Trial in Manipur ethnic violence cases needs to be expedited: SCThe Supreme Court is pushing for faster trials in the Manipur ethnic violence cases. Authorities have been asked to submit a status report....
27 May, 2026, 03.30 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Amal Clooney: ‘As women, we may not be a minority, but there is a bond that we all share; it is...’ - What the Lebanese-British human rights advocate understood about the struggles of womenQuote of the Day by Amal Clooney highlights a universal bond among women, transcending geography, religion, and culture. It focused on shar...
22 May, 2026, 12.54 PM IST
Vaccination drive needs to be strengthened globally; pandemic treaty being discussed: WHO chief scientistDr Soumya Swaminathan said that discussions are taking place at the global level about having a "pandemic treaty" which binds all the count...
20 Dec, 2021, 10.55 PM IST
WHO's Solidarity clinical trials: India to start trials of two new drugs to treat Covid-19India is among the 52 countries taking part in WHO's Solidarity PLUS trial. This collaboration for Covid-19 research is also studying the e...
05 Oct, 2021, 08.02 AM IST
Remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine show no antiviral effect against COVID-19: StudyThe study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, evaluated the effects of the two drugs on all-cause, in-hospital mortality...
13 Jul, 2021, 09.55 PM IST
ICMR approaches experts panel to approve testing of cancer drug acalabrutinib for Covid treatmentICMR’s National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) had presented a proposal to the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) formed to review Covid relate...
19 Oct, 2020, 05.56 PM IST
India to review use of remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine for Covid therapyIndian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director general Balram Bhargava told ET that clinical protocols will be updated after discussion...
17 Oct, 2020, 08.12 AM IST
Gilead questions WHO study that cast doubts on drug's COVID-19 benefitsIn a blow to one of the few drugs being used to treat people with COVID-19, the WHO said on Thursday its "Solidarity" trial had concluded t...
16 Oct, 2020, 02.31 PM IST
WHO ending hydroxycholorquine trial for COVIDWHO says a review of the interim results showed hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir "produce little or no reduction in the mortality...
05 Jul, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
Recruitment for HCQ solidarity trial stopped in IndiaThe decision to scrap HCQ testing was based on evidence from the Solidarity Trial, the UK’s Recovery Trial and a Cochrane review of other e...
19 Jun, 2020, 06.52 AM IST
WHO's decision to resume HCQ clinical trial a step in right direction, say expertsThe global heath body had earlier suspended the hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) arm of the clinical trials of experimental COVID-19 drugs over saf...
04 Jun, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
WHO calls halt to solidarity trial of HCQThe World Health Organization said it has halted studies of hydroxychloroquine in its Solidarity Trial after The Lancet published a piece t...
26 May, 2020, 12.29 PM IST
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...
15 May, 2020, 03.35 PM IST
WHO trial is on fast track in India: Sheela Godbole, Senior Scientist, National Aids Research InstituteIndia plans to run the trial on 1,500 patients across 20-30 sites, Sheela Godbole, chief scientist at National AIDS Research Institute and ...
14 May, 2020, 11.36 PM IST
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...
14 May, 2020, 06.56 AM IST
WHO recommends a ‘solidarity trial’ to speed up vaccineParticipants will be enrolled continuously during the trial and vaccine candidates that are not working will be dropped from testing.
09 May, 2020, 07.57 AM IST
India to soon participate in WHO 'solidarity trial' for developing potential COVID-19 drugs: Government"We are soon likely to participate in the WHO solidarity trial for developing potential drugs for COVID-19. Earlier we did not do it becaus...
28 Mar, 2020, 07.39 AM IST