Thursday, July 30, 2026

NTPC provides uninterrupted power supply despite lockdown

NTPC provides uninterrupted power supply despite lockdown, All plants adheres to lockdown and social distancing guidelines, NTPC Vindyachal achieves 100 percent PLF on 13th April, 2020.

Government to allow Opening of Certain Categories of Shops, except tho...

MHA issues Order to States/UTs to allow Opening of Certain Categories of Shops, except those in Single and Multi-brand Malls. These Relaxations in Lockdown Restrictions would not applicable in Hotspots/Containment Zones.

NAFED to distribute about 5.88 Lakh Metric Ton pulses

25 APR 2020 Biggest operation for distribution of pulses underway NAFED to distribute about 5.88 LMT pulses to about 20 crore NFSA households through ration shops for three months under PMGKAY Operation to involve about two lakh truck trips and loading/unloading over 4 weeks In order to distribute one kg of pulses to about 20 crore hous...

Gujarat has huge loss of Rs. 97,598 crore in 40 days in LOWDOWN

Completion will result in loss of 12 lakh crores, 12 lakh crore will be lost due to lockout in the country, of which Gujarat has huge loss of Rs. 97,598 crore in 40 days. Gujarat is losing Rs 2500 crore daily. The 40-day full-time implementation in the country to prevent the spread of Corona virus infection is going to have a very bad effect on ...

The Supreme Court finds the petition of Arnab more urgent than the lab...

- the plea of ​​lawyer Prashant Bhushan Advocate Prashant Bhushan has taunted the hearing of Republic TV journalist Arnab Goswami's demand for his arrest for using offensive language during a TV show over Palghar litching. Bhushan says that Arnab's petition came to the court more than the petition filed against the workers of Corona. On Twitt...

Yogi government is running dozens of tests with the same kit – P...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is the opposition has accused of not being frank in the Corona cases. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has said that many people are expressing concerns about testing in Uttar Pradesh. Transparency is a big thing in the fight against Corona. All society and government together can defeat this epidemic. ...

”Dekho Apna Desh” series on “North East India-Experience t...

Ministry of Tourism organises 8th webinar, Webinar generates good interest as people from several countries attend the webinar Delhi, 25 APR 2020 As Ministry of Tourism, Government of India continues with the initiative of organising a series of Webinars under the overall theme of ‘Dekho Apna Desh’, its 8thwebinar in this series on “North East In...

Clarification on MHA order allowing Opening of Shops

Delhi, 25 APR 2020 Ministry of Home Affairs issued an Order yesterday on amendments in the consolidated revised guidelines on lockdown measures to allow opening of shops. (https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1618049) This Order implies that: In rural areas, all shops, except those in shopping malls are allowed to open. ...

Earthquake of 2001, 90 disabled – poor condition of patients in ...

Bhuj, 25 April 2020 In the earthquake of 2001 in Kutch, 500 people became disabled or sick. Currently 90 patients are living a bad life. His condition has worsened in Corona. In Bhachau 7, Ambardi-2, Chobari-4, Vondh-7, Bandhadi-2, Manfra-2, Dudhai-4, Chirai-2, Chhadwada-4 patients live. The government pays the patient Rs. 2500 is found. ...

69,000 ha forest land approved for non-forest use in 5 yrs

A total of 3,616 projects involving 69,414.32 hectares of forest land have been approved for non-forest use under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, in the last five years, said environment minister Prakash Javadekar in the Lok Sabha on March 20, 2020. During the same period, compensatory afforestation (CA) was stipulated over more than 126,000 hecta...

Antiviral nano-coatings to be upscaled for making triple layer medical...

Professor Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST--- “Use of highly effective antimicrobial nanoparticles on PPEs, masks etc is a useful application that will provide an extra layer of protection for the high risk settings” As part of Nano Mission programme, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has approved support for upscaling an antiviral n...

Scientists working on anti COVID drugs using garlic essential oil

Department of Biotechnology’s Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (DBT-CIAB) at Mohali, has planned a bouquet of research projects aimed at generating products that could be used for prevention, diagnosis or cure of for the deadly COVID 19 infection that is currently sweeping over the entire world. The plan has been designed so as to ...

COVID- Disinfection in Varanasi using special Drone

Invest India, India’s National Investment Promotion Agency have closely collaborated through the AGNI Mission, and Invest India’s Business Immunity Platform (BIP) - to facilitate the use of specially designed drones to support Covid-19 disinfection in Varanasi. The Government’s Covid-19 strategies align with global best practice: protecting Indi...

Search for solutions to Covid-19 from AYUSH healthcare disciplines

24 APR 2020 The Ministry of AYUSH has announced a mechanism to support short-term research projects for evaluating the impact of AYUSH interventions/ medicines in the prophylaxis and clinical management of COVID-19. Hospitals/Institutions involved in the management of COVID-19 cases have been invited to participate in this scheme which falls ...