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Data Breach

The alleged compromise of the Covid-testing database of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) should give us all pause.

Northeastern states experience higher burden of cancers: ICMR

The coverage by the PBCRs is around 35 per cent of the population of the Northeastern states and reflects the cancer profile of the region fairly well owing to the representation of all the eight states of Northeast partially or completely.

Covid booster dose not central theme at the moment: ICMR chief

alking about the ongoing vaccination drive in the country, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that 20 per cent of India's adult population have received both the doses of the vaccine, while 62 per cent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

ICMR and IIT Bombay get permission for drone use

The ICMR has been allowed the use of drones for conducting experimental Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) vaccine delivery in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Manipur, and Nagaland up to a height of 3000 meters using drones.

No cases of Coronavirus ‘MU’ variant so far: ICMR

ICMR said that no cases of 'MU' variant of Coronavirus have been detected, from over 51,000 samples analysed, so far in India. This new Coronavirus variant was identified first in Colombia in January 2021. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has designated the MU strain of Coronavirus as a 'variant of interest'.