The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given approval to Serum Institute of India, Pune to conduct Phase II+III clinical trials of Oxford University-Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine (COVISHIELD) in India. This will hasten the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. India continues to improve the Case Fatality Rate (CFR), and maintain its global position of […]
Coronavirus is being fought with full might in India. Now, for the second day in a row, recoveries in a single day continue to post significant rise, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said today. The last 24 hours saw the highest ever single- day number of Coronavirus patients cured and discharged i.e. 29,557. While […]
Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla, ADC Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command commissioned a 3 MW Solar Power Plant at Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala on 22 July 2020, via virtual conferencing. This is in line with the Govt of India initiative of ‘National Solar Mission’ to achieve 100GW of solar power by 2022. The solar […]
New Delhi, June 23, 2020: Prime Minister Office has released details of allocations of donated money in the PM CARES Fund today. It says that the PM CARES Fund Trust has allocated Rs. 2000 crore for supply of 50000 ‘Made-in-India’ ventilators to government-run COVID hospitals in all States/UTs. Further, a sum of Rs. 1000 crore […]
New Delhi, June 11, 2020: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended only reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) test for novel coronavirus testing. Researchers at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have developed a new low-cost and low-tech required test for SARS-CoV-2 testing. This test is known as reverse transcription nested […]
New Delhi, May 8th, 2020: White House heard the Vedic Hindu Prayer at the National Day of Prayer in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington D.C on May 7th, 2020. The National Day of Prayer is an annual event formally enacted in 1952 celebrating faith and prayer in America’s life. Now, when […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a phone call yesterday with Antonio Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal to discuss COVID-19. The Prime Minister recalled the State Visit of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal to India in February. The two leaders discussed the state of COVID-19 pandemic and the steps being taken by both countries […]
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad has tied up with a Bengaluru-based company, Eyestem Research Private Limited, to take up research activities on coronavirus or COVID-19. Through this research collaboration, an attempt will be made to grow novel coronavirus in human cell lines, which will enable in vitro testing of potential drugs and […]
By Namta Gupta New Delhi, May 4th, 2020: In Pakistan, a congratulatory video is going viral in which an Islamic Cleric is expressing joy over the conversion of non-Muslims to Islam during Coronavirus. The unidentified cleric tells the anchor in the video: I have good news for you. I have just received a message that a […]
By Namta Gupta New Delhi, April 30, 2020: Roma or the Romani community is one of Europe’s most disadvantaged communities. Standing somewhere at 10-12 million, the community is also one of the most marginalized and persecuted. And as Coronavirus knocks, the situation of the Roma community is turning worse with the European countries using the […]
