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
Pandemic halts vaccination for nearly 80 million childrenUNICEF reported a significant delay in planned vaccine deliveries due to lockdown measures and a dramatic reduction in the number of availa...
22 May, 2020, 09.09 PM IST
Govt mobilises every resource, lab to prepare for covid-19 peakAgainst an average of 4,000 Covid-19 tests done a day and 60-odd testing labs as on April 1, India is now conducting over 33,000 tests dail...
22 Apr, 2020, 07.00 AM 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
Bengal governor vs state government again! This time over Covid-19In a telephonic interview to ET, Dhankhar, known for political activism and run-ins with the Mamata Banerjee government, claimed that the g...
16 Apr, 2020, 12.11 AM IST
Covid Survival Guide: What you should do if you want to get yourself testedTill now, ICMR had only been conducting tests on symptomatic patients. India’s apex medical body intensified random sampling last week, inc...
24 Mar, 2020, 12.36 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 test centres in India: All you need to knowA list of the 52 designated test centres for coronavirus across India.
18 Mar, 2020, 06.41 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
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
Ganga water can fight microorganisms that cause tuberculosis, pneumonia: StudyScientists of Imtech, Chandigarh have for the first time come forward with scientific evidence that the water of Ganga does not putrefy eas...
25 Sep, 2016, 04.27 PM 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