Hyderabad: Hyderabad's Apollo Hospitals have begun to administer Sputnik V, a Russian vaccine against COVID-19, as part of a limited pilot program rolled out by Dr Reddy's Laboratories on May 18. Additionally, the vaccine is also available in Hyderabad at Continental Hospitals, according to Sauri Gudlavalleti, global head of the IPDO at Dr Reddy's. The vaccinations will follow the government's Standard Operating Procedures that include registration on CoWIN. Doctor Reddy's will supply the 1.5 lakh doses of Sputnik V vaccine for the pilot program. "This pilot phase will allow Dr Reddy's and Apollo to test the arrangements and cold chain logistics and prepare for the launch. We are confident that with the Sputnik V vaccine, we will be able to make a significant contribution to ease availability and access to Covid vaccines to the community at large," K Hari Prasad, Apollo Hospitals president said as per Times of India. On May 14, Dr Reddy's announc...
Hyderabad resident Deepthi Narkuti is making headlines for bagging a job at the multinational teach giant Microsoft with a stupendous salary of Rs 2 crore per annum. Selected as a software development engineer grade-2 group at Microsoft, Deepthi will be working at the company’s headquarters in Seattle, USA. Deepthi had been fielding offers from several offers from AAA-rated companies that lined up for her even before she could complete her postgraduate studies in MS (Computers) from the University of Florida. These companies included Amazon, Goldman and Sachs. After much consideration, Deepthi decided to take up the job offered by Microsoft. She is set to join the company on May 17. She had earlier worked as Microsoft Student Associate in 2014-2015. According to The Hans India Deepthi has received the highest annual salary package among the 300 students who got placed during the campus interview at the University of Florida But this is not the first time Deepthi has h...