The chairman of Bharat Biotech - whose coronavirus vaccine Covaxin has been given "restricted use in emergency situation in public interest" - hit out Monday at critics flagging the lack of Phase III trial data and questioning the drug's efficacy; The deadlock over the repeal of the contentious farm laws persisted today, with the Centre and the farmers unable to get on the same page in the seventh round of discussions; The nine-member medical board of Woodlands hospital, where former India captain and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is admitted, concluded after their meeting on Monday that angioplasty on Ganguly's two other coronary blockages, LAD and OM2, will be done at a later stage; and other top news of the day.