MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA

AICTE, CSIR to host hackathon for Covid-19 drug discovery

The hackathon is being organised by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and AICTE. The ideas submitted will be worked ...

Covid-19: Tata Trusts, Tata group ties up with two medical institutions to assist health care professionals

The Trusts’ intervention follows the Chairman, Mr. Ratan N. Tata’s statement that “urgent emergency resources need to be deployed to cope w...

Uber lays off 600 staff as Covid-19 hits ride-hailing business

All employees will receive a minimum of 10 weeks payout, medical insurance coverage for the next six months, outplacement support, be allow...

Pune-based drug discovery firm to start trial on anti- parasitic drug for Covid-19

CEO of Novalead, told ET that the firm will start phase 3 randomised trials to study whether the generic drug nitazoxanide brings down the ...

Over 300 Indians fly home on board special Air India flight from New York

The Air India flight from J F K International Airport to Bengaluru flew on May 25 and had 329 passengers, including two infants, according ...

SARS-Cov2: First results of prevalence study to be out in June

The national sero-surveillance study to detect presence of antibodies against to SARS-Cov2 will help the authorities device strategies rega...

How India can script a self-reliance success story in agriculture

Given the consistent increase in the agricultural market size in the last five years (about $300 billion in 2018), it is essential to set u...

Air India evacuates 115 stranded Indians from Israel

Out of the 121 passengers aboard flight AI 140, some 85 of them would take a connecting flight to Kochi on Tuesday from Delhi. Most of the ...

Over 50 Covid-19 candidates under clinical trials in India

Over 50 clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine have started in India as researchers globally look for ways to stop the ravaging pandemic.

Covid-19 lockdown: Domestic flight services resume in India after two months

States like Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, which are home to some of the busiest airports in the country, were reluctant to allow...

Nationwide COVID-19 tally crosses 1.16 lakh; Government says mortality rate less than half of global average

In a directive to all states and union territories, the Union Home Ministry sought strict adherence to its guidelines, including for wearin...

Don’t be scared... Covid-19 is not that virulent in India: Health minister Harsh Vardhan

When asked about the increasing numbers in India, he said “as we open up economic activity, we expect more cases to come up. But the person...

No major side-effects of HCQ, should be continued as preventive treatment for COVID-19: ICMR

The ICMR's statement came against the backdrop of the World Health Organization (WHO) suspending the testing of the drug in COVID-19 patien...

India Inc goes back to work with safety measures, strict 'no AC’ rule & plenty of social distancing

These business leaders share the protocols they have set in place as they reopened their workplaces.

Covid-19 wipes out India's yarn and garment exports in April

Yarn exports fell between 80-90% in April and about 30% during the quarter ended March as imports by China, which accounts for a third of I...

COVID-19: Indian-American couple develops low-cost ventilator

Prompted by the lack of adequate ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic, Devesh Ranjan, a professor and associate chair in the prestig...

Telangana HC allows private labs to conduct Covid-19 tests

The high court in its decision has said that the government cannot compel any individual to get themselves tested in government laboratorie...