The vaccine will be imported in a frozen condition from Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) with which it has an agreement to distribute 125 million human doses ( 250 million vials) in India, maintaining -18 to -22
In view of increased demand for the medicine due to a spike in COVID-19 cases, the Centre on Sunday prohibited the export of Remdesivir injection till the situation in the country improves
Decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Modi
Besides five drug companies that had tie-ups, Russian firms says they are looking for a couple of more firms for the possible production pacts
Prime Minister said India tried to protect its 1.3 billion nationals from COVID-19, and, at the same time, tried to support pandemic response efforts of others
From June 1, jewellers will be allowed to sell only 14, 18 and 22 carats of gold jewellery which will be hallmarked
Tata Group was among the "multiple" entities that had put in preliminary bids for buying loss-making Air India in December last year
Devdutt Padikkal's return would boost the RCB batting; SRH on the other hand would like the openers to click
Skymet has forecast normal monsoon for India; FMCG, auto demand may get a boost
Moody's expects that given the focus on 'micro-containment zones' to deal with the current wave of infections, as opposed to a nationwide lockdown, the impact on economic activity would be less severe than that seen in 2020