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Vast Space to Launch Haven-1, the World’s First Private Space Station in 2026
Vast Space’s Haven-1, a single-module orbital lab, will launch in 2026 via SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Designed for four astronauts on short missions, it features life-support systems tested with NASA and a domed observation window, marking a milestone in private space habitats.
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Anti-Corruption Branch Probe Reveals 65,000 Ghost Patients in Delhi's Mohalla Clinics
Two private labs conducted 22 lakh tests in 2023, with 65,000 identified as fake. The government paid Rs 4.63 crore for these tests.
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Delhi RT-PCR Covid Test Cost Capped At Rs 300 At Private Hospitals, Labs
The Delhi government on Thursday capped the cost of conventional RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 detection in private hospitals and labs at Rs 300, a 40 per cent reduction from the earlier rate, according to an order.
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Lab Faces Probe After Hundreds Positive On Italy-Amritsar Flights: Report
A probe was ordered against a private laboratory after a number of flyers who reached Amritsar in Punjab from Italy tested positive for COVID-19 amid allegations by several of them that their test reports were incorrect, health officials said.
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"It Was Scary": How South African Scientists Spotted Omicron Variant
On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's biggest private testing labs, sequenced the genes on eight coronavirus samples - and got the shock of her life.
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Court Reverses Kerala Order On Capping Covid RT-PCR Tests Rate In Private Labs
The Kerala High Court on Monday quashed the Kerala government's order to reduce charges of RT-PCR tests in private laboratories to Rs 500 from Rs 1,700.
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COVID-19 Test Licences Must For Private Labs: Top Medical Body In Court
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has informed the Delhi High Court that National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) certification is must for enrollment of private labs for COVID-19 testing.
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Case Against Firm, Two Private Labs Over Fake Covid Negative Reports At Kumbh
The Uttarakhand government on Thursday lodged a case against a company and two private labs for fudging coronavirus test reports during the Haridwar Kumbh Mela in April.
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Kerala Government To Take Action Against Private Labs For Charging Excess For Covid Test
The Kerala government on Saturday said action will be taken against private testing lab in the state if they charge people money in excess to the rates fixed for RT-PCR or other COVID-19 tests or turn people away.
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Delhi Private Labs Halt Coronavirus Test Services For 2 Days Over Delay In Results
A rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and exceeding requests for either RT-PCR or antigen tests has abruptly forced a majority of private laboratories to stop collecting swab samples even from testing centres for at least two days.
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Notice Issued To 3 Nashik Labs Over High Positivity Rate Of Covid Tests
The district administration in Nashik has issued notices to three private labs in view of the high positivity rate of the COVID-19 tests carried out there, officials said on Sunday.
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Plea In Supreme Court Over "Exorbitant Money" Charged For Covid Tests
A plea was filed on Saturday in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to ensure refund of "exorbitant" amounts charged by private labs and hospitals for conducting RT-PCR tests to detect COVID-19.
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RT-PCR Covid Test To Cost Rs 950 In West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
The cost of more-reliable but expensive RT-PCR tests for detecting COVID-19 will be cut to Rs950 from the earlier Rs1,250 in private hospitals and labs across West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said during an interaction with reporters on Thursday.
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Odisha Caps Price Of Covid RT-PCR Test By Private Labs At Rs 400
The Odisha government on Wednesday further reduced the maximum price for the RT-PCR COVID-19 tests by private laboratories to Rs 400 from Rs 1,200.
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Delhi Caps Cost Of Covid RT-PCR Test At Rs 800, Down From Rs 2,400
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has slashed the price of RT-PCR tests - the gold standard for detecting COVID-19 - by two-thirds to Rs 800 now.
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Vast Space to Launch Haven-1, the World’s First Private Space Station in 2026
Vast Space’s Haven-1, a single-module orbital lab, will launch in 2026 via SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Designed for four astronauts on short missions, it features life-support systems tested with NASA and a domed observation window, marking a milestone in private space habitats.
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Anti-Corruption Branch Probe Reveals 65,000 Ghost Patients in Delhi's Mohalla Clinics
Two private labs conducted 22 lakh tests in 2023, with 65,000 identified as fake. The government paid Rs 4.63 crore for these tests.
-
Delhi RT-PCR Covid Test Cost Capped At Rs 300 At Private Hospitals, Labs
The Delhi government on Thursday capped the cost of conventional RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 detection in private hospitals and labs at Rs 300, a 40 per cent reduction from the earlier rate, according to an order.
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Lab Faces Probe After Hundreds Positive On Italy-Amritsar Flights: Report
A probe was ordered against a private laboratory after a number of flyers who reached Amritsar in Punjab from Italy tested positive for COVID-19 amid allegations by several of them that their test reports were incorrect, health officials said.
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"It Was Scary": How South African Scientists Spotted Omicron Variant
On Friday Nov. 19, Raquel Viana, Head of Science at one of South Africa's biggest private testing labs, sequenced the genes on eight coronavirus samples - and got the shock of her life.
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Court Reverses Kerala Order On Capping Covid RT-PCR Tests Rate In Private Labs
The Kerala High Court on Monday quashed the Kerala government's order to reduce charges of RT-PCR tests in private laboratories to Rs 500 from Rs 1,700.
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COVID-19 Test Licences Must For Private Labs: Top Medical Body In Court
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has informed the Delhi High Court that National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) certification is must for enrollment of private labs for COVID-19 testing.
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Case Against Firm, Two Private Labs Over Fake Covid Negative Reports At Kumbh
The Uttarakhand government on Thursday lodged a case against a company and two private labs for fudging coronavirus test reports during the Haridwar Kumbh Mela in April.
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Kerala Government To Take Action Against Private Labs For Charging Excess For Covid Test
The Kerala government on Saturday said action will be taken against private testing lab in the state if they charge people money in excess to the rates fixed for RT-PCR or other COVID-19 tests or turn people away.
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Delhi Private Labs Halt Coronavirus Test Services For 2 Days Over Delay In Results
A rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and exceeding requests for either RT-PCR or antigen tests has abruptly forced a majority of private laboratories to stop collecting swab samples even from testing centres for at least two days.
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Notice Issued To 3 Nashik Labs Over High Positivity Rate Of Covid Tests
The district administration in Nashik has issued notices to three private labs in view of the high positivity rate of the COVID-19 tests carried out there, officials said on Sunday.
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Plea In Supreme Court Over "Exorbitant Money" Charged For Covid Tests
A plea was filed on Saturday in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to ensure refund of "exorbitant" amounts charged by private labs and hospitals for conducting RT-PCR tests to detect COVID-19.
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RT-PCR Covid Test To Cost Rs 950 In West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
The cost of more-reliable but expensive RT-PCR tests for detecting COVID-19 will be cut to Rs950 from the earlier Rs1,250 in private hospitals and labs across West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said during an interaction with reporters on Thursday.
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Odisha Caps Price Of Covid RT-PCR Test By Private Labs At Rs 400
The Odisha government on Wednesday further reduced the maximum price for the RT-PCR COVID-19 tests by private laboratories to Rs 400 from Rs 1,200.
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Delhi Caps Cost Of Covid RT-PCR Test At Rs 800, Down From Rs 2,400
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has slashed the price of RT-PCR tests - the gold standard for detecting COVID-19 - by two-thirds to Rs 800 now.
