and phase 2 trials. Now, they are ready ...

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https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1384140696982941696

Govt of India announces liberalised & accelerated Phase 3 strategy of COVID-19 vaccination from May 1; everyone above the age of 18 to be eligible to get vaccine

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As of today, there is definitely a shortage in Telengana. No shortages in other big states, but there may be shortages in rural areas due to logistic issues. Some states such as TN, Haryana are reporting a lot of wastage. Part of it is probably being illegally diverted and being reported as wastage....

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The written constitution is clear that the Parliament is supreme and has oversight over the appointment of judges. Unfortunately that is not true. There is extensive constitutional assembly debates on this. Ambedkar/drafters reasoning is that since executive will have majority in the parliament (el...

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The SC interprets laws, cannot make them. You are joking right? Where in constitution/law is basic structure doctrine or collegium mentioned. Judiciary invented these on its own 50 years ago. It rejected a constitutional amendment (NJAC) duly passed by parliament and states using this doctrine. Une...

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https://www.mohfw.gov.in/

Total Vaccination : 8,70,77,474 (33,37,601 on April 6)

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https://www.mohfw.gov.in/

Total Vaccination : 8,31,10,926 (43,00,966 on Apr 5)

4.3m yesterday, hope it goes up.

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Why is covaxin not able to scale up? Covaxin is made from inactivated virus, hence live/active virus needs to be produced safely without leakage from production facility. This requires bio-safety level-3 facilities. BB has limited capacity BSL-3 facility in hyderabad. They are expanding hyderabad f...

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So what do you do with the vaccines? Might as well administer them while the ice in the box hadn't melted, rather than throw them away on return because they might have lost their potency. Which is what had happened. nandakumarji, it is much more than that. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExK37RxXIAAk0...

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Something weird is going on in TN. Looks like not enough people are willing to get vaccinated. So local govt officials have made a stealthy decision to open it up to everyone above 18 to hit their mandated numbers, but are advertising that above 18 is fake news. See following tweet thread https://tw...

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https://www.isro.gov.in/update/22-mar-2021/isro-makes-breakthrough-demonstration-of-free-space-quantum-key-distribution-qkd ISRO makes breakthrough demonstration of free-space Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) over 300 m For the first time in the country, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has s...

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https://www.isro.gov.in/update/22-mar-2021/isro-makes-breakthrough-demonstration-of-free-space-quantum-key-distribution-qkd ISRO makes breakthrough demonstration of free-space Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) over 300 m For the first time in the country, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has s...

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If anything Covid has helped the GoI on a crash course into how to cultivate a biotech / pharma plus drug trial system against global benchmarks . One more important contribution I missed to note earlier was NIV, pune. They isolated the strain, gave it to BB and are involved in analysis against oth...

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/need-to-change-covaxin-composition-not-felt-yet-due-to-vaccines-good-efficacy-against-mutant-variants-says-government/articleshow/81589089.cms Need to change Covaxin composition not felt yet due to vaccine's good efficacy against mutant variants, says govern...

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^^^SII/BB commercial sales are not same price as price to GoI ($2). SII indicated commercial sales will be at Rs. 1000/dose. BB sold 20 million vaccine to Brazil at $286million. Both work out to ~$14/dose. So they are not cheap either. https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/jan/12/covishield-t...

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The earlier post compares BB to others who have made successful Covid vaccines. Let’s take a look: BB: 700 employees, $120 million revenues Pfizer: 88000 employees, $48000 million revenues J&J: 132,000 employees, $83000 million revenues Three others - GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Sanofi - major c...

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Why so few Covaxin? Shouldnt we be moving to Covaxin instead of Covishield? Production constraint at Bharat Biotech? Yes , they’re a small company with an annual capacity of only 150 million vaccines. In normal times that’s a great number but not right now . There are ongoing efforts to expand Cova...

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https://theprint.in/health/india-orders-12-crore-more-doses-of-covishield-covaxin-at-cheaper-price-tag-of-rs-150-shot/624823/ India has ordered 10 crore doses of Covishield and 2 crore of Covaxin at a renegotiated price of Rs 150 per dose (with taxes), a significant reduction from the earlier Rs 210...

