India In Talks With Moderna: The US biotech giant Moderna Therapeutics has confirmed that its Covid-19 vaccine sample guarantees a 94.5% success rate in its phase 3 efficacy trials. The Indian government is apparently in talks with the company over the development of the company’s vaccine candidate.  According to a senior government official, “India is ...

Latest serological survey conducted in Delhi revealed one in three or 33% of the population has developed antibodies against coronavirus. The initial analysis of third sero survey included surveillance of 17,000 samples which had been collected from 11 districts. The official outcome of survey is to be announced next week. As per the survey out ...

On Thursday, the International Monetary Fund held virtual discussion regarding the ongoing state of pandemic which it said was far from over. Closely observing the nations’ struggle with the Covid-19 amid the dwindling economy caused by global lockdown, IMF came to the aid of India, the second worst affected nation in the world, after US. ...

Special Olympics tennis recently made its debut in India with Special Olympics Bharat organising a tennis training webinar from September 7-8 to discuss various potential ways of collaborating the sport into the varied portfolio of sports in India. More than 50 coaches from 22 states in India participated in the training webinar which was moderated ...

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has allowed ‘testing on demand’ under new Covid-19 testing strategy. The guideline has however been left to states for modification on their discretion. ICMR has advised “testing on demand for all individuals undertaking travel to countries or Indian states mandating a negative Covid-19 test at the point of ...

India is seeing an increasing use of the medicines like Favipiravir, along with another antiviral, remdesivir by hospitals in the tackling of the Covid-19 virus. Looking at the increasing number of cases per day, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is now coming out with its own version of Favipiravir called FluGuard that is to cost Rs. 35 ...

The Coronavirus pandemic has affected millions of lives across the world with health officials globally stressing the public to wear face masks or coverings to protect themselves and others from virus transmission. As the COVID-19 outbreak began around the world, demand for N95 masks also increased across all sections of society leading to a global ...

“Play for India” initiative launch was encouraged by the biggest names in Indian sports fraternity who came together to support it. The initiative is aimed at assisting individuals associated with Indian sports who have been hard hit by the COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown leading to non-operational stadia and sports complexes. The support staff at the ...

Taking the next step towards self-help and self reliance Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked for Indian states to look for alternatives to low levels of electricity outputs. PM Modi was addressing review meeting on the work of the ministries of power and new and renewable energy where he pointed out the pertinent problem that ...

Corona Pandemic have become a great threat to humanity in modern times and the nations across the world are giving their best to protect their people from getting affected by corona virus. The friendship bond that UAE and India cherish is well-established in the previous occasions such as PM Modi visit to UAE. The National ...