| India's drugs regulator on Saturday approved Hyderabad-based Biological E's anti-Covid vaccine as a heterologous booster dose for adults having already taken two doses of Covishield or Covaxin vaccine, according to a company statement, making it the first vaccine to have been approved as booster. |
THE DAILY QUIZ This model was caught in a drug-use scandal in 2005. She smoked while on the runway in 2011. She was escorted off a flight for unruly behaviour in 2015. But she was not, as we found last week, shoved down a flight of stairs by Johnny Depp. Who? a. Cindy Crawford
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| THE BIG STORY India clears Corbevax as a booster dose for adults India's drugs regulator has approved Hyderabad-based Biological E's anti-Covid vaccine Corbevax as the first mix-and-match booster dose for adults, the company said in a statement on Saturday. It said that the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) approved Corbevax as a Covid-19 booster dose for individuals aged 18 years and above, six months after they have been administered the second doses of Covishield or Covaxin. "BE's Corbevax is the first such vaccine in India to be approved as a heterologous Covid-19 booster," the statement said. Read more. |
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| TOP STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED Sisodia targets Assam CM over PPE kit deal, Sarma hits back Hyderabad gang-rape: Third of five accused - also a juvenile - apprehended Eleven killed in blast at Hapur factory Restaurants, govt appear set for service charge tussle |
| THE BIG QUESTION What led to the violence in Kanpur? At least 24 people have been arrested, including the suspected mastermind, and 12 people have been detained in connection with the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district on Friday that left 17 people, including five police personnel, injured. Read more. |
| A LITTLE LIGHT READING Ruskin to the rescue: Lessons on life and love, from Ruskin Bond's new book From his home in the mountains, the writer offers advice on heartbreak, ambition, writing. Think of How to Live Your Life as a letter addressed to young people everywhere. Read more. |
| THE WEEKEND FIX When survival is a stretch: How animals are adapting to climate change As temperatures rise, hurricanes get fiercer and the seasons start to blur, animals are going to extreme lengths to cope. Some have longer beaks, wider toepads. Others have smaller sizes, changed diets, new postures. Evolution is hitting overdrive, but it might still not be enough to protect every species. On World Environment Day, see how some natural selection is already underway. Read more. |
| LIFE HACKS WITH CHARLES ASSISI The cursed lives of the super-rich Wealth is built over generations. And it takes much effort to keep it together. But the kids wouldn't get it and the point had to be hammered home. That is why, in a fit of exasperation, after much pleading that everyone cut down on screentime and get to work, I yanked their access to wi-fi at home. And to grind sobriety into their heads, I insisted they take a walk so we revisit the current lives and homes of people whom I had imagined as privileged when growing up. Read more. |
| HT THIS DAY: June 05, 1950 Division of railways into six zones The Government's tentative scheme for the regrouping or Railways was published today. This is contained in a memorandum which, in accordance with the Railway Minister's undertaking in Parliament, is being sent to commercial bodies and other public organizations for ascertaining their views. Read more. |
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