Remdesivir to be made in India as 3 firms get nod from US drug-maker for generic version
New Delhi: American drug-maker Gilead late Tuesday announced signing voluntary licensing agreements with three Indian pharmaceutical companies to expand the supply of remdesivir — an experimental drug that has shown promise in treating Covid-19. The ‘non-exclusive’ agreements allow Cipla, Hetero Labs and Jubilant Lifesciences to manufacture remdesivir. The US firm has also allowed one drug-maker based in Pakistan, Ferozsons Laboratories, […]
PM Modi Announces Rs 20 Lakh Crore Economic Package To Make India ‘Self-reliant’
Prime Minister Narendra on Tuesday announced a special economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore for the country to become ‘self-reliant’ and deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. “I announce a special economic package today. This will play an important role in the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.’ The previous announcements made by the government over COVID-19, decisions […]
Glenmark starts clinical trials for potential Covid-19 drug in India
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday it has initiated clinical trials in India of antiviral drug favipiravir, seen as a potential treatment for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), for which it received approval from the country’s drug regulator in April. Mumbai-based Glenmark said in a BSE filing the approval made it the first pharmaceutical company in India […]
Many Indian H-1B visa card holders stuck in US after losing jobs
WASHINGTON : Several Indians in the US, either on the H-1B work visa or Green Card having children who are American citizens by birth, are being prevented from travelling to India aboard the special repatriation flights being run by Air India amidst the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions. According to the regulations issued by the Indian government last […]
With 87 COVID-19 Deaths In Last 24 Hours, Fatalities In India Reach 2,293, Cases Near 71,000
India registered another 87 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total fatalities due to the novel coronavirus to 2,293, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Tuesday. The country recorded another 3,604 COVID-19 cases during the same period which took the total number to 70756. The MoHFW said that of […]
Explained: How will the pandemic play out? Some possible scenarios, from research
FOR THE last several months, the key questions on everybody’s mind have included how long the Covid-19 pandemic will run, and whether the disease will resurface season by season. Two new studies, first reported in The New York Times, project various shapes the Covid-19 curve can take. One study, published in Science, projects that winter outbreaks will probably […]
MHA asks railways to run at least 100 special trains a day to ensure migrants return home
The Home Ministry on Monday asked the Railways to start running at least 100 special trains per day for the next few weeks to ensure the return of migrant workers to their native places, an official said. Addressing a press conference, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said the ministry held a meeting with […]
‘India Headed For A Nutritional Health Emergency’
India is headed for a serious nutritional health emergency soon unless the government takes immediate steps to address the problem, say doctors from Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD). The problem is not just due the nationwide lockdown to stem the COVID-19 pandemic, but because of “already existing diseases which are in abundance and […]
On exiting Covid-19 lockdown 3.0, PM Modi asks chief ministers to come up with blueprint
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked chief ministers to spell out how they want to deal with the lockdown regime after May 17 when the third spell of the lockdown expires. PM Modi, who has described stopping the coronavirus disease from spreading to rural areas as the big challenge, said social distancing was the […]
Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 1,981; cases climb to 59,662
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 39,834, while 17,846 people have […]