Dr Rajiv Bahl appointed as Director General of ICMR

Sep 23, 2022

New Delhi [India], September 23 : Dr Rajiv Bahl, who is currently with the World Health Organisation, has been appointed as the Director General...

"Poor methodology," ICMR dissociates itself from Covaxin safety study, calls for retraction

May 20, 2024

Director General, ICMR, Rajiv Bahl, has written a letter to the authors of the paper and editor of the journal Springer Nature to immediately...

DCGI approves India-made RT-PCR kit to detect Omicron: Centre

Jan 05, 2022

New Delhi [India], January 5 : An RT-PCR test kit for detecting new coronavirus variant Omicron has been developed in India in partnership with...

India can easily do synthesis of antiviral drug - Remdesivir: Former ICMR Director

May 02, 2020

New Delhi [India], May 3 : India can easily do the synthesis of antiviral drug - Remdesivir - if allowed by the US-based pharma...

Oxygen utilization more in second wave of COVID-19, says ICMR DG

Apr 19, 2021

New Delhi [India], April 19 : ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava has said that oxygen utilization has been more in the second...

Nana Patekar shares his experience with Vivek Agnihotri in ‘The Vaccine War’

Sep 13, 2023

Actor Nana Patekar, who will be seen playing the role of Former ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava in the upcoming film ‘The Vaccine...