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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicCovid-19 testing

Topic: Covid-19 testing

User data in Aarogya Setu fully secure, app won’t share personal details: MyGovIndia CEO

Abhishek Singh, CEO of MyGovIndia that developed Aarogya Setu, says data will be used only for critical purposes such as medical emergencies, app won't share Covid patient info.

This is how remdesivir, developed for Hepatitis C and Ebola, fights Covid-19

The experimental antiviral drug that was developed by US pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences has shown that it leads to faster recovery in Covid-19 patients.

CSIR to test sepsis drug in asymptomatic Covid patients and those who have recovered

CSIR will launch trials to see if sepsis drug can stop Covid-19 from progressing in asymptomatic patients & if it can prevent it from redeveloping in recovered patients.

India plans to import Covid-19 test kits, medical devices from US, says Ambassador Sandhu

Indian ambassador to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu says the bilateral partnership will focus more on healthcare and pharma sectors in a post-pandemic world.

China calls it ‘unfair and irresponsible’ to label as faulty Covid test kits it sent to India

People are looking at issues with ‘preemptive prejudice’, Chinese Embassy spokesperson says on ICMR asking states to not use test kits imported from 2 China firms.

Won’t conquer Covid-19 without more aggressive testing facilities, says Manmohan Singh

Former PM Singh's comments were part of video released by Congress where senior leaders of the party weighed in on the pandemic.

This is how India’s Left and Right read Covid-19 numbers differently

The answer to if India is managing the coronavirus pandemic or is it getting out of hand keeps changing depending on the indicator one chooses to assess.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.