Retest RAT negative cases using RT-PCR to ensure asymptomatic Covid patients not missed, Centre urges States/UTs

Sep 10, 2020

New Delhi [India], September 10 : The Union Health Ministry has urged all States and Union Territories (UTs) to mandatorily retest all symptomatic negative...

COVID-19: Delhi govt reduces rates for RT-PCR, RAT tests

Aug 04, 2021

New Delhi [India], August 4 : The Delhi government on Wednesday reduced the price of the COVID-19 RT-PCR test and the Rapid Antigen Detection...

Rapid Antigen tests advised only for symptomatic people, immediate contacts of COVID positive patients: ICMR

May 19, 2021

New Delhi [India], May 19 : The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday said that only symptomatic individuals and immediate contacts of...

Aggressive Rapid Antigen Testing underway in Jammu

Sep 04, 2020

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 4 : An aggressive Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) drive for COVID-19 testing is underway in Jammu and Kashmir's...

Research team finds effect of odour on helpfulness in rats

Nov 26, 2020

Washington [US], November 26 : Researchers at the Universities of Gottingen, Bern, and St Andrews have now shown that a rat just has to...

Police lodges case against man for killing rat in UP's Badaun

Nov 28, 2022

Police have registered a case against a man allegedly for killing a rat in Badaun.