#Homegrown covid vaccine

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Anocovax: India's homegrown Covid-19 vaccine for animals

Anocovax: India’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine for animals

Anocovax: India’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine for animals New Delhi, June 10: The country’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine Anocovax for animals, developed by Haryana-based ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, (NRC), was launched by Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday. Anocovax is an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Delta (COVID-19) vaccine for New Delhi, June 10: The country’s…

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Protesters across China have made one thing very clear: after three years of harsh restrictions, many people are tired of their government’s pursuit of an increasingly ineffective zero-Covid strategy. China once celebrated its success in containing outbreaks and keeping its economy running, but it has been slow to adapt to a world of more infective variants and mass vaccination. As life begins to feel increasingly normal in Britain and elsewhere, 49 cities – representing a third of China’s population and two-fifths of its economic output – are in partial or total lockdown.

The protests will put pressure on the regime to change its approach, but that may be easier said than done. China has been highly politically committed to its Covid policy, even as it has become less and less tenable. And the situation with its health system, population immunity and vaccine stocks is vastly different from ours, partly because of the choices it made earlier in the pandemic. China will have to face some form of living with Covid soon, and millions of lives – not to mention global economic stability – depend on how this happens.

China was an early adopter of overwhelming measures to contain Covid. This involved recurrent lockdowns affecting millions, but also building isolation centres and hospitals very quickly, mass PCR testing, intensive contact tracing and surveillance, and mandatory masking. Some of the measures were incredibly draconian. Yet, despite the cost to civil liberties, it worked in stopping Covid-19 initially.

But then in 2021, several safe and effective vaccines were approved, which meant that widespread protection could be delivered to western populations. Take-up was remarkably high, and country after country, including maximum suppression countries such as New Zealand, Australia and South Korea, pivoted from containment to mass vaccination, access to antiviral therapies and “living with Covid-19”.

China, though, stayed with its strategy of elimination within its borders. The Chinese government did roll out its homegrown vaccine but took a different approach than the west. Its vaccination priority list focused on healthy young adults, and instead noted the side-effects of the vaccine to elderly groups. It didn’t promote the vaccine to elderly groups until November 2021, but by this time considerable vaccine scepticism had built up. Rising concerns about the low effectiveness of the non-mRNA Chinese vaccines were also a concern: studies indicated that protection faded fast and was undetectable after six months.

Recent reports suggest that only about 40% of over-80s have received a booster shot, and millions still remain unvaccinated. To put this in perspective, the overall booster rate was more than 90% in Japan while only 68% in China. And the Chinese government’s efforts to push vaccination have been met by a population used to zero-Covid messaging and having a false sense of security that they won’t ever be exposed to the virus, so why get vaccinated at all?

And population exposure has been minimal in China. It has had just under 1.5m infections in a population of 1.4 billion, and the national death toll is 5229. Compare this with England where the Financial Times estimates that more than 90% of the population has had Covid at least once. This hybrid “wall of immunity” in Britain has come at a major cost: the UK death rate stands at 2,400 per million, compared with just three deaths in a million in China.

All of this means that China’s population has a lower vaccination rate, with vaccines that appear less effective, than in most other countries. And many people don’t have any immunity gained from a previous infection either. If China gives up on containment and allows a large wave of infections, the country will take a huge loss of life given current vaccination levels: they are just too low in the most at-risk groups. This would overwhelm the already fragile Chinese healthcare system with too many patients who need care.

And the 2020 playbook isn’t working in 2022 in China, with a much more infectious version of the virus – Omicron – and a population fed up and tired of restrictions and constantly changing rules. Millions of businesses have had to shut down and the country has taken a major economic hit: the World Bank forecasts GDP growth in China of just 2.8%, behind the rest of the region’s average of 5.3%. This is the first time China’s GDP growth is less than its neighbours since 1990. Yet there are few signs the government will change tack for political and health system reasons.

Politically, the president, Xi Jinping, has projected a clear narrative of protecting China’s population through a zero-Covid policy and sees it as one of his successes. He defended the strategy vigorously at the recent Communist party congress, and any sudden policy shift may be seen as an admission of failure. And while there are increasing protests against restrictions, other parts of the country are calling for authorities to do everything to protect them from Covid. They’ve heard about the death toll in the western world and don’t want to be exposed to the virus.

The other concern of Chinese scientists and politicians is long Covid, which some feel has been underestimated in western countries. And you can understand this concern. An estimated 2 million people are suffering from long Covid in Britain and it is cited as one of the major reasons for the rising number of “economically inactive” people.

