Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that the Doctors will conduct the clinical trial of plasma enrichment technique to treat severely-ill coronavirus patients soon.Clinical trial of plasma method:♦ The clinical trial of the plasma method will be conducted in Delhi. ♦ If the trial ...

Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has approved as many as 67 Indian firms for antibody rapid testing kits for testing COVID-19.Highlights:♦ Out of 67 companies, 5 are using indigenous kits and 62 other companies are importing antibody rapid testing kits from other countries, such ...

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced that it is to finance $500 million projects in India to help the country improve its health care systems. With this, AIIB has doubled its funds under the COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility.Highlights:♦ The aim of the move is to help reduce ...

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Automatic Mist Based Sanitiser Dispensing Unit and UV Sanitisation Box and Hand-held UV device to fight against COVID-19.Automatic Mist Based Sanitiser Dispensing Unit:Centre for Fire Explosive & Environment Safety (CFEES), Delhi ...

The Government of India decided to divide all districts across the country into hotspots, non-hotspots and green zones. The announcement was made by Lav Agarwal, joint secretary of the Health Ministry.Highlights:♦ The aim is to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also help the partial ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its report on the Asia-Pacific region stated that Asia's economic growth in 2020 will grind to a halt for the first time in 60 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Report Highlights:♦ The IMF's Asia and Pacific Department directed the policymakers to offer ...

District administrations and Gram Panchayats across the country are proactively taking various measures to check the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India remains in close coordination with State Governments, District authorities and Gram Panchayats to ...

Anyone refusing to comply with the order of government orders under the Disaster Management Act will result in imprisonment up to one year or a fine, or both. The Government of India has announced Spitting in public act a punishable offence under the strict Disaster Management Act in its ...

The Government of India has made an action plan for strengthening of surveillance networks to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in India. The information was passed by the Union Health Ministry. Action plan:♦ An action plan has been prepared by the GOI to strengthen surveillance with the help of ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) proposed to release its full $1 trillion lending capacity to support countries that battle the COVID-19 outbreak. The IMF described the COVID-19 pandemic as a crisis like no other crisis ever. The announcement was made by the IMF head Kristalina ...