CII recommended to finance ministry to bring private companies under ambit of govt funding to facilitate industry-academia and industry-govt R&D which may be IPR-driven.
For four years, ICMR-VCRC has been preparing mosquitoes that carry strains of a bacteria called Wolbachia, which can reduce pathogen transmission in mosquitoes.
Data shows that the ‘A.2’ variant recognised in India may have been silently circulating worldwide for a while & is only now being detected due to the European monkeypox outbreak.
Women scientists have played a pivotal role in shaping India's response to Covid-19. But they have been busting myths about girls being 'more suitable to study humanities' since much before.
Results of trial by National Institute for Research on Tuberculosis are currently in the process of being published, so they are confidential, but 'outcome has been encouraging'.
India has 3,000 labs that can do RT-PCR tests. Puducherry-based Vector Control Research Centre wants these to be used for mass testing mosquitoes to eliminate elephantiasis by 2030.
Scientists say pandemic underlined need for speedy clinical trials, but most phase I units are in private sector. They urge trial sites in govt sector too, so focus is on public health, not profit.
Mycopathologia retracted it this month after a Dutch scientist claimed that Gupta’s figures showed unexplained duplications. The ICMR scientist has called the decision unfair.
India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
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