No matter what approach China takes, it needs to improve its vaccines. But to do this it will need access to mRNA technology, and this has been stuck at an impasse. Moderna has refused to transfer its technology to Chinese firms for manufacturing, instead eager to sell directly to a large market. China has instead worked to develop a homegrown mRNA vaccine but this has caused delays in rollout.

The countries that dealt most successfully with the pandemic, such as New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Denmark and others, did it by successfully moving from containment in 2020 to mass vaccination and treatments in 2021 and 2022. This is the only sustainable exit from this pandemic and we’re likely to see China take this route eventually. It will need to get mRNA vaccines to the biggest priority groups quickly, and also bring an exhausted public along through what is likely to be a jarring shift in strategy – from no Covid at all, to Covid circulation with vaccine protection.

Let’s hope China makes this transition before it is forced, regardless of what the governments wants, to live with Covid before it is ready. China buckling under a wave of Covid would affect the entire world, not just disrupting economic stability but potentially creating new variants that could set progress back everywhere.

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AMLO pledges accessible healthcare and homegrown Patria vaccine. IMSS progress with a dose of bureaucracy. Respiratory roulette: flu, COVID, and mystery second shooter in Colosio case. AMLO shows off the presidential doll and offers Tila tea for political tensions.

#amlo #president amlo #accessible healthcare #Patria vaccine #Colosio case #Colosio #presidential doll #political tensions

[decentralvaccine]

Impediments To Passing New Vaccine Rules

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The HPV vaccine has been around for almost two decades and could spare thousands of people from developing cervical and oral cancer — so mandating it for schoolchildren once seemed an easy call for Democrats in deep-blue California.

But a bill to do just that has been watered down beyond recognition in one of the most liberal states in the U.S., a victim of a homegrown anti-vaccine movement that has become more organized and more successful since the pandemic.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/04/how-covid-made-it-nearly-impossible-to-pass-new-vaccine-rules-00100073

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/medicago-s-homegrown-plant-based-covid-19-vaccine-approved-by-health-canada-1.6362745

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Buying and Selling of Unlisted Shares in India

Nowadays there is huge scope for buying and selling unlisted shares in India. As we know from our previous blog, unlisted shares are ones that are not officially registered on formal exchanges but are still traded in over-the-counter markets aka grey market. Today, we will discuss India's 5 such unlisted companies that are highly valued and ripe for investment. Let us take a look!

Serum Institute of India

Serum Institute of India is the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines. It is a private corporation that was founded by Cyrus Poonawala in 1966 in Pune, Maharashtra. Today, Serum produces more than 1.5 billion doses of vaccines every year including vaccines for Polio, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and of course Covid-19. The company recorded revenue of Rs 25,000 Ccrore in 2022 and has a valuation of Rs 2,19,700 Crore.

Byju's

Byju’s is India’s top educational technology company, headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It was founded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnathand. Byju operates on a freemium model, providing educational content for students from classes 1 to 12. It also trains students for examinations in India such as IIT-JEE, NEET, CAT, IAS, GRE, GMAT etc. Byju makes its profit from sale of tablets; Recently Byju has opened offline coaching centres in India. It recorded revenue of Rs 2280 in 2021. As of March 2022, Byju's was valued at INR 1,82,200 crore with over 115 million registered students.

OYO

Oravel Stays Limited aka OYO is India’s homegrown hospitality chain. It was founded by Ritesh Agarwal in 2012. OYO provides standardised quality in hotels and houses at affordable prices. Oyo’s business model involves taking over small-budget stand-alone hotels and establishing standard of quality in them. Oyo has expanded overseas and is present in 800 cities across 80 countries including Malaysia, UAE, Japan, Thailand, China etc. Oyo had revenue of Rs 4781 Crore in 2021 and has a valuation of Rs 77,800 Crore.

National Stock Exchange

National Stock Exchange is one of the leading stock exchanges in India. It was founded in 1992 by a conglomerate of domestic and foreign financial institutions and entities. NSE’s flagship index called NIFTY 50 is the barometer for the Indian markets. NSE is the world’s largest derivative exchange by number of contracts traded and the third largest in cash equities by number of trades (as of 2022). With derivatives and stock trading volumes exploding in recent years, NSE has seen exponential increase in its revenues. Its rival BSE is already a listed entity and NSE may also go for a IPO in the near future. NSE made a revenue of RS 9500 Crore in 2022 and is valued at Rs 1,39,300 Crore.

