At the Sharda Hospital in Greater Noida near New Delhi, pharma student Khushi Dhingra, 17, hugged a friend and wept as she waited to get her shot. "I am very afraid. I hate needles and I am worried about side effects," she told AFP. "My papa is very worried too. He is calling me again and again to make sure I am okay." "There are about 80 students in my batch but only two have opted to get the shot," said nursing student Sakshi Sharma, 21, in Greater Noida. "My friends are saying there will be side effects, that you can even get paralysis." India is using two shots for its drive. One is Covishield, a locally produced version of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, which has been approved and safely used in a number of other countries after completing Phase 3 human trials. The other -- Covaxin -- was developed locally by Bharat Biotech and has not yet completed Phase 3 trials, though the government has insisted it is "110 percent safe". - WhatsApp worries - Side effects are a common … [Read more...] about Tears and fears as India’s huge coronavirus vaccine push falters
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Vietnam football club fires Sierra American striker for his indiscipline
"I made quarantine for 2 weeks and started to make training with Nam Dinh. On the last day of the registration I had to sign a contract quickly and the club told me that they will sign me for only 1 month. I was put under pressure to sign, or otherwise the club would have signed another player, as there were many more players on test," he said. … [Read more...] about Vietnam football club fires Sierra American striker for his indiscipline
Hoa Binh culture on show in downtown Hanoi
Hanoi (VNA) - Various cultural features of ethnic minority groups in the northern province of Hoa Binh were showcased in Hanoi’s pedestrian area around Hoan Kiem Lake over the weekend. Dubbed Hoa Binh Province’s Culture and Tourism Festival, the event gathered thousands of representatives from the province performing art, gongs, offering cuisine and local delicacies, folk games and displaying artful photos. Addressing the opening ceremony on January 22 night, Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh said Hoa Binh civilisation is famed all over the world and the province also hosts an honourable revolutionary tradition and diverse natural resources. The province is home to six ethnic minority groups, who have made up distinctive indigenous cultural features, he said. He called Hoa Binh a beautiful land created by mountains, hills and the magnificent Da River. The Hoa Binh Hydropower Lake offers a romantic landscape with hundreds of green … [Read more...] about Hoa Binh culture on show in downtown Hanoi
Bao Minh Insurance plans to divest from MBB
In the third quarter, MBB reported an increase of 6.1 per cent year-on-year to more than VND6,735 trillion in revenue. The bank’s profit after tax rose 8.3 per cent to VND2.357 trillion. In the first nine months of last year, the profit after tax climbed 6.4 per cent year-on-year to nearly VND6.332 trillion. … [Read more...] about Bao Minh Insurance plans to divest from MBB