Day: May 14, 2020

Japan says drugmaker Gilead's COVID-19 treatment remdesivir now in use in hospitals

TOKYO – Japan has begun treating severely ill COVID-19 patients with Gilead Sciences Inc’s COVID-19 remdesivir drug, a health ministry official said, just days after giving the drug emergency approval as it seeks to curb the coronavirus outbreak. Ministry official Yasuyuki Sahara said in an e-mail on Thursday […]

Coronavirus vaccine possible in about a year, says EU agency

AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS – A vaccine to counter the new coronavirus could be approved in about a year in an “optimistic” scenario, a agency which approves medicines for the European Union said on Thursday. As the world rushes to develop a vaccine, the European Union, hard hit by COVID-19, fears […]

India follows China's lead to widen use of coronavirus tracing app

NEW DELHI – India is aggressively pushing a state-backed contact tracing app to fight the spread of COVID-19, raising fears that the world’s second-most populous nation is on its way to Chinese-style methods of high tech social control. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has touted its […]

Indian Railways crosses the milestone of transporting a total of more than one million passengers

Indian Railways operate 800 “Shramik Special” trains till 14th May, 2020 across the country Passengers are being given free meals and water Trains being run by Railways only after concurrence is given both by the State which is sending the passengers and the State which is receiving them […]

PM CARES Fund Trust Allocates Rs. 3100 Crore for Fight against COVID-19

open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 13: PM CARES (Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations) Fund Trust today decided to allocate Rs. 3100 Crore for fight against COVID-19. Out of Rs 3100 crore, a sum of approximately Rs.2000 crore will be earmarked for the […]

CIC to begin hearing RTI cases from UTs of J&K and Ladakh from tomorrow

Online hearing of cases will lead to “Justice from Home” concept: Dr Jitendra Singh open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 14: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today […]

Dr Harsh Vardhan dedicates COBAS 6800 testing machine to the nation

Nearly 20 lakh samples tested for COVID-19 through more than 500 labs: Dr. Harsh Vardhan Doubling time for last three days slows down to nearly 14 days open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 14: Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare visited the National […]

Patenting of Innovative Low Cost PPE developed by Indian Navy Paves way for Rapid Mass Production

In a major step towards rapid mass production of the Medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) developed by the Indian Navy, a patent has been successfully filed by the Intellectual Property Facilitation Cell (IPFC) of Min of Defence, in association with National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), an enterprise under […]

MP: 8 migrant workers killed, nearly 50 hurt in road accident

Guna, May 14: Eight migrant workers were killed and nearly 50 others injured when the bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck near Guna town in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday morning, police said. The accident took place between 3 am and 4 am when the victims […]

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