Dream 11

Dream11 is an Indian fantasy sports gaming platform that was founded in 2008 by Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth. Dream 11 platforms allows users to participate in fantasy games in real life sports like cricket, hockey, football, kabaddi, handball, basketball, volleyball, rugby etc. Like Byju it is based on the freemium model. If a user pays a fee, he/she can join a contest and can win real cash through Dream 11. As of Dec 2022 the company had 160 million active users. It has revenue of Rs 4065 Crore in 2022 and is valued at Rs 66,200 Crore.

So there you have it! Above are 5 of the top unlisted shares in India. If you are interested in buying and selling unlisted shares then please visit stockknocks.com for detailed information about unquoted companies!

Source: https://www.stockknocks.com/blogs/buying-and-selling-unlisted-shares-in-india

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China Approves an mRNA Covid Vaccine, Its First#China #Approves #mRNA #Covid #Vaccine

China has for the first time approved a Covid-19 vaccine based on mRNA technology, greenlighting a homegrown shot months after the ruling Communist Party eliminated its strict pandemic restrictions in December. The shot, developed by CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd., based in the northern Chinese city of Shijiazhuang, was approved for emergency use by China’s health regulator, according to a…

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First Indian intranasal Covid vaccine to be launched on January 26 | India News

BHOPAL: Homegrown vaccine maker Bharat Biotech will launch its intranasal Covid-19 vaccine iNCOVACC, the first of its kind in India, on January 26, the company’s chairman and managing director Krishna Ella said here on Saturday.Interacting with students at the India International Science Festival in Bhopal, Ella also said that the homegrown vaccine for the lumpy skin disease in cattle,…

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Japan's Daiichi Sankyo applies for approval of mRNA COVID vaccine

Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo applies for approval of mRNA COVID vaccine

Daiichi Sankyo said on Friday it submitted its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine for regulatory approval in Japan. An approval would give Japan a homegrown mRNA vaccine — a vaccine type that has played a dominant role in the country’s COVID-19 inoculation drive to this point. The vaccine known as DS-5670 is being proposed as a booster shot, Daiichi Sankyo said in a statement. In a trial of about 5,000…

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China Approves Merck’s Covid Therapy Amid Shortage of Drugs

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China Approves Merck’s Covid Therapy Amid Shortage of Drugs

The country has so far relied almost solely on homegrown medicines and vaccines to shore up immunity and treat COVID patients. 

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China celebrates President Xi in huge exhibition

Intercontinental missiles, disinfection robots and a chunk of the Moon — China’s Communist Get together on Wednesday flaunted the fruits of its decade underneath President Xi Jinping forward of a key assembly anticipated to increase his rule. 1000’s of individuals thronged an exhibition in Beijing celebrating Xi’s “New Period” simply days earlier than a Get together Congress at which the nation’s political elite are anticipated to usher Xi into an unprecedented third time period in energy. Guests snapped selfies beside the large Dongfeng-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile outdoors the doorway to the attraction, housed in a palatial Nineteen Fifties corridor designed by Soviet architects. Omnipresent portraits of Xi confirmed the chief handing out awards, greeting a child and surrounded by beaming well-wishers wearing conventional clothes. “Xi Jinping’s ideas information our nation’s financial development in the direction of heroic achievements,” one caption learn. Displays hammered house the message of the social gathering’s triumph in each side of Chinese language life, from dried mushrooms in an agricultural show to a lunar pattern and lab-grown diamonds showcasing the nation’s technical prowess. ALSO READ: Xi requires ‘extra simply’ worldwide order “It’s so grand,” Wen, a authorities worker visiting the exhibition together with her colleagues, advised AFP throughout a government-organised media tour. “I really feel pleased with myself as a Chinese language.” – Propaganda push – The exhibition is a part of a propaganda push enveloping the capital forward of the opening of the Congress on Sunday. There was no point out within the reveals of criticisms levelled on the social gathering underneath Xi, who has presided over the mass internment of minorities in Xinjiang, pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, crackdowns on civil society and tightened curbs on minority tradition in Interior Mongolia. As an alternative there are pictures of huge cotton fields and farmers grinning over a bountiful apple harvest in Xinjiang, a scale mannequin exhibiting Hong Kong’s integration with neighbouring mainland cities and copies of Xi’s books in Uyghur and Mongolian. Life like wax figures wearing hazmat fits, vials of homegrown vaccines and a disinfectant-spraying robotic highlighted the social gathering’s delight in its zero-Covid coverage, which Xi has claimed as a landmark victory regardless of its affect on financial development. Round Beijing, billboards and banners stretched throughout pedestrian bridges urge ideological loyalty to Xi, typically consisting of convoluted slogans printed in plain font. Workplace buildings and purchasing malls have arrange elaborate floral shows marking the Congress. Zhang Lingrui, a grasp’s pupil, stated the shows on the exhibition had impressed her, telling AFP: “I really feel the prevalence of the present socialist system.” Originally published at Irvine News HQ

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When “Demos” Didn’t Need Fuel Dumps

By Marilyn Porter

Watching the unending coverage of the so-called “Freedom” truckers protest, I am reminded of how much fun we had when our demonstrations didn’t involve huge great trucks or need to stop to re-fuel. The great age of “demos” in our era began with Martin Luther King’s March for Freedom – for the civil rights of all US citizens, something much more significant than the rights of a few entitled truckers to cross the border without being vaccinated against Covid.

