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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Agriculture contributes to 15-20 percent or more of world greenhouse gas emissions. And yet talks about agriculture comprised less than 5 percent of all official negotiations and less than 10 percent of side events, favoring the less controversial topic of renewable energy.
Allowing new variants to emerge and spread, 13 months into the vaccine era, is a policy choice by the rich world.
As rich countries hoard doses and Big Pharma refuses to share the knowledge required to ramp up manufacturing, Cuba’s public biotech sector could play a key role in defeating vaccine apartheid.
The mom-and-pop stores, known as ‘kiranas’, can order goods on JioMart Partner with deliveries promised within 24 hours. That means salesmen representing consumer giants face an existential threat to their business.
It may have been inconceivable before Corona to think of an examination-free education system, but now we are coerced into exploring its possibility. Just imagine how much unnecessary stress it will save the children, parents and teachers, while freeing up time to pursue hobbies.
The World Health Assembly Special Session in November will be considering the benefits of developing a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response. Rich countries are using the opportunity to sideline discussions on equity in public health.
The supply of Covaxin—one of the world’s cheapest vaccines by investment but among the costliest in the market—is marred by shortages. The financial details of the deal are secret, production capacity is unclear and royalties to the government are likely underpaid.
Companies say that sharing vaccine recipes wouldn’t boost manufacturing soon enough, but now we know that’s not true. Also: Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna are Raking in $3.9 Million in Profits Per Hour.
There are many foreign news channels who propagate that the corona pandemic has been spreading in China in recent times. But that is because the Chinese use the words “resurgence of covid” even when there are only a few Covid cases in China. The Chinese are following a zero tolerance policy.
In 2020, when COVID-19 halted trade and ravaged businesses across the country, as many as 11,716 businesspersons died by suicide, a 29% jump from 2019 when 9,052 businesspersons had taken their own lives, found latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau.
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