It wasn’t a surprise when Delhi took over Mumbai wit highest cases on Wednesday. Delhi now has recorded over 70,000 which is ahead from Mumbai by around 800 cases. Out of these more than 40,000 cases have been alone detected in the last two weeks. This is an unfortunate risk of Covid-19 cases – that ...

Glenmark Pharma (Glenmark Pharmaceuticals) may have become the first Indian company to market a COVID-19 control drug. It received clearance from the government’s drug regulator to market and manufacturer an oral drug that will treat mild to moderate levels of the virus in Covid-19 disease.   However, the government officials and industry watchdogs have also ...

As many countries including India are mulling over the opening up of international travel, evidence points to flying being much safer than thought before. On May 25, India resumed domestic airline services after a gap of two months, with strict social distancing, constant sanitisation, contact-less check-in, etc. But almost a month since, there is no ...

Glenmark Pharma has become the first Indian company to have received clearance from the government’s drug regulator to market and manufacturer an oral drug that will treat mild to moderate levels of the virus in COVID-19 disease.  The anti viral drug is called Favipiravir and will be marketed by the name Fabiflu that will be ...

A report by PwC says that the pandemic has changed the way the industry operates and led to companies depending heavily on their digital architecture. March and April are usually very busy months for the insurance industry. These are when most life insurances are bought and non-life corporate renewals are done. But these have been ...

Friday started with Chennai going under complete lockdown in an attempt to curb the rapid increase in coronavirus cases in the state of Tamil Nadu. On Monday Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced complete lockdown in four districts – Chennai, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur from June 19 to June 30. The decision was ...

Even as the number of coronavirus cases is increasing steeply, more people are recovering. The recovery rate for coronavirus cases in the country has been improving steadily since April 15 when it stood at 11.42%. Slowly it climbed to 38.73% by May 19, breaching the 40% milestone two days later. It further improved to 48.19% ...

The Rashtrapathi Bhawan was the first one to receive a protective coat that prevents contraction with Corona Virus. Thanks to a home grown innovation, the CoviCoat is a simple formulation which when sprayed on any metallic surface keeps it free of contraction for a time period of 90 days. Certified by NABL lab and comprising ...

According to Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian, the Indian economy will take almost the second half of this year to recover from the lockdown hit slowing down of the economy. India is one of the fifth worst hit countries in the world with the COVID-19 disease. Mr. Subramanian has also indicated that it might take ...

Though Tamil Nadu stands at number two with most detected cases in India after Maharashtra, the recovery rate is highest. On Friday, as almost 861 people walked out of Covid wards recovered from coronavirus infection, the recovery tally in Tamil Nadu reached 15,762. Tamil Nadu despite of getting high number of positive cases of coronavirus, ...