The ICMR has asked research institutions including hospitals to participate in the funding round and it expects research activities to take off by June.

The Indian Council of Medical Research has started analysing results from the evaluation of antibody test kits imported from China and will come out with its conclusions on their efficacy early next week, a senior government official told ET.

Until last month, polyester swabs were not manufactured in India and were imported from the US or China. With global demand for this product going up, it became difficult and more expensive to buy these swabs from either country.

Priced around Rs 500, the device has demonstrated a near-100 per cent accuracy in detecting the virus in a short span of 90 minutes, the statement said quoting an ICMR report.

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), an arm of the Jal Shakti Ministry that deal with the rejuvenation programme for the river, had received a number of proposals, including from people and NGOs working on Ganga, to undertake clinical studies for treatment of coronavirus patients with the water, officials said.

"Indian Council of Medical Research has set a target of carrying out around 1 lakh tests across the country per day. For this crucial work, India Post with its vast network of 1,56,000 post offices has once again turned into a COVID warrior," the statement said.

Community transmission is said to happen when a person who has not been in contact with an infected person or travelled to a country where the virus is active tests positive.

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The trials will be conducted in 21 hospitals across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, TN, Madhya Pradesh, UP, Punjab, Karnataka, Telangana and Chandigarh.

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The advent of social media has complicated the problems, says Tripura CM.

Development comes even as BSY readies to rejoin the BJP before the Lok Sabha election next year.

Shinde emphasised that the govt is committed to its core principle of combating terrorism.

"We will continue our efforts till we overthrow this corrupt government in MP"

He enquired about the cyclone situation and directed officials to be on high alert.

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No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the explosion so far.

Goats distributed by previous BSP regime under Bundelkhand package weren't found on verification.

The incident has triggered an outrage among the Left supporters and workers.

Is Tejpal a Congress stooge. Why does he want the case out of Goa, Parrikar questioned.

Mars Orbiter is travelling at a distance of about 2.9 million km away from Earth.

Gowda accused Siddaramaiah of building castles in the air while ignoring the plight of farmers.

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This week marks the centenary of a key attempt at defining and delimiting the India-China boundary in the eastern sector. The ‘McMahon Line’ was born on March 24, 1914.

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Private labs, which had termed the Rs 4,500 cap as being on the ‘moderate side’, objected to the order as there was no clarity regarding reimbursement for the free tests.

A bureaucrat-turned politician, Ajit Jogi had served as the first CM of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to November 2003 in then Congress government, after the state came into existence.

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The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has come out with an online GIS-based database depicting the vicinity of fish landing centres

If the parents of some students are unable to deposit the school fees due to poor financial condition, the private schools will not be able to expel them, said chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday. The state government would revoke the school’s recognition if it violates the direction.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday directed the animal husbandry department to distribute Rs 275-crore grant sanctioned recently to gaushalas.