Mumbai-based medical devices company Transasia Biomedical's German subsidiary Erba Mannheim has already got clearance from the US and Europe to make COVID-19 antibody ELISA kits

At present, the government and private hospitals are conducting three kinds of testing for COVID-19: Real-Time RT PCR, TrueNat Test, and CB NAAT Test

Coronavirus Live Updates: The Prime Minister also mentioned efforts needed to address 'jan se jag tak' - from people to world, adding that the world will change after the coronavirus crisis, as it did after the two World Wars

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Kotak Bank, ONGC, Britannia, Shree Cements and Titan were among the top losers today, while Bharti Infratel, Adani Ports, IndusInd Bank, Tech Mahindra and JSW Steel were the top gainers on NSE today.

Coronavirus in India live updates: Home Affairs Secretary Ajay Bhalla has chided West Bengal for inadequate COVID-19 testing and highest mortality rate among states; Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state, followed by Gujarat and Delhi

Assam coronavirus news: All other provisions applicable during the third phase of the lockdown in the state will be as per the guidelines of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Sarma added

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

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

Even in normal times, private healthcare has played truant. In the current health crisis, its role is neither proportionate to its dominant presence nor call of duty. If public healthcare carries almost the entire burden on its shoulders then it is imperative to nurture it, rather than neglect it

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

The 13th meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 was held under the chairpersonship of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday

Coronavirus lockdown India: A total of 4.62 lakh tests have been conducted in India so far (as of April 21), of which 26,943 were conducted on April 21 alone; total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stand at 19,984 as of date, according to the health ministry

The health and family welfare department of the government of Karnataka said that the price has been fixed after meetings and negotiations with private laboratories

Private hospitals account for more than 60 percent of beds, 80 per cent of doctors in the country

Dr A Velumani, chairman, CEO and MD of Thyrocare Technologies says the mantra to his ability to turn the Rs 4,500 a test into a viable and profitable exercise was his dependence on volumes

Coronavirus update: The country has stored adequate RT-PCR based kits that can last over six weeks; another instalment of the kits was delivered on Monday, which is far more sufficient to test over a long period of time, said an ICMR spokesperson

How healthcare, FMCG, pharma, petrochemical and IT companies will turn the capabilities acquired during the coronavirus crisis into new businesses in India and abroad

Coronavirus no hindrance in highway projects: Nitin GadkariAllaying concerns that government could re-prioritise its focus in post-Corona world with infrastructure moving lower in the pecking order, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has stated that focus on healthcare and disaster management does not mean highway building programme would be impacted. In a bid to continue the momentum of highway development in the country, Gadkari said that his current priority i...

This has come as a major relief to private laboratories, who have been arguing that the earlier order of the court asking the government to get the private laboratories to do all testing for free would render the labs unviable