Air Traffic Controller tests positive for psychoactive substance; DGCA removes personnel from dutyThis is the first instance of an air traffic controller (ATC) testing positive for psychoactive substance after the rules for testing of fl...
22 Aug, 2022, 11.10 AM IST
ICMR says self rapid antigen test will be considered confirmatoryThe RAT test result should be uploaded on ICMR's portal. The self RAT test kits are now available over-the-counter and through online pharm...
10 Jan, 2022, 08.39 PM IST
In a first, flight crew, air traffic controllers to be tested for drugs like cannabis, cocaine"The worldwide spread of use of psychoactive substances, their general availability and the ever-increasing number of addicted users is a s...
28 Sep, 2021, 03.49 PM IST
Aviation employees to be tested for drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy: Draft DGCA rulesAirlines and air navigation service providers will have to carry out random drug-testing of at least five per cent of the flight crew membe...
25 Aug, 2021, 09.26 PM IST
After Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi government set to halve RT-PCR testing priceThe move follows an advisory by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director-general Balram Bhargava, who has written to chief secret...
17 Jun, 2020, 12.09 AM IST
Diagnostic centres see increase in requests to do Covid-19 testsPrivate diagnostic centres and hospital laboratories have seen a 50% increase in the number of requests for RT-PCR tests within a day of ho...
01 Jun, 2020, 06.41 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
Kerala Institute says it has a faster and cheaper test for COVID-19A Kerala-based institute has developed a diagnostic test for Covid-19 which it claims can furnish results in less than half the time taken ...
17 Apr, 2020, 07.54 AM IST
Kerala institute Sree Chitra Tirunal develop new cheaper test for coronavirusThe test kit can detectthe "N Gene of SARS COV2 using reverse transcriptase loop-mediated amplification of viral nucleic acid (RT-LAMP). We...
16 Apr, 2020, 09.57 PM IST
Instruments with Universities can increase India's COVID 19 testing capacity manifoldPCR or Polymerase Chain Reaction test is the final to confirm presence of SARS CoV-2 virus in someone's body. Number of prepared PCR set up...
30 Mar, 2020, 11.32 PM IST
Covid-19 challenge: India works on 3-month plan, to stagger doleAt least 14 ministries have drawn up plans that are being assessed along with those of the states.
26 Mar, 2020, 11.58 AM IST
1st and 2nd confirmatory tests for Covid-19 are free for all citizens: Health MinistryIf you have symptoms or have travelled to countries with coronavirus cases such as Italy and China, you should call to govt helpline number...
15 Mar, 2020, 06.00 PM IST
List drug abuse as one of the cause for death: Punjab health ministerPunjab health minister Brahm Mohindra plans to urge the Union government to include drug abuse or overdose as one of the causes of death in...
18 Jul, 2018, 11.50 AM IST
Dhanush artillery guns, desi version of Bofors, go for confirmatory trialsDhanush artillery guns have gone for confirmatory trials that will last till next year, as army looks for new howitzers. Army will order ov...
14 Jul, 2018, 03.49 PM IST
Diabetes screening in India may be ineffective: StudyDiabetes is becoming increasingly common, particularly in rapidly developing countries like India, but most people with diabetes are unawar...
20 May, 2015, 05.31 PM IST
- Narendra Modi tests positive for swine flu
There is a wave of panic among the top industrialists who accompanied Modi on the Moscow visit.Swine flu: 10 things you need to know | How ...
30 Oct, 2009, 12.35 PM IST
- Narendra Modi tests positive for swine flu
The confirmation of the test carried out on Thursday was announced by the state government on Friday morning, sending a wave of panic among...
30 Oct, 2009, 11.43 AM IST