Dr Rajiv Bahl appointed as Director General of ICMR

Sep 23, 2022

New Delhi [India], September 23 : Dr Rajiv Bahl, who is currently with the World Health Organisation, has been appointed as the Director General...

Indian scientists are developing vaccine, antivirals for Chandipura virus: ICMR-NIV Pune Director

Jun 23, 2025

Indian scientists are developing vaccines and antivirals for Chandipura virus, which causes encephalitis, according to Dr Naveen Kumar, ICMR-NIV Pune Director.

"Poor methodology," ICMR dissociates itself from Covaxin safety study, calls for retraction

May 20, 2024

Director General, ICMR, Rajiv Bahl, has written a letter to the authors of the paper and editor of the journal Springer Nature to immediately...

DCGI approves India-made RT-PCR kit to detect Omicron: Centre

Jan 05, 2022

New Delhi [India], January 5 : An RT-PCR test kit for detecting new coronavirus variant Omicron has been developed in India in partnership with...

Oxygen utilization more in second wave of COVID-19, says ICMR DG

Apr 19, 2021

New Delhi [India], April 19 : ICMR Director General Dr Balram Bhargava has said that oxygen utilization has been more in the second...

India can easily do synthesis of antiviral drug - Remdesivir: Former ICMR Director

May 02, 2020

New Delhi [India], May 3 : India can easily do the synthesis of antiviral drug - Remdesivir - if allowed by the US-based pharma...