Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra government to address security concerns raised by SII CEO Poonawalla
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A vacation Bench said, “Mr. Poonawalla was doing a great service to the nation and the State government’s highest functionaries must look into the issue of his security.”
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A vacation Bench said, “Mr. Poonawalla was doing a great service to the nation and the State government’s highest functionaries must look into the issue of his security.” The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said the Maharashtra government must assure the Serum Institute of India’s (SII) CEO, Adar Poonawalla, of requisite security in the wake of alleged threats to him over the supply of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by his company.
High Court Asks Maharashtra To Address Adar Poonawalla s Security Concerns High Court Asks Maharashtra To Address Adar Poonawalla s Security Concerns On Tuesday, the Maharashtra government s counsel, Deepak Thakare, told the high court that the state had provided Y- category security to Adar Poonawalla as per which, some CRPF personnel and two gunmen from the state police will remain available for his security round-the-clock.
Adar Poonawalla has received alleged threats over the supply of the Covishield vaccine (File)
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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said the Maharashtra government must assure the Serum Institute of India s (SII) CEO, Adar Poonawalla, of requisite security in the wake of alleged threats to him over the supply of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by his company.
Emily Schmall and Karan Deep Singh, The New York Times
Published: 08 May 2021 10:52 AM BdST
Updated: 08 May 2021 10:52 AM BdST FILE Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of the Serum Institute, in Pune, India, July 10, 2020. Poonawalla has acknowledged that the Serum Institute alone doesn’t have the capacity to vaccinate India anytime soon, much less shoulder the burden of inoculating the world’s poor, pledges he made earlier in the pandemic. (Atul Loke/The New York Times)
Adar Poonawalla made big promises. The 40-year-old chief of the world’s largest vaccine maker pledged to take a leading role in the global effort to inoculate the poor against COVID-19. His India-based empire signed deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to make and export doses to suffering countries.
Synopsis Poonawalla defended his company and its ambitions. He had no choice but to hand over vaccines to the government, he said. He cited a lack of raw materials, which he has partially blamed on the United States. Making vaccines, he said, is a painstaking process that requires investment and major risks. He said he would return to India when he had finished his business in London.
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Poonawalla took the reins of the Serum Institute a decade ago from his father, Cyrus, a horse breeder turned vaccine billionaire.
Adar Poonawalla made big promises. The 40-year-old chief of the world’s largest vaccine maker pledged to take a leading role in the global effort to inoculate the poor against COVID-19. His India-based empire signed deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to make and export doses to suffering countries.