India's drug regulator has approved Itolizumab, a drug used to cure skin ailment psoriasis for "restricted emergency use" to treat COVID-19 patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress, officials told PTI on Friday.
Coronavirus Live Updates: The number of coronavirus cases in India has crossed eight lakh with over 26,000 cases added in the last 24 hours. The cases went from seven lakh to eight lakh in three days and now stands at 8,01,286.
In the wake of the recent violent clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh, the parliament's PAC on Friday decided to review the construction of border roads at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and procurement of high-altitude clothing for the armed forces, and may call the Defense Secretary and other top officials to be briefed on the same.
India's COVID-19 vaccine candidates will go through a rigorous evaluation process that will not be compromised, the government's Principal Scientific Advisor K Vijay Raghavan said on Friday, indicating that the ICMR-Bharat Biotech vaccine is unlikely to be out by August 15.
Written by Sunil Prabhu | Saturday July 11, 2020, New Delhi
The Public Accounts Committee or PAC, one of the most important parliamentary panels which scrutinises key reports by the auditor general and has taken up issues like the 2G spectrum scandal in the past, failed to arrive at a consensus on Friday on examining the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic or the new PM CARES fund set up to tackle the crisis.
Etihad Airways on Friday said it will operate a limited number of special flights from six Indian cities to Abu Dhabi in the UAE between July 12 and July 26 for eligible passengers.
West Bengal registered a record single-day spike of 1,198 COVID-19 cases on Friday, even as the second day of the lockdown in the containment zones was by and large effective with people staying indoors and shops closed.
Two key witnesses in a case of communal violence in north east Delhi in which suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain was named as one of the main accused, were employed under him and saw him talking to several persons in a "very secretive" manner before the start of the riots on February 24, a charge sheet filed by Delhi Police in a court has said.
Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik on Friday said military establishments in Goa are ready to help the state government in case the COVID-19 outbreak worsens.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday conveyed his condolences to the families of those who were killed in the heavy rainfall and ensuing landslide in Arunachal Pradesh and added that assistance is being provided to all those in need.
ANI | Friday July 10, 2020, Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
"The Uttar Pradesh administration has done the right thing by taking action against my son," said an old and feeble Ram Kumar Dubey, father of gangster Vikas Dubey.
The medical superintendent of the Trauma Centre of Delhi's AIIMS has been removed from his post over the death of a COVID-19 positive journalist, who had allegedly jumped from the fourth floor on Monday, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan tweeted on Friday.
The Allahabad high court on Friday sought the Uttar Pradesh government's stand on the plea of a Mumbai resident, arrested for allegedly threatening to "blow up" Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
