The problem is that traditionally there has been poor scrutiny of clinical trials in India where often the emphasis is on cutting costs, said Arun Bhatt, former president of the ISCR
There are 686,395 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which is 24.20 per cent of the total caseload
India has conducted more than 700,000 tests every single day since August 11, and added over 50,000 fresh cases on each day this month
According to the statement, tobacco-related cancer is estimated to contribute 370,000 cases which is 27.1 per cent of the total cancer burden in 2020
Daily active case additions have hovered around the 2,000 mark but had been negative on August 5 previously
The number of tests for detection of Covid-19 also crossed the three crore-mark in the country, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research
The total number of Covid-19 cases in Himachal Pradesh now stands at 3,907, the state's health department informed on Saturday
Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Indrajit Mahanty has tested positive for COVID-19
Goa's COVID-19 case count rose by 369 to 11,339 on Saturday, while five deaths took toll to 98, the state health department said
The COVID-19 tally in Himachal Pradesh reached 3,994 on Saturday with 119 more people testing positive for the disease
With 8,732 new Covid-19 cases and 87 deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, the tally has surged to 2,81,817
Maharashtra's coronavirus case tally increased to 5,84,754 on Saturday with the addition of 12,614 new cases, the state health department said
The Covid-19 death toll in Assam rose to 182 after seven people succumbed to the disease, while the number of the state's coronavirus caseload has gone up to 74,501
Gujarat reported 1,094 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, 234 of them in Surat, which took the state's tally to 77,663, the health department said
India on Saturday crossed 2.5 mn Covid-19 cases in the country after an increase of 65,002 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours
The number of patients who have recovered from the disease surged to 16,95,982, pushing the recovery rate to 70.77% in the country
Maharashtra with 1,45,889 active cases and 3,27,281 cured and discharged patients continues to be the worst affected
Karnataka ranks high on measures of Covid-19 data transparency across Indian states, as per a new pre-print study by researchers at Stanford University in the USA
The death toll due to Covid-19 climbed to 40,699 with 904 new fatalities being reported in 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed
The company is offering drugs, which have shown potency in treating Covid-19, in partnership with its global partners