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Atmanirbhar Bharat needs to indigenize PPE equipment production: Report

In order to have a complete control over the end-to-end manufacturing value chain for essential medical supplies and to become a fully capable manufacturer of PPE kits, India needs to indigenize the production of critical equipment and machineries

3 min read19 Oct 2020
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Under Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign, govt provides over 1.28 cr PPEs to States/UTs

In addition to this, the Centre also said they have procured 1.40 crore indigenous PPEs from their own budgetary resources during the same periodIndia exported 23 lakh PPEs to five countries in just a month

1 min read14 Aug 2020
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Most of covid-related medical supplies are now produced in India

Over 22,500 Make in India ventilators were delivered to states, UTs and central institutionsSince 11 March, the govt distributed over 30.4 mn N95 masks and over 12.8 mn PPE kits across the nation

2 min read14 Aug 2020
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FMCG firms partner with businesses to sell hygiene kits

For companies selling sanitizers, soaps and disinfectants, large orders are likely to firm up as businesses resume

2 min read21 Jul 2020
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IIT Delhi, National Chemical Laboratory working on home-based testing kits for covid-19

The collaborative project with the NCL, which comes under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has also received financial support from Microsoft India and is expected to be ready in a month's time

2 min read28 Jun 2020
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DGFT eases restriction on test kits export; curbs on covid diagnose kits to stay

On 4 April, the trade watchdog had issued a notification restricting export of all diagnostic kits and laboratory reagentsRestrictions were also placed on a dozen drugs, including paracetamol and various antibiotics, as well as hand santizers.

1 min read10 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 spawns illegal trade of PPE and antiviral drugs

Most of the drugs on offer appeared to be legitimate products manufactured by genuine pharmaceutical companies, but some were clearly scamsThe PPE kits were likely stolen from warehouses or diverted during shipping

2 min read1 Jun 2020
Science

ICMR seeks bidders for making NIV’s ELISA testing kits

ELISA, or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, is a test which measures antibodies IgG present in blood against the novel coronavirus

1 min read27 May 2020
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First samples of HLL's India-made rapid testing kits fail quality test in Kerala

Raw material for the kits were sourced from Canada and then assembled by HLL Lifecare in India HLL Lifecare had won the tender by quoting the lowest bid at ₹336 per kit

3 min read1 May 2020
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Beijing expresses concern over India halting use of China-made covid test kits

ICMR asked states to return the kits, given that tests done using them had shown wide variationsChina said it was unfair and irresponsible for certain individuals to label Chinese products as "faulty"

3 min read28 Apr 2020
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