The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted regulatory approval for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Laxai Life Sciences Private Limited for initiating clinical trials of the drug Colchicine, according to reports of the news agency PTI on Saturday. In a statement, CSIR said, “The Council of Scientific and Industrial…
With the ongoing efforts of the government to raise awareness about using non-motorized vehicles leading nowhere, over 1,000 women workers from the garment industry in Bengaluru have offered to commute with a cycle to work as a move to save the travel expense. Initially, few garment workers took up cycling to escape from paying a…
The Karnataka government on Thursday launched its own application for its own direct benefit transfer (DBT) to assist the beneficiaries of 120 welfare schemes. While rolling out the application, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa revealed the platform was curated by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (e-governance). Yediyurappa said, “The government’s intention to bring…
With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, India has supplied medical aid which comprises ventilators and ambulances to Nepal to support its current battle with the deadly virus. As a gesture of friendship and close ties between India and Nepal, Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra handed over the supplies to Chief of the Nepali Army…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conducted a meeting with Indian envoys representing Gulf countries UAE, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, and Qatar and had a discussion about the welfare of Indian community and trade prospects in these nations. Jaishankar took to Twitter to share about the ‘fruitful’ experience while meeting the envoys of the…
With Covid-19 positivity rates falling throughout Karnataka, the state government took a call to resume activities in a staggered manner, but, it will be only the case for a few districts, starting from June 14. The Covid-19 lockdown will be the same for the districts of Chikmagalur, Shivamogga, Davangere, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Bengaluru…
With the talks widespread about reducing the gap between two doses of Covishield, according to the new findings by Public Health England, the Union Health Ministry on Friday stated the decision will be taken after experts carefully review and analyse the situation. Amid the recommendations by Indian experts about the Covid-19 recovered people do not…
The Union Health Ministry revealed in a statement on Friday the target of keeping vaccine wastage less than 1 percent is not at all unrealistic. The vaccination drives have to be conducted in a manner that there is minimum wastage and several states are following that, the health ministry said, implying on the role of…
India has overall administered more than 240 million Covid-19 vaccine doses as of Wednesday, as the Co-WIN portal was further updated with the data to permit changes in the vaccine certificates. Alongside, the US revealed that it will purchase 500 million additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to contribute it via the global COVAX alliance…
The Army officials in the month of April were flustered by a series of phone calls on their helplines in Siliguri, West Bengal where unknown callers trying to ask for details about army movements and units. In a span of few weeks, the army had tracked down the suspicious calls to a region in Bengaluru….
