A fresh controversy erupted over India’s Covid-19 vaccine timelines with a department of science and technology (DST) press release first mentioning and then deleting a reference to the antidote being unlikely to be ready for mass use before 2021. In a letter on July 2, ICMR director general Balram Bhargava had said the govt aimed to launch first locally made vaccine against Covid-19 by August 15

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/no-coronavirus-vaccine-before-2021-science-ministry-says-in-release-deletes-it/articleshow/76804617.cms