-The Hindu They seek waiver on some provisions of world agreements that regulate intellectual property rights to expedite steps to contain pandemic India and South Africa, in a formal submission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on October 2, sought a waiver on certain provisions of the international agreements that regulate intellectual property rights to speed up efforts to prevent, treat and contain the COVID-19 pandemic. In the communication, the countries said there...
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Second surge puts children, younger adults at high risk, say experts -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Multiple super spreader events happening in schools, colleges, offices, public transport. The second surge of COVID-19 puts children and younger adults at high risk with the situation being very grim especially in rural and tribal areas which were spared in the first wave, warn experts even as the country has been witnessing a steady rise in cases and with the government on Thursday opening up vaccination to all persons 45...
More »Jobless growth: the pandemic has revealed India’s crisis of unemployment -Himanshu
-The Indian Express The current model of economic growth prioritises capital over labour and is unlikely to resolve the unemployment crisis. COVID-19 infections are once again on the rise with daily infections crossing 60,000 per day last week. This is considerably higher compared to the reported infections during the same period last year when the numbers were less than 500 per day. What is obvious is that the pandemic is far from...
More »India unlikely to expand export of vaccines as focus shifts to domestic demand
-The Hindu So far, India has sent 60.4 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to around 80 countries. India is unlikely to expand export of COVID-19 vaccines for the next few months as the focus shifts to domestic demand in view of spike in coronavirus infections, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday. So far, India has sent 60.4 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to around 80 countries. Those familiar with the development said...
More »House panel flags slow pace of vaccination
-The Hindu Committee on Home Affairs for immunisation of all frontline workers, CAPF personnel A parliamentary panel on home affairs observed that “till now, less than 1% of the Indian population has been vaccinated and at this rate it will take many years to vaccinate whole population.” The parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, headed by Congress leader Anand Sharma, tabled the report in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Second dose missed “The Committee also expresses...
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