Team L&M Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer, Serum Institute of India (SII), has said that SII has associated with US-based biotechnology firm Codagenix and developed a virus-vaccine candidate which is closest to the novel coronavirus. According to Poonawalla, human trials of the vaccine are expected to commence by September-October. Excerpts from an exclusive interview: What […]Read More
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Chandni Mahajan and Maan Jalta The outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic has changed our lives drastically. We are forced to amend our routines, habits, mindset and lifestyle. After the spike in Coronavirus cases in India, we took it very seriously and decided to shut our office in Delhi. We started to work from home and urged […]Read More
Garima Batra Whether the lockdown is lifted on May 3 or not, face masks are here to stay. At least, for a year. The world over. For this is the minimum time for researchers to come up with a vaccine against Covid-19 as also the clean the deadly virus from the community. So, for all […]Read More
Varsha Lad Hope and determination — these two promises will keep our spirit alive and high today and always. Looking at the world today, anybody can feel despair but it is very difficult to be hopeful in this situation. I am fully convinced that hope is a decision and it is our own determination. A […]Read More
Yagnesh Gupta At this juncture of national lockdown where the government has given some relaxations from today, the biggest takeaway from the Covid-19 pandemic for us is the fact that we, Indians, have realised that we are capable of handling most difficult of situations, that we are stronger than we ever realised and that we […]Read More
Post Covid-19, brand promotions to transition onto online platforms Bhaskar Majumdar The Covid-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown to contain its proliferation are binging about dynamic changes across every aspect of our lives and advertising, brand communications and marketing are no exceptions. While businesses across the spectrum are rethinking of ways and realigning strategies to […]Read More
Team L&M In today’s global environment, everyone is trying to fight against Covid-19 virus. At present, the only way to defend ourselves from corona is to sanitise properly and maintain social distance. An incubate of Malaviya Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) at IIT (BHU), Jeetu Shukla, has developed a device to sanitise the […]Read More
Team L&M A group of young women in GugwaalHaar village of Hoshiarpur, Punjab is working tirelessly to safeguard the residents of their village and those in the vicinity — workers and ration and food supply distributors — from Covid-19 infections by making and distributing face masks free of cost. The Punjab State S&T Council (PSCST) Chandigarh, supported […]Read More
Team L&M To prepare hand sanitisers, homemade masks and liquid disinfectants to help combat Covid-19, Rural Women Technology Park (RWTP) under CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat has engaged rural women in Assam. RWTP is ably supported by SEED division, Department of Science and Technology (DST). These products are to be distributed free […]Read More
Team L&M The International Journalism Centre (IJC) has applauded and thanked media-persons from all over the world for their contribution to the coverage of Covid-19, even putting their lives at risk during this challenging period. “Three cheers. It shows their sincere efforts, love and dedication towards journalism,” said Dr Sandeep Marwah, IJC president. It was […]Read More