![]() ![]() The agency considers people fully vaccinated several weeks after they have received the requisite doses of any of the vaccines authorized by the W.H.O., said a spokeswoman, Kristen Nordlund.īesides the three vaccines currently available in the United States under emergency authorization by the F.D.A., the world body has, according to its website, also approved three versions of the AstraZeneca vaccine, including one made in England and one made in India the Sinopharm vaccine, which is manufactured in China and, as of this week, the Sinovac vaccine, also made in China. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tried to provide guidance. ![]() program at New York University last year to run the North American Association of Indian Students, which is working to help fellow students. “Every day, we get 10 to 15 messages and inquiries, saying ‘What does this mean? How does this impact me?’” said Sudhanshu Kaushik, 26, who dropped out of his M.B.A. It is hard enough just to get an appointment, but even more so to secure one for a vaccine that will be accepted by American campuses. Others have hired people to spend up to 12 hours online trying to line up a vaccination slot. In some parts of India, students planning on attending American universities have turned to the black market, paying hundreds of dollars to be vaccinated. ![]() Vaccine shortages are so acute that only 3 percent of the population is fully immunized, and getting an appointment is a taxing affair. The subcontinent is emerging from the grips of one of the most severe waves of the pandemic, when burial grounds were running out of space and funeral pyres were nearly constantly burning. The situation is particularly challenging for students in India, which sends approximately 200,000 international students to American colleges every year, the second most after China. India’s Cram City: In Kota, students from across the country pay steep fees to be tutored for elite-college admissions exams - which most of them will fail.In many ways, the India of today looks like the India on the screen. On the Big Screen: A Mumbai theater has shown the movie “D.D.L.J.” nearly every day since 1995.Gin Boom: A blossoming of gin distillers in the southern state of Goa is challenging India’s conservative attitude toward alcohol, along with the country’s often stultifying bureaucracy.Now, Adani Group’s fortunes are crashing, a collapse whose pain will be felt across the country. Adani Group: Gautam Adani has often said his company’s goals were in lock step with India’s needs. ![]()
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