1,000 volunteers from Kolkata needed for COVID-19 vaccine - Covaxin - trial at NICEDThe list of 1,000 volunteers will be finalised by the first week of December when the phase III trial is likely to begin.
27 Nov, 2020, 12.03 PM IST
New testing labs to help check spread of coronavirus in UP, Maharashtra, West Bengal: Amit ShahExpressing gratitude to the prime minister for launching the "high throughput COVID-19 testing labs", Shah said these hi-tech facilities wi...
27 Jul, 2020, 09.08 PM IST
PM Modi to launch 'high-throughput' COVID-19 testing facilities in 3 cities todayUnion Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, along with Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh are expected to participat...
27 Jul, 2020, 07.44 AM IST
PM Modi to launch COVID-19 testing facilities in Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata on MondayThe virtual launch event will be attended by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and the chief ministers of Maharashtra, West Bengal and Ut...
26 Jul, 2020, 04.35 PM IST
ICMR-NICED withdraws defective COVID-19 test kits from Bengal labsThe West Bengal government alleged that the COVID-19 testing kits supplied by the NICED, the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) no...
21 Apr, 2020, 01.55 PM IST
Second coronavirus positive case in Bengal, Mamata wants immediate ban on international flightsThe 22-year-old resident of Kolkata who is pursing higher studies in the UK had returned on March 13 and was admitted to the Beliaghata ID ...
20 Mar, 2020, 10.40 PM IST
Coronavirus scare: 6 under home quarantine in MizoramBlood samples of two among the six have been sent to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) in Kolkata for test, th...
09 Feb, 2020, 08.41 PM IST
New cholera vaccine in clinical stage promises to end supply shortageCholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by food or water carrying the vibrio cholerae bacteria.
27 Jun, 2019, 09.45 AM IST
ICMR partners with IVI, invests Rs 3.20 crore for vaccine development in IndiaUnder its latest Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), ICMR will be focussed on research and development of vaccines combatting various infect...
21 Aug, 2017, 09.13 PM IST
Sam Pitroda’s varsity to launch low-cost water purifierTamRas is the university’s first commercial product developed after successful field tests in seven villages in Karnataka and two sites in ...
06 May, 2017, 09.43 AM IST
Hilleman Labs, NICED to develop Shigella VaccineThe two aim to complete the development of this vaccine by 2024, according to Hilleman Labs chief executive officer Davinder Gill.
30 Mar, 2017, 09.36 AM IST
Swine flu contained in MizoramWith no fresh case of swine flu being detected in Mizoram in the last few weeks, H1N1 virus has now been contained in the state.
23 Apr, 2015, 11.55 AM IST
Few takers for indigeniously developed cheap H1N1 test kitsDespite PM Modi's'Make in India' call, not even central government controlled organizations or hospitals like AIIMS are buying these kits.
18 Mar, 2015, 12.32 PM IST
Mizoram officials screening people for HINI virus at NH-54Mizoram government has began screening of people infected with H1N1 virus entering the state through National Highway-54, a senior health o...
03 Mar, 2015, 01.14 PM IST
Mizoram reports first case of swine flu, woman was in DelhiMizoram government has been sending the situation report to the EMR of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare since the last part of 201...
19 Feb, 2015, 12.34 PM IST
- Bengal lifts ban on poultry sale
The Buddhadeb govt has lifted ban on sale and consumption of eggs and meats of chicken, duck and quail birds within West Bengal.
13 Feb, 2008, 04.34 AM IST
- JICA recommends deep-sea port in WB
The potential of the freight corridor between Delhi and Howrah could be utilised fully if it is linked to a deep-sea port in West Bengal. T...
22 Aug, 2006, 08.20 PM IST