Addressing a press conference after the GST Council meeting, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said no tax will be imposed for medicines like Amphotericin B and Tocilizumab, used for treating Black Fungus (mucormycosis)

Ram Vishwakarma, the advisor to the CSIR Director-General, said Colchicine, in combination with standard care, will be an important therapeutic intervention for COVID-19 patients with cardiac co-morbidities

Seeking to scrutinise the COVID vaccination policy in detail, the top court also asked the Centre to provide information including as to how Rs 35,000 crore, earmarked for vaccines, has been spent so far, and to place on record all relevant documents and file notings reflecting its thinking culminating in the policy

Singapore-based biotech company Gero's researchers, in a paper published in the journal Nature Communication, mentioned an underlying 'pace of ageing' that sets the lifespan between 120-150 years

Black fungus: The court suggested waiving off import and customs duties on drugs used for the treatment of black fungus. The HC said that the drug is required to save lives from a disease that is afflicting thousands across the country

The sharp dip in FY21 can be attributed to nationwide lockdown imposed by the central government to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, CARE Ratings said

Food related, food processing industries including food and poultry, pets and animal husbandry, all export units, units which have export commitments or export orders and their vendor units providing inputs to such industries are allowed to operate

The affidavit said the health ministry has worked out an estimated requirement of 1 crore vials of Remdesivir per month in case the situation of new active cases continues at the present level

Baricitinib was issued a restricted emergency use approval by the health ministry's CDSCO for the use in combination with Remdesivir for treatment of Covid-19

The ministry stated that no patient shall be refused services on any account. This includes medications such as oxygen or essential drugs even if the patient belongs to a different city, the ministry said in a statement

Centre, in its revised guidelines, has asked all the secretaries of the ministries or departments to regulate the attendance of their employees at all levels as Covid-19 positive cases keep rising in government offices

COVID-19 in India: Centre issues guidelines for vaccination of aviation staffThe Centre on Thursday, issued an advisory to facilitate swift COVID-19 vaccination of aviation personnel working in government as well as private entities. As per the guidelines, civil aviation community provided unhindered services for the movement of people in need and essential cargo including critical medical cargo like vaccines, medicines, Oxygen Concentrators, etc., thus their vaccination remains a priority....

As per the guidelines, civil aviation community provided unhindered services for the movement of people in need and essential cargo including critical medical cargo, thus their vaccination remains a priority

In the letter sent on May 5, Banerjee has said that the Centre's target to inoculate every citizen above 18 years is \"unrealistic to achieve\" and that ensuring proper supply of COVID-19 vaccines is the core issue right now

Uday Kotak said, \"Given the current pandemic situation, safeguarding lives is of utmost priority and nationwide maximal response measure at the highest level is called for to cut the transmission links\"

Natco will now request a \"compulsory license\" based on emergency use and in light of the grave and serious public health emergency across India due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Coronavirus in India: Kotak added that even though healthcare and frontline workers are giving their best efforts, it might not be possible for them to manage the escalating caseloads

India's fuel sales drop in April on local restrictions to curb second wave of COVID-19 According to the preliminary data of state-owned fuel retailers, the second wave of coronavirus sweeping the nation has pummelled fuel sales in April as local restrictions clamped to curb the spread of infection stifled demand. At the end of April, overall fuel demand is down by about 7 per cent from pre-Covid level of April 2019. COVID-19 vaccination: Centre says 122 cr doses needed to inoculate 59 cr ...

As Covid-19 continues to rage across the country, respective state governments are coming up with their version of lockdown to contain the virus spread. Yesterday, Punjab, Haryana and Odisha came with lockdown like restrictions up to May 15

Punjab home department, while issuing these directions to all deputy commissioners and district police chiefs, said all shops selling non-essential items will remain closed in the state till May 15. Punjab reported a record single-day spike of 157 COVID-19 fatalities and 7,327 new cases on Sunday