15 April 2020 Introduction: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 27th March 2020, has made an amendment to EIA Notification 2006. All projects or activities in respect of bulk drugs manufactured for addressing various ailments, have been re-categorized from the existing Category ‘A’ to ‘B2’ category. Highlights: The states have also been issued advisories […]
13 April 2020 Introduction: In a major breakthrough, a team of Indian scientists have successfully developed a low-cost, paper-strip test which can detect the new coronavirus within an hour and address India’s urgent need for rapid-testing. This is the first of its kind in the world. Salient Features of the test: The test uses the […]
10 April 2020 IntroductionKerala has won Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) approval for the clinical protocol exploring the feasibility of an experimental therapy, convalescent plasma transfusion, which may be administered to severe COVID-19 patients. At present there are no specific antiviral agents which have been found to be effective in the treatment of COVID-19. […]