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COVID-19 testing in India: DCGI gives approval to commercial launch of low-cost ‘Feluda’ test

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COVID-19 testing in India: DCGI gives approval to commercial launch of low-cost ‘Feluda’ test

The test makes use of an indigenous, “cutting-edge” CRISPR technology COVID-19 testing: Tata CRISPR low-cost COVID-19 test’s commercial launch approved! The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Saturday approved ‘Feluda’, the Tata Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) test powered by the CSIR-IGIB, for commercial launch, Union Ministry of Science and Technology’s CSIR … Read more

ICMR launches online course on prescription practices for medical graduates

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ICMR launches online course on prescription practices for medical graduates

All interested graduates who want to complete the course will also have to undergo a basic test which will test their elementary and prior knowledge before enrolling them in the course. (Representative image) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has launched a new online course for fresh Indian Medical graduates (pursuing or completed internship) … Read more

‘India had far more Covid cases than official count’

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‘India had far more Covid cases than official count’

New Delhi: India had an estimated 6.4 million coronavirus cases in early May, according to a survey conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), while the official count was 85,940 on May 15. The ICMR’s serological survey suggests that the country may have missed a significant proportion of cases in the first three … Read more

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) says its Twitter handle ‘compromised’

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Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) says its Twitter handle ‘compromised’

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Wednesday evening that its Twitter account has been “compromised” and it was taking necessary steps to rectify the issue. According to sources, it was observed that certain tweets criticising the government were “liked” from the ICMR’s official Twitter handle. The matter was brought to … Read more

ICMR says its Twitter handle ‘compromised’

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ICMR says its Twitter handle ‘compromised’

ICMR twitter handle compromised! The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Wednesday evening that its Twitter account has been “compromised” and it was taking necessary steps to rectify the issue. According to sources, it was observed that certain tweets criticising the government were “liked” from the ICMR’s official Twitter handle. The matter was … Read more

Soon, India will have its dedicated vaccine portal: ICMR – ET HealthWorld

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Soon, India will have its dedicated vaccine portal: ICMR – ET HealthWorld

By Priyanka Sharma New Delhi: In a first in India, the country’s top medical research body is working to create an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) vaccine portal, as a repository for all information related to vaccine development in India. The ICMR vaccine portal would be made public by the next week. In the … Read more

ICMR developing portal to provide all information related to Covid vaccine

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ICMR developing portal to provide all information related to Covid vaccine

The portal would be made operational in phases. The apex health research body, ICMR, is in the process of developing a vaccine portal which will provide information related to the COVID-19 vaccine development in India and abroad, with majority of the updates in several regional languages in addition to English. The aim of creating the portal … Read more

COVID-19 tests in India cross 3 crore mark

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COVID-19 tests in India cross 3 crore mark

NEW DELHI: The total number of tests for detection of COVID-19 has crossed the 3 crore mark in India, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data. A total of 3,00,41,400 samples have been tested until August 16 with 7,31,697 samples being tested on Sunday, the ICMR said. “Focusing on timely and aggressive … Read more

India records biggest daily jump of 52,123 COVID-19 cases as recoveries cross 10 lakh

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India records biggest daily jump of 52,123 COVID-19 cases as recoveries cross 10 lakh

NEW DELHI: The single-day increase of coronavirus cases crossed the 50,000-mark for the first time on Thursday, pushing India’s COVID-19 caseload to 15,83,792, while the recoveries surpassed 10 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry. The country registered a record increase of 52,123 infections in 24 hours while the death-toll climbed to 34,968 with 775 … Read more