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The Oxford vaccine, so far tested with promising results, could be made available in India by November. The Serum Institute of India, which took a huge gamble on the Oxford vaccine even before the results started coming out, is hopeful of a bright future. On the show, an exclusive interview with Adar Poonawalla, CEO and Owner of Serum Institute of India.

Oxford and Wuhan vaccine trials have shown promise in early testing. Both trial vaccines were well tolerated with no serious adverse reactions according to Lancet, the foremost medical journal. In India too, human trials for made in India vaccine have begun. AIIMS Director in Delhi says, "They will have 100 volunteers for phase 1 trials and will have the data from trials in 3 months. (Video courtesy: University of Oxford)

Massive lay-offs have taken place at IndiGo, India's largest private airline. Nearly 3,000 people have lost their jobs. The airline says sacrifices are needed to survive amid the pandemic. The layoffs by the country's top carrier come amid months of restrictions imposed by the government to curb the COVID-19 outbreak, which has affected the civil aviation industry as well.

On Left, Right & Centre: AAP MLA Atishi talked to NDTV on Delhi's fight against coronavirus. "There are a lot of asymptomatic carriers, not possible to do such large-scale testing with just RT-PCR tests," she said.

On Left, Right & Centre: AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria told NDTV: "If your test is negative, it does not rule out COVID-19 infection".

On Left, Right and Centre: While India has stepped up testing, the question is whether we are using the correct tests effectively? Do we believe we have fewer cases because the tests are just not accurate?

On Left, Right & Centre: "This is their own internal dispute- why involve the BJP in this?" Gulab Chand Kataria, Leader of Opposition, Rajasthan, told NDTV. He was referring to the alleged audio clips in which two Congress MLAs were allegedly talking against the Ashok Gehlot government with Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.

On Left, Right & Centre: Just 2 hours after two BTP MLAs announced that they will extend support to the government, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Governor Kalraj Mishra. Is Mr Gehlot winning the number game?

Sachin Pilot and other Congress rebels on Thursday challenged in the Rajasthan High Court a move to disqualify them as MLAs in a dramatic escalation of the party's crisis in Rajasthan. Mukul Rohatgi and Harish Salve, both top government lawyers in BJP regimes, are representing them in the petition. The hearing will begin at 1pm on Friday. The Congress has fielded one of its sharpest legal experts, Abhishek Manu Singhvi. The bottom line is it appears at the moment that Sachin Pilot is at the point of no return into the Congress.

Rakesh Sinha, a BJP Rajya Sabha MP tells NDTV that the Congress has become "habitual of daily mutiny". "After every interval you find someone is rebelling against the Congress. It is futile and folly to blame BJP for the incompatibility of Congress leadership," Mr Sinha adds.