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Vikrant, India's first homegrown aircraft carrier, returns from maiden sea trial

During the maiden sailing, Vikrant’s performance, including hull, main propulsion, Power Generation and Distribution (PGD) and auxiliary equipment were tested

2 min read8 Aug 2021
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Delhi HC warns against 'disaster' of giving untested Covid-19 vaccines to kids

Let the trials be done, otherwise it would be a disaster if vaccines are administered without trials that too in case of children, a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh observed

4 min read16 Jul 2021
Companies

Bharat Biotech shares Covaxin research data in full, promises final Phase III results soon

Bharat Biotech stated that Covaxin is the only Covid vaccine to have published data on most emerging variantsFinal analysis data for Covaxin will be submitted to CDSCO first, and then to peer-reviewed journals

2 min read13 Jun 2021
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CSIR, Laxai begin clinical trials for Niclosamide as Covid-19 treatment

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) along and Laxai Life Sciences on Sunday initiated Phase-II clinical trial for anti-helminitic drug Niclosamide for treatment of Covid-19.

1 min read6 Jun 2021
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Israel to start human trials of COVID vaccine next month

The three stages of the human clinical trial involving over 30,000 volunteers are likely to last till mid-2021 and if all goes well, the vaccine could be ready for mass use only after that

4 min read26 Oct 2020
Industry

IT panel scrutinizes challenges in media, TRP controversy

The issue came up for discussion at the standing committee on Information Technology (IT), chaired by Shashi TharoorThe meeting comes after allegations of manipulations in TRP by some news channels

2 min read15 Oct 2020
News

J&J halts covid vaccine trials

Johnson and Johnson halted clinical trials of its covid-19 vaccine after a participant fell illThe participant’s illness is being evaluated

2 min read14 Oct 2020
News

Govt may extend direct financial assistance to covid vaccine manufacturers for clinical trials

Currently several indigenous vaccines are under various stages of clinical trialsThe National Committee for Vaccine Administration's sub-group has already mapped the available cold chain infrastructure being utilized for the Government's immunization programme

3 min read13 Oct 2020
Science

The race to covid-19 vaccine: Insurers unfazed by risks of clinical trials

Currently, more than 40 experimental COVID-19 vaccines are being tested on humans

3 min read12 Oct 2020
Opinion

Opinion | Significance of double-blind drug trials

A clinical trial should be doubly blind for results to have any statistical significance

6 min read9 Oct 2020
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