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Vaccines bring greater hope

A medic fills a syringe with Covaxin, an Indian government-backed experimental Covid-19 vaccine, before administering it to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society, Ahmedabad, November 26, 2020(REUTERS)

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Updated on Jan 04, 2021 11:10 am IST

Pune hospitals find plasma therapy effective in moderate Covid-19 patients

A health worker takes test tubes with plasma and blood samples after a separation process in a centrifuge during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America.(REUTERS)

cities

Updated on Oct 26, 2020 03:27 pm IST

No Oxford vaccine side effects in 53 volunteers at PGIMER

PGIMER is expected to administer the vaccine to around 300 volunteers in phase 2 and 3 of the observer-blind, randomised, controlled study to determine the safety of Covishield (Covid-19 vaccine) and its immunogenicity (ability to provoke immune response) in healthy Indian adults.(REUTERS/For representation)

cities

Updated on Oct 08, 2020 11:45 pm IST

HP University offers direct admission in PhD programmes

Himachal Pradesh University is inviting applications for PhD programmes.(HT Photo)

cities

Updated on Sept 22, 2020 04:54 pm IST

Rohtak’s PGIMS begins second phase of clinical trials for indigenous Covid vaccine, Covaxin

Covaxin, which has been developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV), will be tested on 50 volunteers at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, in Phase 2.(Reuters file photo)

cities

Published on Sept 10, 2020 02:14 am IST

Amid border standoff, Chinese student is among record 114 foreign applicants seeking admission to Haryana university

Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, is the only state university in Haryana attached to the central government’s Study in India portal.

cities

Updated on Sept 02, 2020 12:30 pm IST

Covid-19: The daredevils who defy scientific advice

What makes a daredevil expect a favourable outcome, of not getting infected, despite reckless behaviour?(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

analysis

Updated on Aug 30, 2020 09:14 pm IST

PGIMER pegs Covid-19 test costs at ₹8 crore a month

The institute conducts reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), GeneXpert, and Rapid Antigen tests to detect and confirm Covid-19.(HT File Photo)

cities

Updated on Aug 21, 2020 03:25 am IST

Mohali gets two Covid-19 testing laboratories

The four laboratories which started operations on Monday are each equipped with 16 pieces of equipment, including refrigerated centrifuge, fully automated biosafety cabinet and other testing tools, costing <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1 crore per lab.(HT Photo/For representation only)

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Updated on Aug 10, 2020 11:49 pm IST

Ludhiana’s Guru Angad Dev Vet Varsity gets nod for Covid-19 testing

Dr JPS Gill, second from left, director of research at the testing lab at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) cum nodal officer, with the university vice-chancellor Inderjeet Singh (extreme right).

cities

Updated on Aug 03, 2020 06:02 pm IST

Private lab in Ludhiana under lens for issuance of ‘Covid-negative certificate’

Only labs affiliated with the Indian Council of Medical Research are permitted to conduct RT-PCR and True Net tests to establish the presence or absence of coronavirus.(AP/representative photo)

cities

Updated on Aug 02, 2020 09:12 pm IST

HC restrains Haryana Police from filing challan against SRL lab

cities

Updated on Aug 01, 2020 01:29 am IST

Chandigarh lags behind UTs in Covid-19 testing

A man getting tested for Covid-19 at a drive-through facility of a private laboratory in Chandigarh.(Ravi Kumar/HT)

cities

Updated on Jun 23, 2020 12:30 am IST

Covid-19: Why home isolation is a critical pillar

Compulsory quarantine would have needed additional resources, diverting medical staff, ambulances, and personal protective equipment kits away from hospitals that are treating critical patients.(AP)

analysis

Updated on Jun 20, 2020 07:15 pm IST

Test, test, test, and test

Health workers collect samples for coronavirus disease test, Patiala, May 31 2020(Bharat Bhushan/HTPhoto)

editorials

Published on Jun 04, 2020 06:40 pm IST

Panchkula ready for antibody tests for Covid-19

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday asked states and union territories to start the serosurveillance to identify the percentage of population infected with SARS-CoV-2 .(HT Photo)

cities

Published on Jun 02, 2020 08:57 pm IST

Chandigarh’s Covid-19 positivity rate higher than that of neighbouring states

Chandigarh conducted 4,467 tests in May, out of which 289 were positive, which translated to a positivity rate of 6.4%.(AP)

cities

Updated on May 29, 2020 10:05 pm IST

No fresh Covid case, Chandigarh tally at 27

The UT administration has set up an exclusive ward for Covid-19 patients at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.(Ravi Kumar/HT photo)

