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Moneylife Digital Team 27 April 2020
A trial in Delhi High Court has revealed massive profiteering and over-pricing by two firms in the COVID-19 test kits sold to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The $3 per test SARS CoV-2 antibody test kits are being imported from China's Wondfo Biotech and sold to ICMR at Rs600 or...

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At least 22 persons, including a Magistrate, court staffers and police personnel have been quarantined after a person accused of theft and break-in tested COVID-19 positive, official sources said here on Monday.   The accused was caught breaking into a closed shop to steal cigarette...

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In a shocking development, Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad has tested COVID-19 positive, official sources said here early on Friday.   Awhad, along with a dozen of his family members had been in home quarantine since past 10 days.   The decision was taken as a...

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Acting upon a complaint filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) against an alleged misleading advertisement that claimed eating chicken boosts immunity, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) called on advertisers and instructed that the ad online be taken...

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For the first time in history, maybe, the whole world is on one side of a war, engaged as nations are for several weeks now in fighting an invisible enemy. What started as a 'mystery' respiratory illness in China in December 2019 has now grown into a pandemic of global proportions in just...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 April 2020
Paying heed to an urgent demand and call for protests from medical fraternity following incidents where doctors and medical staff were attacked across the country, the Indian government on Wednesday issued an ordinance making violence against healthcare workers a non-bailable offence. Any...

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday held an interaction with doctors and particularly with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) through video conferencing on Wednesday, leading the IMA to "withdraw" it's proposed protests scheduled on April 22 and 23.   While the Home Minister...

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Maya M 20 April 2020
Travel restrictions due to nationwide lockdown, unavailability of medicines and lack of access to good healthcare facilities due to Covid-19 have left thousands of pregnant women anxious across the country.  Pregnant women were missing their antenatal visits and check-ups and this was making...

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Two days after the nationwide lock-down was extended, the Central Government has released a list of 170 hotspot districts, which includes all six metros and various other large cities. The list includes all nine districts of national capital.   According to the government, any hotspot...

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The detection of potentially pathogenic coronavirus in Indian bats stresses the need for enhancing screening for novel viruses in them, according to a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).   This study was a step towards understanding the coronavirus circulation in...

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Akshay Naik 11 April 2020
Women well into middle age can still reduce their risk for stroke by eating well, exercising and not smoking, according to a new study published recently in the scientific journal Stroke.   After analysis of data from 60,000 women in their 50s, 60s and 70s, the study found that...

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The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday that there is no community transmission of Covid-19 in the country yet and the rate of the infection is still low.   Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Joint Secretary at the Health Ministry, Lav Agarwal, said,...

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The government has roped in 20 domestic manufacturers to meet the growing demand of personal protective equipment (PPE). "Orders for 1.7 crore PPEs and 49,000 ventilators have been placed and their supply has begun," said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary at the Health Ministry, here on...

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Patricia Callahan  and   Sebastian Rotella (ProPublica) 09 April 2020
Royal Philips N.V. agreed in September to sell 10,000 ventilators to the U.S. for $3,280 each. It did not deliver. But the Dutch company just announced a new deal with the government. This time, it’s charging roughly $15,000 each.   The Dutch company that received millions of taxpayer...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2020
In a big relief to common citizens, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Indian government to make corona virus (COVID-19) testing free of cost in both government as well as private labs.   In an order, the bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice S Ravindra Bhat, says,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2020
FastSense Diagnostics, a Pune based start-up incorporated in 2018, is developing innovative products for rapid disease diagnosis, funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) is currently developing two modules for detection of COVID-19.   Professor Ashutosh Sharma,...

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In a first for the country, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday made face masks as compulsory part of attire for all citizens in Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Pune Metropolitan Region who want to move around in any public places for whatever reasons. In an order this evening, the...

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The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday termed doctors, nurses and healthcare workers as warriors in the fight against coronavirus and said they need to be protected.   The observation from the apex court came while hearing petitions concerning protective gear for doctors and healthcare...

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Dr Philip Kotler 08 April 2020
In thinking about mankind’s future, one can be either an optimist or a pessimist.    Let’s start with an optimistic mindset. Taking a long view of mankind’s history, humans have moved far beyond the Neanderthal stage and today Homo sapiens are the dominant human species. Humans have...

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A study that first claimed that anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment for the novel coronavirus and triggered US President Donald Trump enthusiasm for its widespread use, has now been slammed by the same group that publishes the journal in which the paper first...

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