I’m sure everyone in the MUN Memoirs Group has stories to tell of demonstrations, sit-ins and other peaceful protests, and sometimes not so peaceful encounters with the police. Here are a few of my own.

I was active in the Women’s Liberation Movement, as well as various left-wing groups at a time when there was plenty to demonstrate about and plenty of groups well able to organise demonstrations, marches, sit-ins, etc. It seemed that every Saturday in the UK we were out on some march or attending a teach-in or some other activity designed to bring about World Revolution or World Peace or to save some animal – whales or fish or forest or building or footpath access. (Remember the mass trespass to save access to Kinder Scout in the Peak District in 1932.)

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) had begun in 1958 under Bertrand Russell and allies, who organised the annual three-day Aldermaston March, where many a fruitful partnership was formed. Based in North Wales and Dublin, I was too far away to be involved and anyway had to face fierce opposition from my parents, both of whom were actively involved in Civil Defence activities, gloriously parodied in the comedy revue “Beyond the Fringe.” But by the time I became involved the CND had both grown and diversified, with some quite violent offshoots happy to attack the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square. 

Apart from marches and other demonstrations against nuclear weapons, key feminist interventions were the camps and blockages of the US Greenham Common Trident Base. There were camps at all nine entrances to the base, named after colours of the rainbow and adopted by women’s groups around the UK, who pitched tents and demonstrated noisily whenever a vehicle entered or exited. Very different cultures evolved at the different camps – some explicitly political but some Mother Goddessy or other less obvious priorities. The entire perimeter fence was decorated with flags, banners, flowers, clothes and anything else women thought to put up. The Lancaster group (where I was living at the time) was based at the Orange Gate, along with the much bigger Birmingham group. However, I was in the midst of a messy divorce so I had to be careful not to get arrested, which would have given my lawyer husband every excuse he needed. From time to time, small groups of women would climb over the fence and make a dash for the central buildings. The US Guards would pick them up and hold them for a couple of hours, and then, deliberately, drop them off at a different gate. My job was to drive round and round the perimeter, picking women up and depositing them back at their own gate. I forget how long the perimeter was but I remember it taking a good half hour to drive round it.

I remember little of the countless Saturday marches of that era or whether any were effective. I do remember ones in support of various strikes, including the massive ones in support of the miners, especially the ones organised by miners’ wives during the Thatcher regime. In the early 1980s, the Women’s Liberation Movement was strongly in support of, and in turn supported by, both organised and unorganised labour. This was, of course, particularly true of women workers’ strikes. These were often led by powerful, homegrown working-class women, such as Lil Bilocca who led the Hull fishermen’s wives protesting about offshore safety of fishing trawlers in 1968, and May Hobbs, who led the Night Cleaners Action group for better wages and safer working conditions for the office cleaners who worked at night in the early 1970s, and the Ford seamstresses who worked at the Dagenham plant who struck for equal pay with their male counterparts.

Photograph by Marilyn Porter showing her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter at the 2003 protest in London against the Iraq War.

All these strikes led to lasting links between Women’s Liberation groups and unions and women workers groups, as well as personal friendships. These personal connections were particularly important in introducing middle-class women to the lived experience and struggles of working-class women. It also led to the formation of the Trade Union Studies unit at Ruskin College, which built links between trade unions in the Global South with activists in unions in the UK and Europe.

In 1980, I came to Memorial and soon participated in feminist and labour actions here. They were important, of course, but our scattered and small population meant that our marches and demonstrations were inevitably smaller and less immediately impressive. They were also shorter. I remember one held on a brutally cold February day when the only way to tell people apart was by their dogs – and we made record time in a sprint from City Hall to the War Memorial. And there was a sit-in to protest cuts to the Status of Women programs in 1990. But by and large we have had to find other ways to make our protests heard.

Not so in the UK, where they have a smaller land mass and a bigger population, both of which can still give national demonstrations the heft they used to have.

