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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
TopicIndian Council of Medical Research

Topic: Indian Council of Medical Research

Covid vaccine in India by 15 Aug? ICMR speeds trials as Modi govt eyes Independence Day target

ICMR has written to 12 institutes, selected to run the clinical trials, to fast-track all approvals but warned against lapses in protocols and guidelines.

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.

20 Indian institutes working to find Covid-19 vaccine, IITs focused on portable ventilators

Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, says govt has received over 7,000 tech-based proposals from private companies and individuals to fight Covid-19.

With COVID-19 cases rising, India to now test all ‘high-risk’ contacts of patients

On Friday, India reported the highest increase in coronavirus cases in a day — a jump of 30 positive cases. Total cases have climbed to 271 now.

Swiss firm Roche gets COVID-19 test license, India’s Mylab and Trivitron await govt nod

Once approved, these kits will be sold to private diagnostic chains such as Dr. Lal Path Labs, SRL Labs, Metropolis Healthcare among others to start community testing.

Now, a study says vaping is safer than smoking tobacco-based cigarettes

The study by Italian professor says there is no evidence to suggest reactions caused by e-cigarettes may lead to serious adverse lung effects.

Health experts want to cast Mahatma Gandhi as India’s new fitness icon

A special edition of the Indian Journal of Medical Research seeks to project Mahatma Gandhi as India's new health icon.

J&K transport dept takes to Twitter to unclog Jammu and Srinagar roads

Residents, who need to vote, have three options: Odd-even scheme, ‘two cars per house’ norm, and three passengers per car rule.

India could have the solution to cure dengue by next year: an ayurvedic pill

Under development for two years, the medicine is made of a variety of herbs grown in India, and is likely to hit the market next year.

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

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.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

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.