Saturday, June 27, 2026

CCMB may soon come up with diagnostic kits for Covid-19

CCMB is also planning to culture the covid-19 virus Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 To combat Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) insists that widescale “testing, testing, and testing” is the key as early diagnosis may help save lives. Aligning with the call of WHO, the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is working overtime on...

Scientists of ARI, Pune develop biofortified, 14.7% protein wheat vari...

MACS 4028, a semi-dwarf variety, has shown the superior and stable yielding ability It is resistant to stem rust, leaf rust, foliar aphids, root aphids, and brown wheat mite Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India...

ARCI develops technology to improve fuel efficiency of internal combus...

Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 International Advanced Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous R&D Centre of Department of Science and Technology (DST), has developed ultrafast laser surface texturing technology, which can improve the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines. Laser surface micro-texturing, which offe...

IIT Bombay INSPIRE fellow developing quantum chemistry based software ...

Dr. Dutta’s research group in IIT Bombay is a collaboration of chemists, computer scientists, and engineers Delhi, 25 MAR 2020 Recipient of the INSPIRE Faculty Award instituted by Department of Science & Technology, Dr. Achintya Kumar Dutta from IIT Bombay along with his research group is working to develop new methods for quantum chemistry a...

Labour Ministry Issues Advisory to all States/UTs to use Cess fund for...

Delhi, 24 MAR 2020 In the backdrop of outbreak of COVID-19,numerous measures are being taken by the Government to give relief to workers.To support unorganized construction workers who sustain their livelihood on daily wages, an advisory has been issued today by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Union Minister of State, I/C, Labour and Employment to all...

Finance Minister announces several relief measures of COVID-19 outbrea...

Delhi, 24 MAR 2020 The Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Niramla Sitharaman today announced several important relief measures taken by the Government of India in view of COVID-19 outbreak, especially on statutory and regulatory compliance matters related to several sectors. While addressing the press conference through video co...

Covid19: GoI launches WhatsApp chatbot called ‘MyGov Corona Help...

New Delhi, March 21 The central government launches a special WhatsApp chatbot to help address all the queries around Covid-19 outbreak. It is developed and implemented by Jio Haptik Technologies Limited, platforms and a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). One can access the chatbot by sending a Whatsapp message to the number +91...

2200 beds Infection Isolation Hospitals in Gujarat

Guj Govt is fully equipped to tackle situations of Coronavirus — CM CM – DCM hold high level Core Committee Meeting Made some vital public decisions Ahmedabad: At a high-level meeting of the core-committee held in Gandhinagar Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Nitinbhai Patel today reviewed the situation emerging o...

NBRI Lucknow has developed a pest-resistant variety of cotton

White flies are one of the top ten devastating pests in the world National Botanical Research Institute Scientists ready for field trials of pest-resistant cotton variety from April to October Delhi 20 MAR 2020 White flies are one of the top ten devastating pests in the world that damage more than 2000 plant species and also function as vector...

Ministry of Consumer Affairs celebrated the World Consumer Day

Focus on Sustainability from Food to Fashion Delhi, 19 MAR 2020 March 15 is celebrated as the World Consumer Rights Day throughout the world. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India observed this day by organizing a webinar on this year’s theme, ‘The Sustainable Consumer’. The webinar was organized in place of physical event keeping...

ISRO to launch 36 missions including 10 earth observation satellites i...

Delhi 19 MAR 2020  Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has planned 36 missions including satellites and launch vehicles for the fiscal year 2020-2...

Democracies sold in liquor and chew, ordered to cease sale

Mahipat Singh Chauhan, Chief Coordinator of All Social Army Gujarat, has appealed to the Kheda District Collector, District Superintendent of Police and District Election Officer to stop the use of liquor and chewing party in public to buy votes during election time. The candidate who is distributing liquor chew will ask the Election Commission ...

National air pollution decreased by a remarkable 20% from 2018 to 2019...

PROGRESS HIGHLIGHT: NATIONAL AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS 2019 marked the launch of India’s first National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), marking a shift in India’s commitment to tackling air pollution. The NCAP aims to reduce PM2.5 and PM10 air pollution in 102 cities by 20-30% by 2024 compared to 2017 levels, by working directly with local governm...

Exports from India registering a positive growth of 8.75%

Delhi, 18 MAR 2020 India’s merchandise exports has increased from 303.53 US$ billion in 2017-18 to 330. 07 US$ billion in 2018-19, registering a positive growth of 8.75%. India’s export sector faced many challenges post 2013-14 period due to accentuation of the global economic / financial crisis. However, exports have been growing on a secular bas...

First Consignment of Nagpur Orange Flagged Off to Dubai

Nagpur District Developed as Cluster for Orange by APEDA Delhi, 14 FEB 2020 First consignment of Nagpur oranges was flagged off to Dubai on 13th February 2020 from Vashi, Navi Mumbai.Total 1500 crates were loadedin the refrigerated container from Vanguard Health Care(VHT) facility.Nagpur mandarin in one of the best mandarins in the world. P...