Temasek in talks to buy into Covid test kit-maker MolbioMotilal Oswal PE has about 13.5% stake, acquiring it through two tranches of primary and secondary deals at a valuation of about ₹1,600-₹2,...
12 Jul, 2021, 07.49 AM IST
1000 LPM Oxygen Generator will be installed at TRIHMS soon by DRDO: Pema KhanduKhandu inaugurated two oxygen plants – one with 600 LPM capacity at TRIHMS and another with 500 LPM capacity at the Dedicated Covid Hospita...
24 Jun, 2021, 12.14 AM IST
Delhi HC seeks AAP govt stand on plea against Rs 800 price cap on RTPCR testsAssociation of Practising Pathologists has contended that the price fixed would not cover the cost of consumables to be used in the test.
11 Dec, 2020, 01.52 PM IST
Air India bans RT-PCR tests through Point of Care devices, Companies say decision unfairManufacturers of TrueNat and CBNAAT (cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test) systems said the decision was taken without any expla...
28 Oct, 2020, 11.50 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh government reduces cost of Covid-19 test to Rs 1,600 from Rs 2,500"The prices of RTPCR test kits and reagents used for COVID tests have come down. Hence, the April order on pricing of the test has been ame...
11 Sep, 2020, 12.50 PM IST
India conducts 11.72 lakh daily COVID-19 tests, health ministry says numbers one of highest in worldThere are 8,15,538 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 21.16 per cent of the total caseload, the data stat...
03 Sep, 2020, 10.33 PM IST
PoC Covid-19 tests too fail to deliver fast results as India ramps up testingIn a meeting with state on Tuesday PM Modi, too, has advised the CMs to focus on testing, tracing and isolating contacts of infected people...
13 Aug, 2020, 07.50 AM IST
Change in Covid testing strategy: Karnataka hits rapid antigen mode to ramp up testingET has gathered that the state has now set a target of 35,000 antigen tests per day starting next week and has procured 200,000 kits to be ...
24 Jul, 2020, 10.56 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh scales up testing, becomes fifth state to cross 7 lakh tests mark“We are almost at 3,000 tests per million population now and aim to reach the national average of over 4,000 tests per million by mid- July...
30 Jun, 2020, 12.13 AM IST
Over 73.5 lakh samples tested for COVID-19 in India till June 23: ICMRThe apex health research body on Tuesday validated the 1,000th testing laboratory, ramping up the capacity for detection of COVID-19 in the...
24 Jun, 2020, 04.23 PM IST
India has now 901 labs for COVID-19 testing, recovery rate at 51%As per the government's data, there are 534 Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs (347 government and 187 private), 296 TrueNat based testing...
15 Jun, 2020, 06.52 PM IST
Covid-19 results in an hour: Dozen states, Centre, line up at this Goa startup for testing machinesRajasthan and Maharashtra are also in talks with the company for the TrueNat machines and the testing kits. The TrueNat machines and kits p...
12 Jun, 2020, 09.48 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath puts his state planes for Covid-19 serviceSince June 1 and before Wednesday, Adityanath’s state planes had already brought 41 TrueNat machines - which are being used to screen Covid...
11 Jun, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
Took lessons from swine flu outbreak, devised 'intelligent testing strategy' against COVID-19: ICMRThe apex health research body said to cater to the increasing need for testing, India developed an "intelligent testing strategy to remain ...
25 May, 2020, 08.07 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 gears up for the worst, plans to test 1 lakh cases a dayICMR said it is considering some interventions to scale up testing capacity to 100,000 tests/day in coming months.
07 Apr, 2020, 07.39 PM IST
Motilal Oswal PE fund to invest up to Rs 240 crore in Molbio DiagnosticsMolbio along with its subsidiary Bigtec Labs, has developed and commercialised Truenat, which is claimed to be the world's first commercial...
04 Mar, 2020, 08.54 PM IST