Tag: COVID-19
India to build roads worth Rs. 15 lakh Crore in next two years
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari today held meeting via video conferencing with the members of SIAM Institute on impact of COVID-19 on auto sector. It was attended by MoS Gen (Retd) V K Singh, Secretary RTH Shri Giridhar Aramane, and senior officers of MoRTH.
During this interaction, members expressed...
5231 Railway Coaches ready as COVID Care Centers across Indian Railway...
Indian Railways geared up to provide COVID Care Centers to State Authorities
215 stations identified for placement of COVID Care centers,
Out of 215 stations, Railways to provide healthcare facilities in 85 stations, in 130 stations, States to request COVID care coaches only if they agree to provide staff and essential medicines
Indian...
COVID 19 crisis demonstrates how DST is rapidly evolving as architect ...
Delhi, 05 MAY 2020
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), has undergone tremendous change in recent times evolving into an architect of profound science as against incremental science and the coronavirus crisis is an opportunity to escalate the process, Professor Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST said in a live webinar conversation with Ele...
MoU for licensing development of a kit for rapid, accurate diagnosis o...
Delhi, 05 MAY 2020
CSIR’s constituent lab, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) and TATA Sons signed a MoU for licensing of KNOWHOW for FNCAS9 EDITOR LINKED UNIFORM DETECTION ASSAY (FELUDA) FOR RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF COVID-19.
The license shall include transfer of the knowledge for scaling up the KNOWHOW in the form of a kit th...
Sree Chitra develops 2 types of swabs and viral transport medium for C...
Technologists at the Sree Chitra Triunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India, have developed two types of nasal and oral swabs and viral transport medium for COVID-19 testing.
Chitra EmBed flocked nylon swabs (co-developed with Mallelil Ind...
Railways only accepting passengers BROUGHT and FACILITATED by State Go...
No other group of traveler or individual are to come to station.
Some Special trains being run on ONLY ON STATE GOVERNMENTS requests.
All OTHER passenger and suburban trains REMAIN SUSPENDED.
No tickets being sold at any station.
Railways are not running any train other than being requisitioned by State Governments.
It is clarifi...
Indian Coast Guard joins the nation to thank COVID-19 Warriors
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) stands in solidarity with efforts of the Government to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) proactively by undertaking additional community interaction programmes about the precautions to be adopted to educate mariners, especially fishermen community, ports and other agencies. The ICG units have also been assisting ...
Indian Railways takes on long pending major maintenance works of Bridg...
To improve safety and operational efficiencies, backend warriors of Indian Railways execute long pending major maintenance works of Bridges and Tracks besides Yard remodelling, Renewal of Scissors Crossover during this lockdown
Pending for several years, they confronted Indian Railways as bottlenecks in different zones across the country
Arou...
New guidelines for hearing of cases by CAT in Green, Orange & Red...
As directed by the Hon’ble Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal, New Delhi, the following Notification is issued:
The functioning of the Principal Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal and its other Benches across the Country was suspended in view of the lockdown announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India vide Ord...
24 hours, Updates on COVID-19 from Ministry of Health and Family Welfa...
So far, a total of 7695 people have been cured. This takes our total recovery rate to 24.5%. The total number of confirmed cases is now 31,332.Secretary (HFW) emphasized that non-COVID essential medical care should not be neglected. It was reiterated that patients needing care like dialysis, cancer treatment, diabetics, pregnant women and those suf...
Robot to assist frontline COVID-19 healthcare warriors
Healthcare workers at hospitals are risking COVID-19 infection while taking care of those infected by it 24/7. Perhaps the level of risk may get reduced hereafter with the help of a new friend, HCARD. The robotic device HCARD, in short for Hospital Care Assistive Robotic Device, can help frontline healthcare workers in maintaining physical distance...
Electrostatic Disinfection Technology Transferred for Commercializatio...
CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh, has designed and developed an innovative technology for effective disinfection and sanitization to fight with corona pandemic. CSIR-CSIO has transferred this technology to a Nagpur-based company, Rite Water Solutions Pvt. Ltd., for commercialization and large-scale production...
More than 1 crore face masks prepared by Self Help Groups across the c...
More than one crore face masks have been made by various Self-Help Groups across the country. It shows relentless effort, positive energy and united resolve of SHGs to fight Covid-19 under DAY-NULM flagship scheme of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
At the core of this proud moment is a strong face of women entrepreneurs supported by the M...
Team led by IIT Bombay student develops low-cost mechanical ventilator...
Team led by IIT Bombay student develops low-cost mechanical ventilator Ruhdaar.
Design has been incubated at Design Innovation Centre, IUST, Pulwama
Study shows that COVID 19 may affect the Central Nervous System
Study shows that COVID 19 may affect the Central Nervous System causing loss of smell and taste