Researchers have come up with various findings over the course of time about the deadly coronavirus. There is some evidence that claims men are more vulnerable to coronavirus than women. The ACE2 enzyme in blood responds to the novel coronavirus and enables it to infect the human cell. ACE2 is also a receptor present on […]
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In a major step towards rapid mass production of the Medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) developed by the Indian Navy, a patent has been successfully filed by the Intellectual Property Facilitation Cell (IPFC) of Ministry of Defence, in association with National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), an enterprise under Min of Science & Technology. The PPE
Indian Council for Medical Research, ICMR has fast tracked the roll out of Global Solidarity Trial launched by the World Health Organization, WHO to help in finding an effective treatment for Covid-19. The international clinical trial ‘Solidarity’ compares four treatment options against the standard of care to assess their relative effectiveness against COVID-19. Four potential
Researchers at the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology have developed a new process for the synthesis of quantum efficient and biocompatible quantum dots (QDs) used in capturing images of cellular organelles and processes within visible wavelength ranges across the electromagnetic spectrum. Bioimaging applications such as
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IIIT-Guwahati organized a Poster Making Competition under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (EBSB) Campaign. Students participated from their homes for the competition held online due to the COVID-19 lockdown. The Ministry for Human Resource Development (HRD) is the nodal ministry for EBSB campaign which is run along with several other partner ministries and states. IIITG is
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Tribal Affairs Minister held a video conference with States/UTs on “Tribal livelihoods and safety” in New Delhi on 13 May which was attended by Chief Ministers, Deputy Chief Ministers, State Ministers for Tribal Affairs, and state ministers for Forests from more than 20 states/UTs along with senior State officials. The Union Minister reviewed the working
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The Under-5 Mortality Rate in India has dropped by 49 per cent since 2000, but there is a six-fold variation in the rate between states and an 11-fold variation between various districts. These are the findings of two scientific papers on child survival by the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative. The study highlighted that there
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The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2021 has been rescheduled between 17 February and 7 March. The recommendations were made by the FIFA-Confederations COVID-19 Working Group, the Bureau of the FIFA Council. FIFA announced that the tournament will keep original eligibility criteria which are the players born on or after 1 January 2003 and on
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New Development Bank of BRICS countries have fully disbursed $1 billion emergency assistance loan to India to help it contain the spread of COVID-19 and reduce human, social and economic losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ‘Emergency Assistance Program Loan’ to India was approved by the NDB Board of Directors on 30 April. The
Anunta announced that it has received the Regional Partner of the Year Award for the Services Excellence category. Anunta was honoured under the Services Excellence category. Anunta’s innovative solutions work on the next generation users including cloud based-desktop services was recognized. The VMware Partner of the Year Awards various categories including Services Excellence, Partner Value,
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