Day: April 16, 2021

Covid-19 vaccine 3rd dose ‘likely’ needed within 12 months: Pfizer

The head of Pfizer said in an interview aired Thursday that people will “likely” need a third dose of his company’s Covid-19 vaccine within a year of being fully vaccinated. CEO Albert Bourla also said annual vaccinations against the coronavirus may well be required. “We need to see what would be the sequence, and for […]

Spectrum Auction 2021: Telecom Department assigns frequencies to successful bidders

NEW DELHI: Department of Telecom (DoT) today (16.04.2021) successfully completed the assignment of frequencies to successful bidders of the Spectrum Auction, 2021. Frequency assignment letters were issued to successful bidders today. The frequency assignment was accompanied by a frequency harmonization exercise, whereby spectrum blocks assigned to Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) in the current spectrum auction […]

Tourism ministry signs MoU with Cleartrip and Ease My Trip

NEW DELHI: In its ongoing effort to strengthen the Hospitality & Tourism Industry especially in the times of the pandemic, the Ministry of Tourism signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cleartrip and Ease My Trip on 15th April 2021. The primary objective of this MoU is to provide extensive visibility to accommodation units which […]

Nova Benefits raises USD 1 million seed funding

NEW DELHI: Nova Benefits, a corporate health insurance platform, on Wednesday said it has raised USD 1 million in seed funding round led by Multiply Ventures, Better Capital and Titan Capital. Rupeek Gold Loans CEO Sumit Maniyar and Early Salary co-founder Ashish Goyal also participated as angel investors, a company release said. Bengaluru-based Nova Benefits […]

Rs 110 crore ROPAX Jetty Project to come up on river Dhamra in Odisha

NEW DELHI: Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) has accorded administrative approval for sanction of Rs 50.30 crore for developing all-weather ROPAX (Roll-on/Roll-off Passenger)Jetty and allied infrastructure connecting Kaninali in Bhadrak district &Talachua in Kendrapara district, Odisha under the Sagarmala initiative. The Government of Odisha will fund another 50% cost of the project. The […]

Delhi government appoints 10 IAS officers as nodal officers for Covid-19 hospitals

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Friday appointed 10 IAS officers as “nodal officers” for COVID-19 hospitals run by it and asked them to work from the health care facility they have been assigned. “The officers will be overall in-charge of the COVID-19 hospital assigned to them and will exercise general superintendence, directions and control […]

SII CEO urges US to lift raw material export ban to up Covid-19 vaccine production

NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Friday said the US needs to lift its embargo on raw material exports to help ramp up vaccine production. SII is currently manufacturing anti-coronavirus vaccine Covishield, developed by Astrazeneca and Oxford University. The vaccine is not only being used in India, but exported to […]

Piramal Retail Finance enters into consumer and used-car financing segment

NEW DELHI: Piramal Retail Finance, a business entity under Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Ltd. (PCHFL), a subsidiary of Piramal Enterprises Limited, has announced the launch of its expanded multi-product retail financing platform. Focused on small and mid-town India (the ‘Bharat’ markets), the Company offers new and expanding product offerings to meet various financing needs […]

Mumbai’s Haffkine gets Centre’s nod to produce Covaxin

NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government (Centre) has given its permission to the Mumbai-based Haffkin Institute to manufacture Covaxin, an anti-coronavirus vaccine of Bharat Biotech, an official said on Thursday. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had earlier requested the Centre to allow the Haffkine Institute to produce Covaxin, which is currently produced by the Hyderabad-based […]

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