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Dr Rajiv Bahl appointed as Director General of ICMR
Updated : 3 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 10 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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'Rising Monkeypox cases will not lead to HIV', says top ICMR scientist
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): A top scientist of the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology on Monday stated that the rising Monkeypox cases will not lead to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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Beat Prediabetes Initiative for India launched by International Diabetes F
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 13 (ANI/PNN): In a big step towards scaling up the fight against diabetes, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), South East Asia, launched the Beat Prediabetes initiative for India in Mumbai on Friday on the eve of 75 years of Indian independence.
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International Diabetes Federation South East Asia launches Beat Prediabete
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 13 (ANI/PNN): In a big step towards scaling up the fight against diabetes, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), South East Asia, launched the Beat Prediabetes initiative for India in Mumbai on Friday on the eve of 75 years of Indian independence.
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Pune: ICMR-NIV reveals Monkeypox virus strain A.2 in two UAE-returned trav
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 7 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology on Friday analysed two monkeypox cases of travellers who had returned from the UAE.
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ICMR NIV Pune, VRDLs conduct approx 100 sample tests for Monkeypox
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): A day after a 35-year-old man of African origin with no recent history of foreign travel tested positive for Monkeypox in Delhi thereby taking the total count to 8 in the country, a top scientist has said that Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) Vir
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India records 19,673 new cases of COVID, 39 deaths
Updated : 3 years, 11 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, 11 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 releases book, mobile app for updating, guiding physicians about comm
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday released a book and a mobile app for use by physicians that would help them deal with problems associated with irrational use of medicines, over and under diagnosis, among other things.
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