71: COVID Fight Podcast: Fully vaccinated may soon be allowed to travel in Mumbai local trains; US brings back masks
Bharat Biotech’s chairman and managing director Krishna Ella on July 29 said public behaviour is very irresponsible and it is what will decide the course of the third COVID-19 wave. In this edition o...
29 Heinä 20217min
70: COVID Fight Podcast: Parliamentary panel says Centre’s stimulus package 'inadequate'
A Parliamentary panel report has said that the stimulus package announced by the government for the revival of the COVID-19 pandemic-hit economy has been found to be "inadequate." The panel has recom...
28 Heinä 20217min
69: COVID Fight Podcast: Health Minister says India may start vaccinating children from August
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed on July 27 that India would soon start administering COVID-19 vaccines to children. At a BJP parliamentary meeting in Delhi, he said that the governme...
27 Heinä 20216min
68: COVID Fight Podcast: Biological E's Corbevax vaccine could rollout in 2 months; 16 cases reported at Tokyo Games
Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Biological E Limited (BE) told CNBC-TV18 on July 26 that phase III trial of its vaccine Corbevax is underway and it would apply for emergency use authorisation i...
26 Heinä 20216min
67: COVID Fight Podcast: AIIMS chief says possible to delay 3rd wave; Tokyo Olympics linked cases surge past 100
The chief of the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Dr. Randeep Guleria on July 23 suggested that it is possible to delay the third COVID-19 wave. In this episode of the COVID Fight Podc...
23 Heinä 20215min
66: COVID Fight Podcast: Govt says no cover-up of virus deaths; China rejects WHO proposal to revisit lab leak theory
The government has once again dismissed claims of COVID-19 deaths being underreported in India in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament. In his statement in Rajya Sabha, Health Minister Mansukh Ma...
22 Heinä 20216min
65: COVID Fight Podcast: Over 150 kids test positive in Mizoram; US eases travel recommendations on India
Even as the second COVID-19 wave has almost plateaued across India and most states have eased restrictions, the possibility of the third wave continues to be a cause of worry. Mizoram on July 20 repo...
20 Heinä 20218min
64: Smooth Ride Podcast: States put customers at centre of EV policies; no longer fighting for investment
India now has a total of 16 states that have formulated or proposed dedicated electric vehicle policies. And increasingly, it is customers and not manufacturers who are at the centre of the initiative...
20 Heinä 202124min
