India should chart own path in treatment of rare diseases: ICMR chiefIndia is taking a groundbreaking step forward in the realm of rare disease care with a distinctive approach that champions local ingenuity ...
05 May, 2026, 03.43 PM IST
India-UK tech partnership will secure supply chains, UK Parliament toldIndia and the UK are boosting their partnership through the Technology Security Initiative. This pact focuses on critical and emerging tech...
30 Apr, 2026, 08.48 PM IST
Cabinet nod for Biomedical Research Career Programme Phase-IIIGovernment approved Biomedical Research Career Programme Phase III. This program will train over 2,000 students and fellows. It aims to gen...
01 Oct, 2025, 06.59 PM IST
Kerala gets hi-tech lab to carry out research on viruses like COVID-19's SARS-CoV-2A new Bio-safety Level-3 Lab is being established near the Kerala capital by the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) to conduct re...
14 Jul, 2023, 09.39 PM IST
Government releases guidelines to speed up development of plant varieties, reduce time of approvalThe Department of Biotechnology said these standard operating procedures (SOPs) shall be applicable to all organizations involved in resear...
27 Oct, 2022, 08.32 PM IST
Submitted data for approval of intranasal vaccine to drug regulator: Bharat BiotechAccording to the vaccine maker, it conducted two separate and simultaneous clinical trials to evaluate its intranasal vaccine (BBV154) as a...
15 Aug, 2022, 03.34 PM IST
Over 550 scientists returned to India to pursue research in biotechnology: CentreThe Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship is a prestigious scheme of the Department of Biotechnology, which was launched in 2006-07 with the a...
27 Feb, 2022, 10.44 PM IST
No shortcuts used to develop Covaxin: Renu Swarup, secretary, department of biotechnologySwarup details how the pandemic has bolstered India's preparedness for various medical eventualities.
30 Oct, 2021, 07.01 AM IST
View: How Department of Biotechnology coordinated India's Covid-19 fightFrom its initial mandate to identify priority development areas in biotechnology, it has been instrumental in creating an academic ecosyste...
12 Jun, 2021, 12.08 PM IST
Country's first mRNA vaccine candidate by Gennova gets nod for conducting human trials: DBTThe novel mRNA vaccine candidate, HGCO19, is supported with seed grant under the Ind-CEPI mission of the Department of Biotechnology.
11 Dec, 2020, 08.16 PM IST
14 vaccine candidates from India look promising: Dr Renu Swarup, Department of BiotechnologyHuman trials for at least 3-4 candidates are likely to begin in the next 2-6 months. Biotechnology Industry Research Investment Council (BI...
03 Jun, 2020, 01.15 PM IST
- Indian project aims to overcome shortage of donor organs
Bengaluru, Nov 27 (IANS) India's Department of Biotechnology has decided to give a big push for research in "tissue engineering" aimed at e...
27 Nov, 2017, 12.32 PM IST
New drug, vaccines to get booster dose from governmentDBT is looking to invest in a programme to expand the existing centres for drug and vaccine research which will take up the possibility of ...
07 Jun, 2016, 07.25 AM IST
Department of Biotechnology to participate in Bharat Innovation FundThe DBT will engage with the Bharat Fund and invest Rs 50 crore over the next 3 years mentoring startups in the healthcare, agri-tech, and ...
15 Jan, 2016, 11.00 PM IST
Department of Biotechnology sets up DBT-Pan IIT Centre for BioenergyThe Department of Biotechnology (DBT), ministry of science and technology, has set up the DBT-Pan IIT Centre for Bioenergy, a virtual centr...
03 Sep, 2015, 05.17 PM IST
India's success in vaccines cries out for replication in multiple other sectorsDBT secretary Dr M K Bhan called for extending the success India has achieved in vaccine production to yet other vaccines and other health ...
01 Feb, 2012, 08.17 AM IST
- Ranbaxy, Biotech Department in new drug discovery deal
Ranbaxy Laboratories has entered into a research agreement with the Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, in the area of new drug discove...
09 Apr, 2008, 12.57 PM IST