J.K. Rowling, the famous author of Harry Potter has announced to release “The Ickabog.” The new children’s book marks her first novel aimed toward younger readers that doesn’t take place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The book has been written for children aged between 7 and 9. It is a story about abuse […]
The European Union (EU) commissioner Paolo Gentiloni has proposed a 750 billion-euro ($825 billion) recovery fund “European breakthrough” to help the bloc’s economy through the deep recession induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to tackle an unprecedented crisis. The move comes as the EU plans to enter its deepest-ever recession as the impact
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Sports Authority of India (SAI) has deposited Rs.30,000 each to 2,749 Khelo India athletes as out of pocket allowance (OPA) amid the COVID-19 lockdown. The total sum of the amount is Rs.8.25 crore in all. SAI announced that a total of 2893 athletes will be given the OPA for the period. The funds for the
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University of Copenhagen’s Natural History Museum of Denmark scientists have discover new species of parasitic fungus via Twitter. The newly discovered fungus was named “Troglomyces twitteri”, after Twitter. The discovery was made by the biologist and associate professor Ana Sofia Reboleira of the National Natural History Museum. She stumbled upon a photo of a North
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ESDS Software Solution has developed AA+ COVID-19 Testing Solution, a rapid COVID-19 detection solution powered by Deepiotics. The solution is an AI-enabled tool that detects COVID-19 from Chest X-rays (CXRs). AA+ COVID-19 Testing Solution has been designed in a way that it can indicate whether the patient is suffering from COVID-19 in less than 5
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The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) aims to enhance fish production to 220 lakh metric tons by 2024-25 from 137.58 lakh metric tons in 2018-19 at an average annual growth rate of about 9%. The scheme will bring about Blue Revolution through the sustainable and responsible development of the fisheries sector in India. PMMSY
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Power Finance Corporation (PFC), the central PSU under Ministry of Power and India’s leading NBFC, entered into an agreement with Narmada Basin Projects Company Ltd. (NBPCL), a wholly-owned company of Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, to fund projects worth Rs.22,000 crore for 225 MW hydro-electric projects & multipurpose projects in the State of Madhya Pradesh. As
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REC Limited, a central PSU under Ministry of Power and one of India’s largest power financiers, is spearheading the mission to feed the medical staff in key government hospitals as well as poor daily wage labourers across the nation, through collaborative efforts. Under this tie-up, every day, 300 food packets are being delivered to the
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Road Transport & Highways Ministry inaugurated the Chamba Tunnel in Uttarakhand under Chardham Pariyojana through video conference mode on 26 May 2020. The tunnel was constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The major milestone was achieved by BRO by digging up a 440 m long Tunnel below the busy Chamba
World Health Organization (WHO) selected 8 people out of the several people who step forward to participate in human challenge trials to develop new vaccines for COVID-19. Human challenge trials are trials in which participants are intentionally challenged (whether or not they have been vaccinated) with an infectious disease organism. As per the announcement, the
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