Indian Council Medical Research Archives

Controversy over vaccine trial deadline: not meant to bypass process, ICMR clarifies.

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The Indian Council of Medical Research’s letter for speeding up the vaccine trial so as to made available by August 15 has been severely scrutinized by medical fraternity. The letter sent to the 12 hospitals where the clinical trial of…

All is not so gloomy on COVID-19 front in India: Studies Suggest

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–Shams Khan TNW, New Delhi, April,11. Notwithstanding the recent spike in COVID-19 cases, analysis of several studies suggests that the intensity of COVID- 19 is likely to stay moderate in India. This optimism remains valid in spite of the inadequate…

Coronalogy of events leading to lock-down

–Soroor Ahmad TNW, New Delhi,April 4. When something between 50,000 and 70,000 people died in the heat wave in Europe in 2003 the Indian media had barely covered this tragedy. More than one-fourth of these casualties occurred in France. All this…

Corona Virus: India’s infection growth rate much slower than severely affected countries

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TNW,New Delhi, March 30. According to Health Ministry, despite steady rise in the number of COVID-19 positive cases, compared to severely affected countries like Italy, United State and Spain, the pandemic’s growth rate is considerably low in the country. In…