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At ‘Vaccine War’ trailer launch, Balram Bhargava recalls making of India’s
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
After the success of 'The Kashmir Files', filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's new film 'The Vaccine War' will shed cinematic light on the tireless and selfless service of India's medical fraternity that eventually helped the country overcome the Covid-19 crisis.
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"Affordability, scale, inclusivity are India's key strengths," says former
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Former DG Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Balram Bhargava on Sunday addressed the 3rd G20 Health Working Group Meeting at Hyderabad, Telangana and said that when India is prepared, the world is prepared.
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ECI meets AIIMS chief, ICMR DG to review COVID-19 situation ahead of Assem
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Ahead of Assembly polls to five states, the meeting of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and top officials of the health ministry on Thursday to review the COVID-19 situation was attended by AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Guleria and ICMR Director General
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WHO EUL approval opens up Covaxin for worldwide use: ICMR DG
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI): Following the World Health Organization's (WHO) Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Balram Bhargava on Wednesday said the approval has now opened up the ind
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Health Ministry planning to do rigorous trials of dengue vaccines, says IC
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Indian Council for Medical Research Director-General Balram Bhargava on Thursday said that many companies have conducted their phase one trials of dengue vaccines abroad and that the Health Ministry is planning to do more rigorous trials.
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Focus is to fully vaccinate adult population, booster dose not pertinent a
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research Director-General Balram Bhargava on Thursday said that the main focus is to fully vaccinate the adult population of the country, adding that the issue of booster dose is not pertinent at the moment.
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Avoid non-essential travel, observe low-key festivity this year: ICMR DG
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Ahead of the festive season, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Balram Bhargava on Thursday made a fervent appeal to people to avoid non-essential travel and to observe a low-key festivity "at least this year".
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COVID self-testing kits to be available in 3-4 days, says ICMR DG
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Home self-testing kits intended to detect COVID-19 infection will be available in the market in the next three to four days, ICMR Director-General Balram Bhargava said on Thursday.
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India's COVID-19 testing capacity 10 lakh per day through 1,524 labs: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): India's testing capacity has increased significantly from 10 tests to 10 lakh tests per day and all ministries have worked to achieve this, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday.
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AIIMS building in Haryana's Jhajjar to be used exclusively to treat COVID-
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI): AIIMS building in Haryana's Jhajjar will be used exclusively to treat COVID-19 patients, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Balram Bhargava said here on Sunday.
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COVID-19: 80 pc people will experience cold-like fever, will recover on th
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI): As many as 80 per cent of the people even if they are infected with coronavirus will experience just cold-like fever and they will recover on their own, said Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Balram Bhargava on Sunday.
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No community spread of coronavirus in India so far: ICMR
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Over 820 samples taken for a random sampling study for community transmission of coronavirus have tested negative, signifying the community spread of the disease has not taken place in the country so far, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-
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