The proposal will help India, one of the most cost-effective location for pharmaceutical production, to increase its growing generic exports multifold in a hassle-free regulatory environment.
Bird flu continued to spread in West Bengal on Thursday as three more districts of the state reported poultry deaths. The World Health Organisation warned that the outbreak in the state was far more serious than the previous pandemics in Manipur and Maharashtra.
SARS epidemic erupted in China early this year, and rapidly spread throughout Asia and Northern America.
Omicron has been detected in Maharashtra (20), Rajasthan (9), Karnataka (3), Gujarat (4), Kerala (1) and Andhra Pradesh (1) and Union Territories of Delhi (2) and Chandigarh (1).
Barn is a curing structure where tobacco leaves are processed to produce the FCV tobacco used mainly by cigarette manufacturers. However, the board's proposal will first have to be approved by the commerce ministry before being sent to the finance ministry for funds.
The Omicron variant carries 'concerning' mutations that may make it more transmissible and allow it to evade immunity, scientists said on Monday, stressing that the one certainty in the uncertainty of the many things unknown is this -- COVID is not a short-term crisis and vaccines are still a critical tool.
It's a wake up call for all those busy working at odd hours in offices -- working in night shifts can cause cancer by disrupting your body clock.
His tenure was till December 5, 2027, and he would have become Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) after incumbent Rajiv Kumar retired in February next year.
Goel's tenure was till December 5, 2027, and he would have become Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) after incumbent Rajiv Kumar retired in February next year.
Trump had taken the coronavirus test on Friday night. The results came out in less than 24 hours.
In its election manifesto -- 'Sankalp Patra' -- the Bharatiya Janata Party has vowed to implement the Union Civil Code (UCC), maintain peace in the Northeast, among other key poll promises.
Doctors are warning that the disease is targeting adults who had probably missed childhood vaccination, and have thus not developed a natural immunity.
The New Delhi district authorities on Monday issued a show-cause notice to Etihad Airways for allegedly violating the Centre's guidelines for international passenger arrivals at the IGI airport here, amid concerns over the Omicron variant of coronavirus.
Titan Industries has launched Cal Track, an electro-mechanical device, which will help track a person's calorie expenditure round the clock.
'God has given me everything -- wealth, success, a good wife and good friends. I wish He gives me good health.'
The government's decision comes in the wake of a WHO directive stating that a person infected with the corona virus will not infect others unless he starts manifesting the SARS symptoms.
The map shows the change in HIV deaths per 100,000 population over 2005, 2009 and 2013.
The assessment team is ready to provide any aid that may be needed and to mobilise international assistance.
It was on January 30, 2020 when a third-year medical student from Wuhan university tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the country's first COVID-19 patient, days after she had returned home following semester holidays.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India has become the fifth largest economy in the world and this is not an ordinary achievement. "Every Indian is feeling proud of it. We need to maintain this enthusiasm," Modi said. He was virtually addressing beneficiaries of various government schemes and those present at a mega medical camp organised in Olpad area of Surat city in Gujarat, where the Assembly polls are due later this year.
The Delta Plus variant have been detected sporadically in Maharashtra, Kerala and MP.
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd on Monday said its product Nevirapine tablets 200 mg, has been included by World Health Organisation in its pre-qualification list.
The World Health Organisation has excluded two generic antiretroviral drugs of Cipla from its list of approved HIV medicines used more often in poor countries.
India is the most polluted country in the world, with more than 480 million people or about 40 per cent of its population living in the Indo-Gangetic plains in the north where pollution levels regularly exceed those found anywhere else in the world by an order of magnitude, stated the University of Chicago's Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report.
The 45-year-old actor, a vocal advocate for a clean environment, on Monday shared a post by Extinction Rebellion, a global climate movement, on the social media site.
This was after the WHO modified the definition of probable cases on May one.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which monitors data related to the pandemic, said the sub-lineage known as BA.2 shows a low number of cases in the country, with the original Omicron lineage BA.1 still dominant.
The move has come days after the state government announced to form a special investigation team to probe into the death of Disha Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Heatwaves with higher humidity levels can be more perilous because the air cannot efficiently absorb excess moisture. This limitation restricts the human body's ability to evaporate sweat and affects the moisture content of certain infrastructure like evaporative coolers.
Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) with symptoms similar to those seen in the past in smallpox patients, although it is clinically less severe.
Doctors warn that overwork is leading to lifestyle diseases like diabetes and spondylitis.
"This virus just may become another endemic virus in our communities and this virus may never go away. HIV has not gone away," Dr Ryan, executive director of the WHO health emergencies programme, said.
Benfica's Primeira Liga match at Belenenses on Saturday was abandoned amid extraordinary scenes after their COVID-19-hit opponents were forced to name a team of nine players - including two goalkeepers.
The association's reaction came after Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that the country is "in the end game of the COVID-19 pandemic" and Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the coronavirus is nearing an "endemic" phase in the national capital.
No decision on granting indemnity to any foreign or Indian Covid vaccine-manufactures has been taken yet, the government said Friday, underlining these decisions are to be taken 'in the interest of nation and people'.
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