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ICMR to review COVID-19 testing licence to pvt labs
8 Jun 2020 1:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: With Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) mulling to take a note of the concerns raised by different states regarding privatetesting...
10 states, 2 UTs report more recoveries than active cases
3 Jun 2020 1:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: At a time when the COVID-19 cases are all set to cross the 2 lakh-mark, the good news is that about 12 coronavirus-hit states/UTs have...
ICMR plans Rs 50L insurance cover for all 8K staff
1 Jun 2020 12:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths tolls, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has decided to provide a personal accident...
Lockdowns 'fail' to bring Coronavirus curve down
31 May 2020 12:36 AM ISTNew Delhi: With India registering a 'huge' jump in the COVID-19 cases after the end of every phase of the nationwide lockdown, it seems the Centre's...
COVID-19 positive migrants adding fresh cases in states
28 May 2020 11:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: The movement of migrant workers from one state to another in an 'unplanned' way is adding to the number of fresh cases in the different...
CSIR's new generation kit to test 50,000 samples in one go
28 May 2020 12:38 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a major development that may help in doubling the testing capacity from existing one lakh to two lakh tests in a day, the Council of...
'First human trail of COVID-19 vaccine shows positive result'
23 May 2020 12:42 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a much-needed relief, the first human trial of COVID-19 vaccine has been found to safe and it induces rapid immune response in 28...
As virus cases rise, govt restricts data sharing
21 May 2020 1:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: At the time when India is witnessing a rise in the COVID-19 cases at the rate of about 5.2 per cent daily, the Union Health Ministry has...
Row intensifies as UP govt yet to allow buses for migrants
20 May 2020 12:23 AM ISTNew Delhi: The politics over sending of migrant workers through 1,000 buses arranged by Congress general secretary Priyanka Vadra Gandhi has...
Migrants with ILI signs to be tested within 7 days
19 May 2020 12:48 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Given the spurt in COVID-19 cases and states raising concern about the influx of migrant returnees, who are adding to the number of...
'Six Indian firms working on Corona vaccine trial with foreign partners'
18 May 2020 12:17 AM ISTIn an exclusive interview, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan tells Dhirendra Kumar that there are eight candidate vaccines in clinical evaluation...
ICMR to meet one-lakh per day testing target soon
17 May 2020 12:43 AM ISTNEW DELHI: It's a matter of a few days and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) would be able to meet its target of conducting over one lakh...


