Every day you are castigated by each and every court and still you are not awake. In such matters instructions are to be taken from the highest authorities that too within 30 minutes," the bench said. Your officers are living in ivory towers," the bench said. Additional Solicitor General Balbir Singh, representing the Centre, submitted that the manufacturing of Sputnik V will not benefit the country as it will be for global supply by RDIF. Unless timely steps for manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine are taken, the death toll can go up to astronomical figures," it said while maintaining that 100 million doses per year of Sputnik V vaccine for the global market would be manufactured.

Source: Mint May 18, 2021 13:29 UTC