Thumbay Hospital, the first academic hospital established by Thumbay Group under its healthcare division, celebrated with joy of crossing treatment of 4 million patient visits from 175 nationalities, Dr Thumbay Moideen, founder president said, “It was a great achievement by our team of healthcare professionals who have put all their efforts to serve the community.
Month: June 2021
** Three films from Chennai-based Stray Factory to be screened at NYIFF 2021
The films ‘Nasir’, ‘B. Selvi & Daughters’ and ‘Freddie’s Piano’ have all been produced by independent studio Stray Factory
Three films produced by Chennai-based independent studio Stray Factory will be screened at the New York Indian Film Festival this year.
The NYIFF, which is being held from June 4 to 13, will screen Nasir (directed by Arun Karthick), B. Selvi & Daughters (directed by Drishya), and Freddie’s Piano (directed by Aakash Prabhakar).
** Ocugen pays $15 mn upfront to Bharat Biotech for Covaxin rights in Canada
Similar to the US arrangement, Ocugen will retain 45 per cent of the profit from sales of Covaxin in Canada.
Ocugen Inc, the US partner for Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine has announced the payment of $15 million upfront to the Indian drug maker for extending the vaccine rights to Canada.
Ocugen in a regulatory filing said it has agreed to pay another $10 million to Bharat Biotech within a month from the commercial launch of Covaxin in the North American country.
** We’ll talk about my goals in 10 years’ time, says Chhetri after surpassing Messi
Instead of his goals, Chhetri focussed on the many lessons his team will take home from Monday’s game.
Sunil Chhetri has never liked counting his goals and he prefers to keep it that way even after surpassing the great Lionel Messi as the second highest scorer in international football.
The 36-year-old Chhetri achieved his 74th strike with his brace against Bangladesh in the joint preliminary qualifying round match for 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup on Monday night. Messi has 73 so far
** PM: Free vaccination for all
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said 75 per cent of total vaccines in the country will be procured by the Centre directly and distributed free of cost to states.
He also said that states will no longer be involved in the procurement of vaccines
** Battle against COVID: ISRO develops three types of ventilators, to transfer technology
Low-cost and portable critical care ventilator ‘PRANA’ (Programmable Respiratory Assistance for the Needy Aid) is based on the automated compression of an AMBU (Artificial Manual Breathing unit) bag
** Odisha rolls out free doorstep delivery of oxygen concentrators in five cities
Health department sources said the five municipal corporations have been provided with 1000 oxygen concentrators, which will be made available to patients free of cost.
** Explained: How the US will recover remains of 400 of its soldiers missing in India
Gandhinagar-based National Forensic Sciences University has tied up with US’s Department of Defense to recover and identify the remains of over 400 missing US military personnel in India during World War II. How will they go about doing so?