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Topic: RTPCR

India plans to make Covid negative test mandatory for passengers from high caseload countries

A day before, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had said that India would start randomly testing 2% of international passengers arriving at its airports for Covid.

Guess govt’s second-biggest spend under tertiary healthcare scheme PM-JAY? ‘Cheap’ Covid tests

Over Rs 440 crore sanctioned to pay for Covid tests. Officials say tests were included under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana when they cost a few thousand & were less accessible.

Covid fear waning, so what to do with 3,000 RT-PCR-equipped labs? ICMR institute has a plan

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.

Nagpur-based CSIR institute transfers saline gargle RT-PCR technology to MSME ministry

According to the ministry's statement, the know-how of the indigenously developed saline gargle RT-PCR technique has been transferred on a non-exclusive basis for commercialisation.

UP govt wants minimum number of pilgrims, mandatory RT-PCR test ahead of Kanwar Yatra

Yogi Adityanath-led government has allowed the yatra to be held from 25 July despite concerns raised in various quarters over the risk of a possible third wave of the pandemic.

Delhi HC asks ICMR to review advisory that bars repeat RT-PCR tests on Covid patients

Court made the suggestion while hearing a plea filed by a lawyer, whose family couldn’t get tested again after spending more than 17 days in quarantine.

On Camera

Russia’s super-missile test shows a new, expensive technological race—with dire outcomes

The test raises a question. Why have Russian nuclear strategists now invested in the Burevestnik, when the US abandoned nuclear ramjet propulsion in 1964?

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.