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COVID-19 vaccine is safe; people should not hesitate to take it: C
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): Amid the country's wait for a vaccine for the coronavirus, Dr Shekhar Mande, Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Saturday said the vaccine is safe and would not have adverse effects and urged people not to hes
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After PM's message, healthcare workers, scientists enthused on rol
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar Mande on Thursday expressed that it gives CSIR confidence when the country's highest office says that we are capable of delivering vaccines to the people.
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Mutation in coronavirus not likely to affect vaccine development:
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom (UK), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar Mande on Tuesday said that the mutation in the coronavirus will not affect vaccine developme
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Long-term solution needed to deal with rise in amonia levels in Ya
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 30 (ANI): A long-term solution is needed to deal with rise in the ammonia content in Yamuna river as the situation repeats itself every year, CSIR Director-General Shekhar C Mande has said.
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First cost, time-effective CRISPER test for Covid-19 gets nod for
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given approval to the Tata Group for the launch of India's first Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic (CRISPR) Covid-19 test for commercial launch.
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Masks should be compulsory for all: CSIR DG after WHO confirms 'em
Updated : 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): As the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirms "emerging evidence" of airborne transmission of COVID-19, CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) Director-General Dr Shekhar Mande on Thursday said that wearing masks has never been more important.
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Drug discovery hackathon can yield COVID-19 solution
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The drug discovery hackathon, a joint initiative of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), can yield to some novel solution for COVID-19, said Shekhar Mande, Director-General, CSIR.
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'First-ever in modern Indian medicine': CSIR DG hails clinical tri
Updated : 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Clinical trials of the plant-derived drug, ACQH, to treat COVID-19 patients that began on Friday in India has been hailed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as "historic in modern medicine".
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WHO decision to stop HCQ trial was a knee jerk reaction, says CSIR
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): CSIR Director-General Shekhar Mande said on Thursday that the World Health Organisation's (WHO) decision to halt hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) drug trial was taken in haste and the global body should have actually analysed the data before making the decision.
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Halting hydroxychloroquine trials based on faulty Lancet study is
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director-General Shekhar Mande, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) Delhi Director Anurag Agarwal and Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI) Chennai Director Rajeev Karandikar have written to
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Quick, cheap RT-Lamp COVID-19 test will cost up to Rs 200, take le
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed an MoU with Reliance to develop a new RT-LAMP COVID-19 diagnostic kit, which is cheap and gives a quick result, said Director-General Dr Shekhar C Mande on Wednesday.
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Trust ICMR's judgement on hydroxychloroquine in covid treatment, s
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Shekher Mande, on Wednesday said the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) conclusion of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) having no major side-effects in the treatment of Covid-inf
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