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India to test four drugs for Covid-19 as part of the WHO solidarity trialOn Wednesday the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) announced that potential anti-viral agents, Remdesivir, Chloroquine/Hydroxychlor...
India to test four drugs as part of WHO trialPotential anti-viral agents remdesivir, chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir-ritonavir and lopinavir-ritonavir with interferon will be...
India needs to invest more in public healthcare: WHOAccording to Bekedam, though India has made enormous progress in the healthcare sector in recent past, still "60 million people are in pove...
Smoking burns Rs 1.04-trillion hole in economy; WHO for large warningsIn case of bidi smokers, as many as 62 per cent notice health warnings on the packs and 29 per cent think of quitting due to the warning.
Tobacco products cheaper than essential food items: WHO study"Prices of tobacco products in the country have not increased substantially over time, thus making these products even cheaper than essenti...
Dr Henk Bekedam named new WHO representative to IndiaBekedam, who did his M.Sc in Economics from London School of Economics in 1996, was seconded to governments in Zambia and Malawi before joi...
- China's strong lady, Wu Yi, has few peers in the trade game
US officials who have bargained with China’s chief trade negotiator come away with the same conclusion: Wu Yi is one formidable lady. “She ...