COVID-19
Struggle for the TRIPS Waiver
On 1 October 2020, four countries—Eswatini, India, Kenya and South Africa—approached the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council to seek a… Read More
DBT Institute to Help Vietnamese Company Develop COVID Vaccine
After helping several Indian companies in the development of vaccines for COVID-19 including clinical trials, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT)’s… Read More
Researchers Devise Method to Tackle COVID-19 PPE Waste
Researchers from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)’s Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), and… Read More
Step up Measures to Build Back Better: Says UNCTAD
Shifting decisively away from four decades driven by a misplaced faith in unregulated markets, and breathing new life into multilateral… Read More
CSIR-NEERI Transfers Know-How for New COVID-19 Testing Technique
In a development that could help strengthen the fight against COVID-19, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)’s Nagpur-based… Read More
Researchers Sequence Genome of Herb, Giloy
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Bhopal have sequenced the genome of Giloy, a medicinal herb that is… Read More
DCGI Approves Advanced Trials for Biological E. Limited’s COVID- 19 Vaccine
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Hyderabad-based Biological E. Limited for conducting Phase III comparator safety and… Read More
Start Ups in Telemedicine and Artificial Intelligence
The Government of India will soon launch a special incentives scheme to support 75 start-ups in areas of telemedicine, digital… Read More
Researchers Uncover Mechanisms Related to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), affects a few children who have been infected with COVID19. Several body organs, including… Read More
New Collaboration for Affordable COVID-19 Drug 2-DG
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi,… Read More