The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that due to safety concerns, it is temporarily halting a clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for treating coronavirus patients. About "Solidarity"…
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‘Travel Bubbles’ amid Covid-19
All around the world, as countries decide how to restart international travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of a travel bubble — sometimes called a travel corridor — is…
National Disaster Management Authority(NDMA)
Context:The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) today asked Ministries Departments of Government of India, State Governments and State Authorities to continue the lockdown measures up to 31 May, 2020 in…
Covid-19 Test based on CRISPR Instead of RT-PCR
The new Test for COVID-19 detection based on CRISPR Technology confirms presence of viral DNA in samples faster and more accurately than the RT-PCR based test kits used globally as…
COVID KAVACH ELISA-Indigenous Antibody Detection Test
The Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) has developed an immunological assay — enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) — to detect antibodies that the body develops in response to infection by…
Monoclonal Antibodies
Human body's immune system attacks foreign substances by making a large numbers of antibodies. An antibody is a protein that is formed in response to a specific protein on the…
What is Herd Immunity?
Herd immunity happens when a population is immune to an infectious contagious disease either through vaccination or immunity developed through previous infection.The immunity acquired in this case is indirect. This…
Reverse Vaccinology
Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University has developed a vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2 through ‘reverse vaccinology’.In the first phase, the university has developed a synthetic polypeptide that could bind the…
Oil Prices at Historic Low
Oil prices fell below zero for the first time in history last night as the global lockdown decimated demand for the commodity in the midst of a price war between…
Special Drawing Rights(SDR)
There have been calls from many in recent days for the IMF to boost its power to extend finance to the world’s poorest countries with an expansion of fund members’…