National Technology Day: PM Modi pays tribute to coronavirus researchers, hails 1998 Pokhran nuclear testsPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took to social media to pay tribute to researchers and innovators on National Technology Day. He also hailed the Pokhran nuclear tests that were conducted on this day in 1998 when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister. PM Modi paid tribute to the \"exceptional achievement of our scientists\" on this day in 1998. The Prime Minister c...

Coronavirus Highlights: Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba will hold a video conference over containing COVID-19 with all states and union territories tomorrow at 10 am; total number of cases in India inch closer to 60,000

With no other approved treatments for COVID-19, interest in the drug is growing around the world. Administered by intravenous infusion, it was granted authorisation last week by the U.S

Coronavirus lockdown live updates: AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Gulleria said on Thursday that the novel coronavirus cases will peak between June and July. He added the spike in cases will come due to more testing across states. India's total COVID-19 cases stand at 52,952 including 35,902 active cases, 15,266 cured, 1 migrated, and 1,783 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry

Gilead last week received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's emergency use authorization for using remdesivir as a treatment against COVID-19, after the drugmaker provided data showing the drug had helped coronavirus patients

Coronavirus lockdown 3.0: In the last 24 hours, 1,074 patients have been cured, which happens to be highest number of cured patient in a day

Earlier in April, Punjab CM Captain Amarinder had allowed use of this therapy when Assistant Commissioner of Police Anil Kohli was tested positive for the coronavirus and admitted to SPS Hospital in Ludhiana

Corona lockdown 3.0 live updates: Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra reached 12,974; Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said it's difficult to sustain lockdown amid heavy economic losses

The regulator body can revise the Remdesivir's status from temporary to full approval if Gilead Sciences or other researchers generate more data on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine for treating coronavirus patients

Corona lockdown 3.0 highlights: Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in India rises to 37,776, including 26,535 active cases, 10,018 cured/discharged/migrated and 1,223 deaths, according to latest data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Amid all-round gains in the market today, auto, metal, financials and IT stocks traded with healthy gains. Besides RIL, companies set to announce their earnings today are Tech Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, Apollo Tricoat Tubes, Laurus Labs, Aditya Birla Money among others

Since March 23, when Sensex saw its biggest intraday fall, the index has gained 7,736 points or 29.77%. Nifty too has rallied 2,249 points or 29.55%  compared to closing of 7,610 on March 23

U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has been in discussions with Gilead about making remdesivir available to patients as quickly as possible, but the agency declined to comment on any plans to grant the drug regulatory approval

Remdesivir is not yet licensed or approved anywhere globally and has not been demonstrated to be safe or effective for the treatment of the COVID-19

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Companies set to announce their earnings are Reliance Industries, Tech Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, Apollo Tricoat Tubes, Laurus Labs, Aditya Birla Money among others

Corona lockdown extension relaxation live updates: Speaking at a televised meeting, Mishustin suggested that First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov should serve as acting prime minister in his absence

Corona lockdown live updates: Union Home Ministry said new guidelines to fight COVID-19 will come into effect from May 4, which shall give considerable relaxations to many districts; India saw 1,813 new cases and 71 deaths in the last 24 hours

Seven Indian firms are among those hunting for a vaccine to tame Covid-19. Here is how the projects are progressing

Corona lockdown extension live updates: Nagaland has imposed COVID-19 cess of Rs 5 per litre for diesel and Rs 6 for petrol and motor spirit; Delhi demarcated one more containment zone, taking their total number to 100

Kripa Shanker Gupta's  LinkedIn account says he is a passionate 'medi-preneur' with a deep understanding of Indian health landscape and ability to innovate new health programmes in public and private health