"The calves used in the extraction of this serum are taken away from their mothers shortly after birth, which traumatises and distresses both the mother and calf," says PETA India Science Policy Adviser Dr Ankita Pandey.
Read MoreThe Serum Institute of India's (SII) consignment of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' to be dispatched to Myanmar, Seychelles and Mauritius has arrived at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in the early hours of Friday.
Read MoreThe Serum Institute of India (SII) makes 70 to 80 million doses every month and planning is underway for distribution to India and foreign countries, said Adar Poonawalla, CEO and Owner, SII.
Read MoreSubject Expert Committee (SEC) of Drugs Controller of India will take a meeting to consider Serum Institute of India's application for emergency use approval of its COVID-19 vaccine, says a government official.
Read MoreSpeaking at the annual meet of the Northeast chapter of the IIMC Alumni Association, Chakravarty also called upon aspiring journalists and communicators to choose reputed institutions like the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in order to make a good career.
Read MoreThe health minister informed that as many as 1598 RT-PCR samples have been sent to the West Bengal-based National Institute of Biomedical Genomics since December 12, 2021 till date. “Of them, 1438 reports received have confirmed that all the cases are that of the Delta variant and no Omicron case has been detected,” he said.
Read MoreThe Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and Assam PWD (Building and NH) have prepared a project on the proposed elevated corridor along the NH37 in Kaziranga National Park area covering the 35 kilometer stretch from Jakhalabandha (West) to Bokakhat (East).
Read MoreDeputy Commissioner of Udalguri Uday Praveen took stock of the situation where the bamboo groves were cleared by Tangla Municipal authorities resulting in the death of over 200 Cattle Egrets. The official directed for rehabilitation of the surviving baby Cattle Egret to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre near Kaziranga National Park in the state.
Read MoreThe ease is, of course, facilitated majorly by the presence of Shah Rukh Khan, who does not miss a trick in jettisoning his King of Romance persona and donning the garb of an unflappable, unstoppable action hero.
Read MoreFaizan Ahmed's decomposing body was recovered from a hostel room on October 14 last year. The court had asked for a report from the IIT Director and after going through it, it said the report of the Director is "thoroughly misleading" if not an attempt to cover up.
Read MoreAll-out efforts against organised crimes and crime syndicates by Assam Police are continuing and a total of 2,878 cases were registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in the year 2022
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