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Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Balram Bhargava on Thursday hailed the 96 per cent nationwide COVID-19 vaccination coverage of the first dose and said that India is heading towards becoming a vaccine super-power.

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) head Dr Balram Bhargava, in a health briefing, on Thursday asserted that deaths have been considerably reduced due to COVID-19 vaccinations in this third surge of the coronavirus infection.

Meeting of Election Commission of India (ECI) and top officials of health ministry on Thursday to review the COVID-19 situation was attended by AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Guleria and ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava, informed official sources.

An RT-PCR test kit for detecting new coronavirus variant Omicron has been developed in India in partnership with Tata MD and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), said Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General of ICMR on Wednesday.

The new coronavirus variant, Omicron, is the predominant circulating strain in India, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Wednesday.

All COVID vaccines do not prevent infection and are primarily disease-modifying, said Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday.

Ahead of the festive season, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Balram Bhargava today made a fervent appeal to people to avoid non-essential travel and to observe a low-key festivity "at least this year".

Ishaan Khatter plays the role of Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta in the film, which is being directed by Raja Krishna Menon

"Ohooo, looking good," commented Shahid Kapoor while Ishaan's dad Rajesh Khatter wrote "break a leg kid" in the comments section

The majority of deaths in Mathura, Agra and Firozabad districts of Uttar Pradesh were due to dengue fever caused by D2 strain and it can cause haemorrhaging that could be fatal, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Thursday.

Ankita Raina and Prajnesh Gunneswaran have been nominated for the prestigious Arjuna Award, while they had also sent the names of Balram Singh and Enrico Piperno for the Dhyanchand honour.

An elderly man and his wife were strangled to death when they resisted a robbery attempt in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, the police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday evening.

Lockdowns imposed by state governments to break the chain of transmission have to be lifted "very gradually, very slowly" to avoid a third wave of infections, ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava said Tuesday afternoon

One crore Covid vaccines will be available every day by mid-July, or early-August, ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava said Tuesday afternoon, as the centre doubled down on its aim of vaccinating the whole country - around 108 crore people - by end-2021.

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting slightly more number of younger people as they might have begun going out and also because of some variants of SARS-COV-2 prevalent in the country, said ICMR chief Balram Bhargava on Tuesday.

Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Balram Bhargava on Thursday hailed the 96 per cent nationwide COVID-19 vaccination coverage of the first dose and said that India is heading towards becoming a vaccine super-power.

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) head Dr Balram Bhargava, in a health briefing, on Thursday asserted that deaths have been considerably reduced due to COVID-19 vaccinations in this third surge of the coronavirus infection.

Meeting of Election Commission of India (ECI) and top officials of health ministry on Thursday to review the COVID-19 situation was attended by AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Guleria and ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava, informed official sources.

An RT-PCR test kit for detecting new coronavirus variant Omicron has been developed in India in partnership with Tata MD and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), said Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General of ICMR on Wednesday.

The new coronavirus variant, Omicron, is the predominant circulating strain in India, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Wednesday.

All COVID vaccines do not prevent infection and are primarily disease-modifying, said Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday.

Ahead of the festive season, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General Balram Bhargava today made a fervent appeal to people to avoid non-essential travel and to observe a low-key festivity "at least this year".

Ishaan Khatter plays the role of Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta in the film, which is being directed by Raja Krishna Menon

"Ohooo, looking good," commented Shahid Kapoor while Ishaan's dad Rajesh Khatter wrote "break a leg kid" in the comments section

The majority of deaths in Mathura, Agra and Firozabad districts of Uttar Pradesh were due to dengue fever caused by D2 strain and it can cause haemorrhaging that could be fatal, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Thursday.

Ankita Raina and Prajnesh Gunneswaran have been nominated for the prestigious Arjuna Award, while they had also sent the names of Balram Singh and Enrico Piperno for the Dhyanchand honour.

An elderly man and his wife were strangled to death when they resisted a robbery attempt in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, the police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday evening.

Lockdowns imposed by state governments to break the chain of transmission have to be lifted "very gradually, very slowly" to avoid a third wave of infections, ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava said Tuesday afternoon

One crore Covid vaccines will be available every day by mid-July, or early-August, ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava said Tuesday afternoon, as the centre doubled down on its aim of vaccinating the whole country - around 108 crore people - by end-2021.

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting slightly more number of younger people as they might have begun going out and also because of some variants of SARS-COV-2 prevalent in the country, said ICMR chief Balram Bhargava on Tuesday.