cities

Updated on Apr 21, 2020 09:11 pm IST

Covid-19: Slow testing pipeline as big a worry as kit delay

Medics in PPE kits during a demonstration on taking samples from Covid-19 suspected patients at a drive-through test facility.(Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)

india news

Updated on Apr 16, 2020 10:01 am IST

Locking down is not enough. Ramp up testing

Have randomised testing of people allowed to move around during the lockdown. It is important that their identity be recorded, while issuing passes to move during the lockdown(Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)

analysis

Updated on Mar 27, 2020 06:24 pm IST

Coronavirus outbreak: More testing centres needed, states should contain cases locally, says PGIMER director

cities

Updated on Mar 22, 2020 01:29 am IST

Tracing the journey, and flaws, of the surrogacy bill

The government has tried to regulate surrogacy for over a decade. Starting with the permissive 2005 guidelines of the Indian Council for Medical Research, the government has proposed increasingly restrictive bills in 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014 and has, through notifications of the ministry of home affairs, sought to exclude prospective parents on the basis of marital status, sexual orientation and citizenship. These efforts culminated in the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

analysis

Updated on Feb 16, 2020 07:05 pm IST

Don’t jeopardise forests for mining

Other than being a rich biodiverse forest and a huge carbon sink, Saranda is home to a large number of animal, bird and reptile species(HT PHOTO)

editorials

Updated on Jan 15, 2020 07:06 pm IST

State weeds out 2.81 lakh ‘ghost’ ration cards

cities

Published on Dec 31, 2019 11:21 pm IST

Mushrooms are having a moment

Namrata Goenka, is a former patent lawyer who now grows mushrooms full-time. She succeeded growing them in a spare room in her home, and is now in the process of expanding her business, via a commercial unit in Bengaluru that will contain temperature-, light-, humidity- and nutrition-controlled chambers.

lifestyle

Published on Dec 14, 2019 08:17 pm IST

Watch: Can Kartarpur Corridor become a corridor of peace? | WorldView

india news

Updated on Jul 23, 2020 07:16 am IST

Rajasthan University refuses to hold talk on Savarkar

The ICHR is holding the talks in several cities including Jaipur, Guwahati, Port Blair and Pune. The first in the series of talks ‘The Truth about Savarkar’ was held in Delhi on Monday.(HT FILE PHOTO.)

india news

Updated on Nov 12, 2019 11:36 pm IST

ICMR research: Heart ailments behind most urban deaths

india news

Updated on Nov 09, 2019 06:17 pm IST

Guru Nanak relevant in the present turbulent times: Manmohan

cities

Published on Nov 08, 2019 11:03 pm IST

Brain strokes not an ‘elderly people’s disease’, hitting those below 45 increasingly

Air pollution could also act as a trigger for a stroke and neurology experts across the globe are looking into it.(Unsplash)

lifestyle

Updated on Oct 24, 2019 05:04 pm IST

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Vaccines bring greater hope

Pune hospitals find plasma therapy effective in moderate Covid-19 patients

No Oxford vaccine side effects in 53 volunteers at PGIMER

HP University offers direct admission in PhD programmes

Rohtak’s PGIMS begins second phase of clinical trials for indigenous Covid vaccine, Covaxin

Amid border standoff, Chinese student is among record 114 foreign applicants seeking admission to Haryana university

Covid-19: The daredevils who defy scientific advice

PGIMER pegs Covid-19 test costs at ₹8 crore a month

Mohali gets two Covid-19 testing laboratories

Ludhiana’s Guru Angad Dev Vet Varsity gets nod for Covid-19 testing

Private lab in Ludhiana under lens for issuance of ‘Covid-negative certificate’

HC restrains Haryana Police from filing challan against SRL lab

Chandigarh lags behind UTs in Covid-19 testing

Covid-19: Why home isolation is a critical pillar

Test, test, test, and test

Panchkula ready for antibody tests for Covid-19

Chandigarh’s Covid-19 positivity rate higher than that of neighbouring states

No fresh Covid case, Chandigarh tally at 27

Covid-19: Slow testing pipeline as big a worry as kit delay

Locking down is not enough. Ramp up testing

Coronavirus outbreak: More testing centres needed, states should contain cases locally, says PGIMER director

Tracing the journey, and flaws, of the surrogacy bill

Don’t jeopardise forests for mining

State weeds out 2.81 lakh ‘ghost’ ration cards

Mushrooms are having a moment

Watch: Can Kartarpur Corridor become a corridor of peace? | WorldView

Rajasthan University refuses to hold talk on Savarkar

ICMR research: Heart ailments behind most urban deaths

Guru Nanak relevant in the present turbulent times: Manmohan

Brain strokes not an ‘elderly people’s disease’, hitting those below 45 increasingly

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