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https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-india-vaccine/exclusive-ocugen-plans-to-sell-100-mln-indian-vaccine-doses-in-us-in-2021-idUSL4N2LD1FF EXCLUSIVE-Ocugen plans to sell 100 mln Indian vaccine doses in U.S. in 2021 NEW DELHI, March 15 (Reuters) - Ocugen Inc plans to sell 100 million do...

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/in-a-first-india-exploring-for-uranium-in-arunachal-along-india-china-border/articleshow/81521270.cms In a first, India exploring for uranium in Arunachal along India-China border Indian authorities are looking for uranium reserves just three kilome...

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-a-e-giving-third-shot-of-sinopharm-vaccine-to-some-11615575099 DUBAI—Health authorities in the United Arab Emirates have begun administering a third dose of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine to at least some residents, as doctors say the Chinese-made shots in some case...

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Saars Travel to India question. A side question on travelers from the US to Chennai, do we have to undergo compulsory quarantine? I got both my vaccines and it's been a couple of weeks since I got the second shot. I received a lot of conflicting information from the travel agent who told me about c...

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1/3 of the US population have been vaccinated . Don't make up your own stats. All vaccinations in US are reported to & recorded by CDC. Here is the official data: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations A total of 107M doses have been administered till March 14. That includes sec...

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Hopefully NaMo is on the phone with Biden to sort out the issue of US cutting supply of vaccine raw materails to SII...CEO is warning of disruptions in production if not immediately. Why should Modi get involved in protecting SII revenue? India has ample supply of non-US supply dependent vaccine. T...

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https://bharatshakti.in/northern-army-commander-pla-has-gone-behind-indias-claim-line-how-are-we-ceding/ Joshi: Absolutely. Step one was disengagement of the armour that was in proximity and that has happened very smoothly. Steps 2 and 3 are disengagement from the north and south banks. Step 4 is th...

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Another interview with NAC. See link for video. https://twitter.com/CNNnews18/status/1362050126911475712 @shreyadhoundial : At any point in time, did you think this cld blow up into an armed conflict [with China]? India's Northern Army Commander says yes. Talks of "very tense" moment in Au...

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Full interview with Northern Army Commander.

Transcript of interview.
https://bharatshakti.in/northern-army-c ... we-ceding/

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With --Atma Nirbhar Bharat-- slogan and PM himself making the personal push for Arjun Mk.1A, the IA generals (armored) will be under pressure to order more of Arjuns and its variants. No more T-series from here onwards ... at least not under the current GoI. The generals will have to directly answe...

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CfQKsfCQPlI @8:25, Chief is not very enthusiastic about Mk2. Says there may be a place for Mk2 depending on AMCA availability and we will take a call in due course. First IAF said 200+ Mk2 before MRCA 3 yrs ago, then went down to 6 sq/108 Mk2 ~1.5yrs yrs ago after MRCA, now they are doubtful even i...

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Brahmos A can be optimized significantly. But I have been hearing about brahmos mini and NG for so long that I have given up hope. This is what happens when you don't have design autonomy. I have much more hope on LFRJ-based solution. ??? Brahmos-NG was always advertised to be ready for testing onl...

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Suraj wrote:B B Lal is among the Padma Vibhushan awardees.

Meanwhile his wikipedia bio lives in a parallel universe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._B._Lal

Wkipedia is dominated by commies/left, especially in India. Any changes made will get wiped in minutes.

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Govt sets up stiff targets for home production of Tejas https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/govt-sets-up-stiff-targets-for-home-production-of-tejas-199970 At present, only 50 per cent of the jet is made in India, while the engine and the latest radar — called AESA — come from the US and Israel...

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At $43 million each, the Tejas Mark 1A competes in export market https://www.ajaishukla.com/2021/01/at-43-million-each-tejas-mark-1a.html On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced the Union Cabinet’s clearance for Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to build 83 Tejas Mark 1A light combat ai...

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There was no "division" vote (though for the life of me I can't see why every vote in parliament should not be a division or individual-polling type of vote, using technology to get around the delays). All it takes for a division vote is a request from ONE opposition member to the chair p...

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Just try to imagine if this had happened in Bharat, and done to some peace-fool mohtormas .....The int'al media would have hyperventilated nonstop for months. But in Khan-land, the mainstream media has brushed it off already. Alleged unwanted hysterectomies and other abuses at ICE facility prompts ...

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