India waives Covid tests for flyers from China & 5 other nationsThe regulations were made for overseas travellers arriving from or passing through China, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Republic of Korea, Thai...
09 Feb, 2023, 10.11 PM IST
China cracks down on drug price gouging amid fears of COVID spikeChina announced 10 measures on Wednesday that loosened key parts of President Xi Jinping's signature zero-COVID policy, in a dramatic pivot...
10 Dec, 2022, 01.59 PM IST
China's zero Covid policy: What is it actually? Read to knowProtests have erupted across China in response to the government's stringent restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus.
29 Nov, 2022, 09.27 PM IST
Themis Medi bets big on antiviral drug for CovidThemis had launched inosine pranobex under brand name Viralex in June this year. Despite the drug not figuring in the government's Covid tr...
12 Jul, 2022, 12.43 AM IST
Do Molnupiravir's benefits outweigh risks? Here's what experts sayThe ICMR Director-General Balram Bhargava had said that molnupiravir has major safety concerns and has not been included in the national pr...
11 Jan, 2022, 05.15 PM IST
Europe eyes arthritis drug for Covid-19 casesEU drug regulator said that it was assessing an application to extend the use of tocilizumab for adults suffering from severe coronavirus i...
16 Aug, 2021, 08.19 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi writes to PM, demands withdrawal of new regulations in LakshadweepThe Congress has been demanding the immediate recall of the Lakshadweep administrator, who it says is a politician and not a bureaucrat.
27 May, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
Roche reports promising results from anti-Covid cocktailThe results of the Phase 3 trial showed that the combination of the antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab "reduced hospitalisation or death ...
24 Mar, 2021, 07.47 AM IST
Govt should commence with COVID-19 vaccination after making concrete arrangements: Akhilesh YadavYadav had on Saturday termed the anti-Covid vaccine to be rolled out in the country as a "vaccine of the BJP" and said he would not take th...
03 Jan, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
Mayawati welcomes approval for COVID-19 vaccineRegulator on Sunday approved Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute, and indigenously developed Covaxin of...
03 Jan, 2021, 02.57 PM IST
FATF review of India's anti-money laundering & terror financing regime pushed to 2021 due to COVIDThe review of India's anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regime was scheduled for this year as part of a regular review cycle af...
26 Jul, 2020, 03.46 PM IST
Bharat Biotech starts human trial of its anti-COVID vaccine at PGI Rohtak: Minister Vij“Human trial with Corona vaccine (COVAXIN) of Bharat Biotech started at PGI Rohtak today,” Vij, who is also the Home and Science & Technolo...
17 Jul, 2020, 07.28 PM IST
CCI adopting multi-pronged approach; competition law flexible to deal with challenges: Ashok Kumar GuptaFair trade regulator CCI is adopting a multi-pronged approach, including nudging entities to desist from anti-competitive practices, to ens...
21 Jun, 2020, 04.53 PM IST
US pharma giant seeks marketing authorisation from India for remdesivir"Gilead Sciences has applied seeking marketing authorisation for its anti-viral drug remdesivir to India's Central Drugs Standard Control O...
30 May, 2020, 10.28 AM IST
Govt clamps down on misleading ayurveda adsThe Ministry of Ayush has written to all states and the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) to report and take action against mis...
04 Apr, 2020, 08.34 AM IST
COVID-19: Orders for over 10 crore anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine tablets placed by CentreThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended the anti-malarial drug for those involved in the care of suspected or confirm...
03 Apr, 2020, 08.04 PM IST
CCI suspends combination, anti-competitive business practices filings till March 31In a notice, the fair trade regulator said all filings related to anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominant positions (Sections 3 a...
23 Mar, 2020, 08.41 PM IST