One of the biggest and best was the anti-Iraq war demonstrations of 2003. If you remember, the elder Bush was all gung-ho to go to war against Saddam Hussein on the basis of fabricated evidence of stockpiled nuclear weapons presented by Colin Powell – who has since said he was sorry. Tony Blair had suspiciously close links with Bush, based on their shared religious faith. Rumour had it that both had a Bible to hand when they talked. True or not, Blair had agreed to send British troops to help the Americans overthrow Hussein. It was, of course, a disaster and Iraq has still not recovered. The war moved to Afghanistan and we all know the subsequent sorry history. At the time, 2003, there was huge civilian resistance to the prospect of war in Iraq, including one of the biggest demonstrations ever in London. I was in the UK at the time and my daughter Fenella and I immediately knew we should go to London for it. We took Mark, Fenella’s husband and, at the time, a March virgin. He took the photo I am trying to insert here – with Hannah in her pushchair and a placard – Three Generations against the War. The whole of central London was so packed that we just had to park the car and join whichever bit of the march was close by at the time. I remember that we happened to end up in the middle of a group of poets – under a placard that said “Poets against the War.” I also remember walking back at the end of the march past lines and lines of parked buses in Hyde Park from all corners of the UK – Aberdeen, Clovelly, Lincoln, Penrhyndaedreth. We didn’t succeed, of course. Blair went to war anyway but his reputation never recovered.

So, part of my sadness at watching the footage of truckers is to see their aggression and how manipulated by extremists they are, and remembering how much fun we had when we didn’t need to bring tanks of fuel to demonstrations.

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Nasal vax could help control Covid : WHO

Nasal vax could help control Covid : WHO

Geneva : Nasal vaccines could help to bring the Covid 19 pandemic under control , the WHO said on Wednesday after homegrown products we re approved in India and China . The WHO welcomed the new front in the fight against but also said it the virus wanted to see the data behind the vaccines , to assess whet her to aprove them . China on Sunday launched the world’s first inhalable Covid vaccine ,…

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China Approves Its First mRNA Covid 19 Vaccine

China has for the first time approved a Covid-19 vaccine based on mRNA technology, greenlighting a homegrown shot months after the ruling Communist Party eliminated its strict pandemic restrictions.

China has long refused to use the foreign-made mRNA shots that were crucial in easing the pandemic in many parts of the world and that the United States first authorized for emergency use in December 2020. Beijing chose instead to promote its own pharmaceutical firms, first in rolling out a more traditional but less effective Covid vaccine, and later, in the pursuit of a homegrown mRNA, or messenger RNA, vaccine.

China’s new mRNA vaccine, developed by CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd., based in the northern Chinese city of Shijiazhuang, was approved for emergency use by China’s health regulator, according to a statement from the company on Wednesday.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/business/china-mrna-covid-vaccine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Nasal Vaccines Could Be Beneficial In Controlling Covid: WHO

Nasal Vaccines Could Be Beneficial In Controlling Covid: WHO

CanSino and Bharat Biotech both have WHO-approved injectable Covid-19 vaccines. Geneva: Nasal Covid-19 vaccines could help to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control, the World Health Organization said Wednesday after homegrown products were approved in India and China. The WHO welcomed the new front in the fight against the virus — but also said it wanted to see the data behind the vaccines,…

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"Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar has launched the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine “Anocovax” for animals, developed by Haryana-based ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines (NRC). Anocovax is an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Delta (COVID-19) vaccine for animals. The immunity induced by #Anocovax neutralises both Delta and #Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2." ಕೃಷಿ ಸಚಿವ, ನರೇಂದ್ರ ಸಿಂಗ್ ತೋಮರ್ ಅವರು ಹರ್ಯಾಣ ಮೂಲದ ICMR-ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ರಿಸರ್ಚ್ ಸೆಂಟರ್ ಆನ್ ಎಕ್ವೈನ್ಸ್ (ಎನ್‌ಆರ್‌ಸಿ) ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಪಡಿಸಿದ ದೇಶದ ಮೊದಲ ಸ್ವದೇಶಿ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಕೊಡುವ ಕೋವಿಡ್-19 ಲಸಿಕೆ "ಅನೋಕೊವಾಕ್ಸ್" ಅನ್ನು ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. . FALLOW US 👇 @current_affairs_in_kannada ನಮ್ಮ PAGE ಅನ್ನು FOLLOW ಮಾಡಿ POST & STORY NOTIFICATION 🔔 on ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿ #currentaffairskannada #currentaffairsinkannada #generalknowledgeinkannad #caik #news #currentaffairs #kannada #dailyupdates #kpsc #kptcl #upsc #covid19 #carona #corona #pet #pets #vaccine (at ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cesgdx9PBNh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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