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Global Hunger Index doesn't really measure hunger: ICMR
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that the Global Hunger Index (GHI) does not really measure hunger.
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Dr Rajiv Bahl appointed as Director General of ICMR
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): Dr Rajiv Bahl, who is currently with the World Health Organisation, has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Secretary of the Department of Health Research on Friday.
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UN awards India's large-scale initiative against hypertension
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): In a significant achievement and recognition of the country's efforts against hypertension, India has won a UN award for its "India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI)", a large-scale hypertension intervention under National Health Mission.
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A.2 lineage of Monkeypox is mutating, slow and sharp alert: ICMR study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR ) has analysed the complete genome sequences of Monkeypox cases from Kerala and Delhi from July to August 2022 and found that the genome sequences from India covering 90-99 per cent genome were found to be
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3 of 5 Monkeypox cases from Delhi reveal heterosexual contact: ICMR study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Three out of the five Monkeypox cases reported from Delhi had a history of heterosexual contact, said the preliminary study done by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.
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India records 19,673 new cases of COVID, 39 deaths
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): India recorded 19,673 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, according to data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday.
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Vivek Agnihotri hints at making film on India's success story against COVI
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 22 (ANI): 'The Kashmir Files' director Vivek Agnihotri has hinted at bringing on the big screen a film on the achievement of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in its fight against the COVID pandemic in the country.
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ICMR launches National Registry of Multiple Sclerosis & Allied Demyeli
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has set up a National Registry of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Indian Multiple Sclerosis and Allied Demyelinating Disorders Registry and Research Network (IMSRN) and it will create an organised system for data
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ICMR- VCRC develops bacteria-infected mosquitoes to control dengue strains
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Pondicherry (Puducherry)[India], July 5 (ANI): With an aim to control dengue strains, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC) developed two mosquito colonies infected with bacteria for dengue control.
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Reverse Zoonosis is possible in transmission of Tuberculosis: ICMR-NIRT
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 5 (ANI): Researchers at Tamil Nadu's National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) found instances of reverse zoonosis (human-to-animal and animal-to-human) in the transmission of tuberculosis (TB).<
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Tuberculosis treatment duration to be reduced soon as ICMR-NIRT initiate r
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 4 (ANI): With an aim to reduce the Tuberculosis burden in the country and eliminate the disease by 2025, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) initiated a new study, informed the officia
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COVID-19: Don't panic, no new variant of concern observed, says ICMR ADG
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Panic does not serve as a COVID pandemic response or public health response as it does not help analyse the data, therefore, panic doesn't serve any purpose, said Dr Samiran Panda, Additional director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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