Union Agriculture Ministry launched integration of 177 new Mandis with the National Agriculture Market to strengthen agriculture marketing and facilitate farmers to sell their harvested produce through the online portal. The 177 new mandis are from 10 States and Union Territories (UTs). The ...

The Department of Consumer Affairs has partnered with tech startups Safejob and Seekify to use technology to prevent the spread of Covid-19 at the local Kirana store level. The primary objective of the project is to educate Kirana store owners across the country about the COVID-19 safety ...

Union Ministry of MSME has launched CHAMPIONS portal www.Champions.gov.in, a Technology driven Control Room-Cum-Management Information System. The system utilising modern ICT tools is aimed at assisting Indian MSMEs march into big league as National and Global CHAMPIONS. CHAMPIONS portal ...

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has initiated a population-based serosurvey to monitor the trend in the prevalence of the infection at the district level. The two government research bodies will collaborate with key stakeholders for ...

The US' Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has committed USD 3.6 million to assist India's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the aid will support prevention, preparedness and response activities. The CDC announced that it is to work with local partners to help India to ...

Hyderabad based Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an automated contactless UVC sanitisation cabinet, calledDefence Research Ultraviolet Sanitiser (DRUVS). The cabinet has been designed to sanitise mobile phones, iPads, laptops, currency notes, cheque leafs, ...

Department of Biotechnology and Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (DBT - BIRAC) research consortium has recommended 70 proposals for funding in Vaccines, Diagnostics, Therapeutics and other Technologies. The shortlisted proposals includes ten Vaccines candidates, 34 Diagnostics ...

National Technology Day is observed on 11 May to highlights the importance of science in daily life. It also encourages youngsters to get into the field for their career options. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Science and Technology (DBT) is conducting a session on YouTube. ...

Indian Railways is going to operate "Shramik Special" trains to help the migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students, and other people who are stranded at different places due to lockdown. In these special Shramik Special Trains, a maximum of around 1200 passengers can travel observing social ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal for the abolition of 9,304 posts in the Military Engineering Service (MES). The committee aimed to restructure the civilian workforce. As per the recommendation, the work of MES could be partly done by departmentally employed staff and ...

Tourism Ministry has organized the 17th session of the Dekho Apna Desh webinar on 9 May 2020 which was titled 'Exploring River Nila' was about showcasing meaningful travel experiences for travelers that are offered by relatively unvisited places. The webinar took the participants on a journey ...

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune has developed and validated the indigenous IgG ELISA test 'COVID KAVACH ELISA' for antibody detection for COVID-19. The robust indigenous IgG ELISA test has been named as “COVID KAVACH ELISA” in line with the ...