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  ICMR seeks research proposals on 'stillbirths' under taskforce programme

  India | November 17, 2022 16:50 IST

  Stillbirths proposals: The rate of stillbirth may be one of the indicators of the quality of a country's medical system. Stillbirths have multifactorial etiologies.

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  Monkeypox: 8 Indian firms express interest in developing vaccine

  India | August 14, 2022 7:55 IST

  Monkeypox: According to the source, of the total 31 bids, eight companies have submitted the EOI for the vaccine development while 23 firms showed interest towards the development of kits.

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  ICMR to examine effectiveness of AstraZeneca's SII-produced Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin

  India | May 26, 2021 21:49 IST

  Around 4K people above the age of 45 yrs who have taken either one or both doses of any of these two vaccines will be reviewed, according to Dr Tarun Bhatnagar, senior scientist at ICMR's NIE in Chennai.

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  Do away with RT-PCR test for inter-state travel for healthy individuals to reduce load on labs: ICM

  India | May 04, 2021 23:33 IST

  The advisory stated that RT-PCR test must not be repeated in any individual who has tested positive once either by RAT or RT-PCR and that testing is not required for COVID-19 recovered individuals at the time of hospital discharge in accordance with the discharge policy of the Ministry of Health.

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  PM Modi asks cola cos to blend aerated drinks with fruit juice

  India | September 24, 2014 17:31 IST

  Tumkur (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked soft drink makers like Pepsi to try and mix aerated drinks with 5 per cent fruit juice to help distressed farmers find a new market for their