Highest single day recovery for the third consecutive day – 34,602 COVID patients discharged in last 24 hours

The trend of highest ever single day recoveries of COVID-19 patients continues unabated. For the third day in a row, the last 24 hours have recorded another high with 34,602 patients recovering. This has significantly bolstered the total number of recovered patients to cross 8 lakh and currently stands at 8,17,208. This has strongly boosted … Read more

COVID-19: Centre asks 9 high caseload states to ramp up testing with special focus on containment zones

These nine states are driving the present spurt of the active caseload in the country. Cabinet Secretary chaired a high level virtual review meeting with Chief Secretaries and Health Secretaries of these states as part of Centre-State coordinated strategy for effective containment and management of the pandemic. Cabinet Secretary had a detailed review on the … Read more

Mylan Secures DCGI Approval in India for Pretomanid, a Treatment for Highly Drug-Resistant Forms of Tuberculosis

Mylan, a global pharmaceutical company, today announced that the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the anti-tuberculosis drug pretomanidfor conditional access under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) program, making India the second country in the worldto provide regulatory approval for this product. Pretomanid has been approved as part of a three-drug, six-month … Read more

India’s financial system is sound: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das has asked banks to desist from extreme risk aversion during COVID-19 pandemic. In his foreword to the bi-annual Financial Stability Report, Das said, the top priority right now for banks and financial intermediaries should be for augmenting capital levels and to improve resilience. Das said, the country’s financial system is … Read more