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Cipla to price Covid-19 drug remdesivir at less than Rs 5,000 per vial
Hyderbad-based drug firm Hetero on Sunday said that it will price its generic version of the drug in the range of Rs 5,000-6,000 per dose
 "Cipla to price Covid-19 drug remdesivir at less than Rs 5,000 per vial")
Farmers tap into agritech start-ups to overcome pandemic-induced woes
Apart from helping the cultivator sell his produce at a time when the markets are under lockdown, these start-ups are also using AI and IoT to help him get better yields and employ efficient sowing te
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UP becomes first state to use railway isolation coaches for Covid-19
The coaches are laced with basic amenities that a patient would require -- handheld showers, mosquito nets, bio-toilets, power sockets, oxygen cylinders and more
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Amway bullish on digital; sees online sales staying at 80-85% post-Covid
The company's online business which was at 33% in February hit 90% during the lockdown
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Covid-19 pandemic: Abbott to supply over 1 million antibody tests to India
Abbott said it is already in the process of delivering antibody tests to leading government and private hospitals and labs across different states
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Glenmark Pharma zooms 28% on launch of Favipiravir, a potential Covid drug
The company launched antiviral drug Favipiravir, under the brand name FabiFlu, for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate Covid-19 at a price of about Rs 103 per tablet.
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Coronavirus India dispatch: Trajectory of cases is a cause for concern
How India's invisible workforce is left to fend for itself, more than 2,000 healthcare workers have contracted Covid-19 -roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic
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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Saudi Arabia to resume commercial activities
Millions of European jobs at risk, Spain to accept British tourists from today, Mainland China reports 26 news cases, and other pandemic related news from across the globe
No consensus at SDMA meeting in Delhi, another scheduled for 5 pm: Sisodia
The deputy chief minister said that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had also raised the point that if home isolation is stopped, as per the order by the LG, then problems will ensue
 "No consensus at SDMA meeting in Delhi, another scheduled for 5 pm: Sisodia")
India does not test healthcare workers regularly, risking them & patients
India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on May 15 had said that there was no need to quarantine healthcare workers unless they had been exposed to Covid-19
 "India does not test healthcare workers regularly, risking them & patients")
Glenmark Pharma gets nod for favipiravir; Cipla, Hetero for remdesivir
Glenmark gets nod for oral favipiravir, Maha health minister says Cipla and Hetero get nod for remdesivir
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Glenmark Pharma gets nod to launch favipiravir for Covid-19 patients
Glenmark is conducting phase-3 clinical trials; drug has got restricted emergency use
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IIT Guwahati develops affordable, diagnostic kits for testing Covid-19
The VTM kits are the first-stop source used to collect nasal and oral swab specimens from an individual source to a laboratory safely for culture and testing
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Covid-19 impact: 1 in 5 Mumbai, Bengaluru consumers anxious about finances
The findings are based on a survey of 1,000 residents in Mumbai and Bangalore by the Swiss Re Group, a global reinsurer
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Economists raise doubts over timing of economic revival after Covid-19
State Bank of India's chief economic advisor Soumya Kanti Ghosh said GDP for one quarter had been lost, amounting to Rs 40-50 trillion, due to the coronavirus crisis
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NITI Aayog recommends lower rates for isolation beds in Delhi hospitals
The committee has recommended Rs 8,000-10,000, 13,000-15,000 and 15,000-18,000, including PPE costs, for isolation beds
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Delhi begins Covid-19 rapid antigen tests; HM backs single strategy for NCR
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, suspected individuals who test negative for Covid-19 by rapid-antigen test should undergo RT-PCR test to rule out the infection
Centre plans 600,000 rapid Covid-19 tests in Delhi, to add 500 ventilators
The Union Minister of State for Home said that as of now 50,000 rapid testing kits procured from South Korea have been sent to these 169 testing centres
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25 govt schemes to be pooled together to give jobs to migrant workers: FM
The Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan will be launched by the prime minister from Khagaria in Bihar, said the finance minister
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MMRDA hands over second phase of its Covid-19 hospital at BKC to BMC
The second phase of the hospital was completed in 17 days. It has 100 beds with ICU services, while the other 900 are divided into oxygen and non-oxygen facility equally
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