As government revisits all economic laws, decriminalisation experts have called for a calibrated approach to ensure we don't end with toothless legislations and maintain the standards
So far, it had been widely believed that the virus could survive for up to three days on solid surfaces
Emergency use of Covid-19 vaccines only after trial data
Warns of spike in cases during winter; China, UAE among the few countries have allowed such authorisation
Investors feel IBC's promised twin benefits - a time-bound process and assurance of a clean slate - don't necessarily come through
Health Secy says a vaccine should be available in first quarter of next year if everything goes according to plan
He also said that the government was also keeping an eye on immunity data with regard to Covid-19 while finalising these plans
In Delhi and the National Capital Region alone, the price for an RT-PCR test for Covid ranges between Rs 1,600 and Rs 2,400
68 per cent of the deaths were concentrated in just five states
The findings are part of a survey conducted by the Center For Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) along with governments of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
Named after Detective Feluda, a character created by filmmaker and writer, Satyajit Ray, the test based on the CRISPR technology is easy to use, gives faster results at a lower cost
The bill, passed on Saturday in the Lok Sabha, comes at a time when companies are reeling under stress due the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic
Having set up its India office in 2013, Brookings Institution's brief stint here raises a key question: Are foreign think tanks less enamoured by India?
Vardhan also said that no significant or drastic mutations had been found in strains of SARS-CoV-2 in India till now
The national recovery rate has increased to nearly 80 per cent even though the country's total cases exceeded 5.3 million
The US Food and Drug Administration had recently allowed the emergency use of convalescent plasma therapy for Covid treatment, besides existing drugs such as Remdisivir
Industry says govt makeshift facilities lie vacant as patients scramble for private hospital beds
India took six months to reach the first million covid cases and it has gone from four to 4.9 million in 11 days
Vardhan assured that the vaccine would be first made available to those who needed it the most, irrespective of their paying capacity
Unsurprised by the rising numbers, epidemiologists are concerned about the virus reaching rural and tribal areas