#COVID19: Tax the super rich, young IRS officers said. Tax dept...
Three senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers have been issued chargesheets and divested of their responsibilities,...
WHO warns against issuing immunity passports
There is currently “no evidence” that COVID-19 patients who have recovered and have antibodies “are protected from a...
COVID-19: WHO to push for equity in health-tech access
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator in collaboration with...
COVID-19: US may conduct trials that involve deliberately infecting a patient
A group of US lawmakers has asked for the country’s drugs regulator to allow human challenge trials, a controversial...
Gram-negative sepsis drug to be trialled for treating critically-ill COVID-19 patients
The Drugs Controller General of India has approved the trial of a drug developed for the treatment of critically-ill...
‘Relaxing lockdown not end of epidemic, countries must test, isolate, care’
India has started relaxing lockdown measures in select regions not affected by COVID-19. The disease has now infected...
As India crosses 6,000 COVID-19 cases, ICMR study hints at early community transmission
As India crosses 6,000 COVID-19 cases, a new study by the Indian Council of Medical Research hints at early community...
How Kerala’s Immigration Hotspot Reined In COVID-19 Spread
Pathanamthitta: On March 11, 2020, Pathanamthitta, a migration hotspot in southeastern Kerala, became the district with...