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Disappearance of 4 men: 30 yrs on, Ex-SHO convicted, three others acquitted

In yet another verdict in the disappearance of the accused from police custody, the Mohali CBI court convicted Surinderpal Singh Rubi, then SHO of Goindwal police station, while acquitting three others on Friday.
Updated on Apr 01, 2023 04:34 am IST

From HCQ to remdesivir, the treatment options for Covid-19

A police officer wearing a protective mask looks on, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, in Manchester, Britain.
Published on Oct 20, 2020 04:18 pm IST

Healthwise: Study casts more doubt on HCQ’s effectiveness on Covid-19

The drug hydroxychloroquine, pushed by US President Donald Trump and others in recent months as a possible treatment to people infected with the coronavirus disease, is displayed at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah.
Updated on Oct 04, 2020 04:05 am IST

Trump tweets in defense of disproved Covid-19 treatment

US President Trump took to Twitter to promote hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19.
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 06:30 am IST

UK regulator says trial of HCQ for Covid-19 can resume

A global trial designed to find out whether hydroxychloroquine can prevent infection with Covid-19 will restart after getting approval from the UK medicines agency.
Published on Jul 01, 2020 04:37 am IST

From warning on dexamethasone to HCQ: Latest on Covid-19 treatment, vaccines

Intern Celeste Pueblas works in a project to find a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in a lab, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 18, 2020.
Updated on Jun 19, 2020 12:21 pm IST

Only US agencies failed to grasp HCQ’s benefits, says Trump as FDA revokes emergency use status

British scientists earlier this month halted a large trial after deciding that hydroxychloroquine was “useless” at treating Covid-19 patients.
Updated on Jun 16, 2020 10:35 am IST

Hydroxychroloquine should be used as per guidelines, its benefits outweighs risks: Niti Aayog member

Responding to a question over the government’s stand on the use of HCQ in COVID-19 cases after the WHO temporarily suspended its use in the clinical trials citing safety concerns, Paul said it can be used as per the guidelines issued by the ICMR, taking all precautions as mentioned by the apex health research body.
Updated on May 29, 2020 10:58 am IST

ICMR says will review use of HCQ in Covid treatment

On Friday, ICMR revised its March 23 advisory on approving prophylaxis use of HCQ, and expanded the pool of people who should be given the medicine to prevent infection.
Updated on May 27, 2020 02:48 am IST

No major side-effects of HCQ in studies in India, can be used as preventive Covid treatment: ICMR

A pharmacy worker shows pills of hydroxychloroquine used to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the CHR Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle Hospital in Liege, Belgium, April 22, 2020.
Updated on May 26, 2020 11:39 pm IST

Trump says his hydroxychloroquine regimen finishes in ‘day or two’

The regimen of antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine that he is taking to ward off the coronavirus will finish in the next day or two, said Trump.
Updated on May 21, 2020 01:02 pm IST

Trump’s use of malaria drug likely to be welcomed in India

Donald Trump’s previous endorsement of hydroxychloroquine catalyzed a tremendous shift in India.
Updated on May 20, 2020 12:57 pm IST

Taking anti-malaria drug HCQ to protect against Covid-19: Trump

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with restaurant executives in the State Dining Room of the White House May 18, 2020, in Washington, DC.
Updated on May 19, 2020 09:39 am IST

ICMR study shows side effects of HCQ in health care staff

Of those healthcare workers who reported adverse drug reaction, about 22% suffered from some underlying medical conditions, such as diabetes, blood pressure, cardiovascular or respiratory disease.
Updated on Apr 19, 2020 04:31 am IST

India uses Saarc Covid Fund for HCQ tablets to neighbours. Afghanistan next

Global demand for the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine had boosted over the last few weeks after some studies showed that it helped to reduce the viral load in Covid-19 patients. (File photo by Vipin Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Apr 15, 2020 10:08 pm IST

India fast-tracks HCQ supplies to UAE, leverages drug to get test kits elsewhere

India has cleared dispatch of hydroxychloroquine tablets to United Arab Emirates at its request
Updated on Apr 15, 2020 01:30 pm IST

India was right to export HCQ to US. Here’s why | Opinion

In the short-term, can India expect to be an early beneficiary of the vaccines that are either undergoing clinical trials in the US or are about to?
Updated on Apr 10, 2020 07:26 pm IST

Covid-19, hydroxychloroquine and Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray

Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray transformed his initiative into Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Works Pvt Ltd, with a capital of 2 lakh, by 1901.
Updated on Apr 10, 2020 05:09 pm IST