Top News Of The Day: Foreign Vaccines A Step Closer With Key Waivers

Foreign Vaccines, such as Pfizer and Moderna, are a step closer to enter India as government sources have said that they have no issue in granting indemnity from liability to these vaccines. The drug controller has said these vaccines will not need bridging trials in India; The Centre's policy of giving free vaccination to the 45-plus age group and having a paid system for those below, is "prima facie arbitrary and irrational", the Supreme Court said in its detailed order of Monday's hearing made available today. The court will take up the case again on June 30; As many as 9,346 children were either abandoned, orphaned or lost a parent to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court was told by The National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), and these are just the reported figures till May 29. In Uttar Pradesh, 200 kids have lost both parents and another 1,800 children have lost one of them.