₹8.8 on Sunday. Diesel prices have risen ₹7.9 in 15 days. To catch up on the rest of the news in five minutes before you start your day, here’s Mint Lite.New covid-19 drug on shelvesA new medicine to treat covid-19 patients is in the market after the Drugs Controller of India granted approval to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals for favipiravir, an antiviral drug.
It’s a prescription drug, and is priced at ₹103 a tablet. Doctors say the drug is “promising", though—as with all coronavirus medication—there isn’t substantial evidence on its efficacy yet.
Glenmark said favipiravir has shown clinical improvement of up to 88% in mild to moderate covid-19 cases by reducing the viral load in four days.