The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finished the second phase clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine candidate led by Oxford-AstraZeneca. BMC further plans to commence third phase clinical trials once the first batch of volunteers have finished 28 days post consuming the vaccine. The vaccine candidate, termed as COVSHIELD, was administered on total count of…
The Karnataka state government is adopting the technique of pooling sampling, with the objective of cost-cutting. So, the process would not just be one sample in a test-tube but five. Pooling sampling technique can be only be advantageous when there is higher probability of the samples being negative. As, if a sample tests positive, all…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three new projects in Gujarat on Saturday which includes the Kisan Suryodaya Yojana. Modi will also be inaugurating the Paediatric Heart Hospital in collaboration with UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad, a mobile application for telecardiology which will be based in Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, and a…
The Karnataka Government has taken the decision announced on Friday to resume the engineering, degree and diploma colleges from November 17, which were closed from March to stop the spread of Covid-19 infection. Regarding the update, Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan stated, “In a meeting that took place under the chairmanship of the…
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed the landmark of 10 crore figure for Covid-19 testing has been completed on Thursday, amounting to nearly 10 lakh samples daily in the last 17 days. The present record confirms 74,000 tests per million population were conducted. Lokesh Sharma, scientist and media coordinator at ICMR stated India…
The Drugs Controller General (DGCI) from the Indian Central Drugs Standard Control Organization announced on Thursday regarding Russia’s potential Covid-19 vaccine candidate Sputnik V to be clinically tested on 100 Indian volunteers. The DGCI has given the necessary permit to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories for commencing the tests. Though, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is yet to give…
The Indian Navy released a video which displayed the successful launch of an anti-ship missile on Friday by the Mission Corvette INS Prabal which depicted utmost precision at the most range and at drowning the target ship. Indian Navy spokesperson posted the missile launch video on Twitter. The launch of the missile took place somewhere…
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) commenced another trial run of electric buses on Thursday, which has been prolonged enough with the objective of instituting the eco-friendly vehicles for transport. BMTC has made a third attempt for executing trial run of the e-buses, which has been delayed, tracing back to its initiation in 2014. The…
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared relaxations on Thursday pertaining to international travel, which will be immediately effective regarding all existential visas apart from the electronic, tourist and medical categories. MHA has also given the allowance for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) and Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card holders and any foreign…
The Indian Government has written a letter to the Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, criticizing Twitter regarding the location settings of the site, which displayed regions of Leh as a part of China, which happened on Sunday. The letter questions the credibility and neutrality of the social media site, officials revealed on Thursday. An official who…
