corona

Ramdev’s Patanjali claims to have COVID-19 medicine; Ayush Ministry frowns

11:41 pm June 23, 2020

Haridwar: Yoga guru Ramdev’s herbal medicine company Patanjali Ayurved on Tuesday claimed to have discovered a medicine that could cure coronavirus in just seven days – a claim that the Ayush Ministry scoffed at by seeking stopping of advertisements for the drug. While Ramdev claimed that Ayurved-based ‘Coronil and Swasari’ medicine have shown 100 per cent favourable results during clinical trials […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Delhi seeks volunteers to fight coronavirus pandemic

6:59 pm June 19, 2020

New Delhi: In view of surging COVID-19 cases in the city, the Delhi government will rope in NGOs, civil society organisations, NCC and NSS cadets and scouts for survey of coronavirus suspects, and surveillance and management of isolation cases. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed to NGOs and individuals to join the fight against COVID-19 in […]

Companies hopeful of economic recovery in 2021 but cautious about COVID-19 pandemic

Final tests of some COVID-19 vaccines to start next month

3:44 am June 12, 2020

Washington: The first experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. is on track to begin a huge study next month to prove if it really can fend off the coronavirus, while hard-hit Brazil is testing a different shot from China. Where to do crucial, late-stage testing and how many volunteers are needed to roll up their […]

Delhi health infra should be used for its residents only: Panel

11:09 pm June 6, 2020

New Delhi: A five-member panel constituted by the Delhi government has suggested that the health infrastructure of the city should be used only for treating residents of the national capital, in view of the raging COVID-19 crisis, sources said on Saturday. The suggestion comes in the backdrop of Delhi recording over 1,000 coronavirus cases daily […]

NCVTC to develop of host-directed antivirals for COVID 19

1:08 pm June 4, 2020

New Delhi: Support for a study, which will screen library of 94 small molecule chemical inhibitors for antivirals against coronaviruses, by the National Centre for Veterinary Type Cultures (NCVTC), ICAR-NRC from Hisar in Haryana has been approved by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB). The molecules are known to inhibit cellular kinases, phosphatases, and […]