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ICMR to expand Covid-19 testing, antibody tests being developed in Indian labs

In a series of tweets, Principal Scientific Advisor K. VijayRaghavan has shared what scientists in India are doing on Covid-19 and what their efforts are likely to lead to.

Meet the Pune woman behind the first Indian Covid-19 testing kits

Mylab Discovery Solutions sent its kits to 150 diagnostic centres in Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Goa and Bengaluru this week.

Use hydroxychloroquine with caution: ICMR warns amid confusion over use of drug for Covid-19

ICMR epidemiology chief Raman Gangakhedkar calls hydroxychloroquine usage ‘experimental’, says it should not be used without doctor's supervision.

Should India reveal transmission history of each COVID-19 patient or will it worsen panic?

According to an ICMR study, it could take a minimum of 20 days to a few months for the start of community transmission to become visible.

2 cleared, 6 to go as govt rushes clearance for India-made COVID-19 testing kits

COVID-19 has killed 7 people in India so far and infected 415. A greater testing capacity is believed to be key to check the spread of the pandemic.

826 random samples test negative for COVID-19 but ICMR doesn’t rule out community spread 

ICMR also says unnecessary to test asymptomatic patients at this incubation stage as even if they are carrying the virus, lower loads will result in negative tests. 

Govt allows private labs to test for COVID-19, but its appeal for free tests has few takers

Private lab owners say if the govt provides them testing kits, then coronavirus tests can be done for free, otherwise, they will not be able to manage.

India is now testing random lung infection cases for COVID-19 to detect community spread

ICMR scientist Raman R. Gangakhedkar says a positive sample among patients without a travel history would mean active transmission of coronavirus in community.

AIIMS and ICMR working on developing ‘virtual autopsy’ technique, Harsh Vardhan says

The medical institutes are working on a technique that allows doctors to conduct postmortems without dissecting the body.

Genetics labs come under watch, govt to monitor gene therapy research across India

Evaluation panel of scientists & clinicians proposed. Under new Indian Council of Medical Research guidelines, germ-line gene therapy remains prohibited.

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Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.