DMK asks Centre to manufacture vaccine in Tamil Nadu
The Hindu
DMK MP P. Wilson has requested Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to take steps to utilise the three vaccine centres in Tamil Nadu for production of Covishield/ Covaxin. In a letter, he said the thr
DMK MP P. Wilson has requested Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to take steps to utilise the three vaccine centres in Tamil Nadu for production of Covishield/ Covaxin. In a letter, he said the three vaccine manufacturing centres in Tamil Nadu — King Institute at Chennai, Integrated Vaccine Complex by HLL Biotech at Chengalpattu, and Pasteur Institute at Coonoor — have the necessary machinery and infrastructure for large-scale manufacturing of the vaccines. He pointed out that Integrated Vaccine Complex (IVC) at Chengalpattu had been lying idle for almost a decade, after being established in 2012 at an estimated cost of ₹594 crore and had sanctioned staff strength of 408, of which nearly 251 posts are vacant. The Pasteur Institute of Coonoor is one of the oldest and pioneering institutes in India in the manufacture of vaccines.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.