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World Accreditation Day (WAD) was observed on 9 June every year to highlight and promote the role of accreditation in trade and economy. The theme for the 2020 World Accreditation Day is “Accreditation: Improving Food Safety”. The theme was set by IAF and ILAC. The theme aims to highlight the role of credible, competent accreditation […]
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) has signed an MoU with Breathe Applied Sciences, a company incubated at JNCASR for transfer of technology based on lab-scale research on reducing CO2 to methanol and other useful chemicals and fuels. The MOU aims for a smooth translation of the research in the area of CO2
JNCASR, Breathe signed MoU to scale up technology to reduce CO2 Read More »
Cernre has allocated a provision of Rs.1,01,500 crore under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the current financial year 2020-2021. This is the highest ever provision of funds made by GoI under the programme. Centre already released a sum of Rs.31,493 crore in 2020-2021. This allocation is more than 50% of the
Centre allocates ₹1 lakh crore under MNREGs during FY 2020-2021 Read More »
Government has constituted a task force to examine issues related to age of motherhood, lowering Maternal Mortality Rate and improvement of nutritional levels. The task force will be headed by Jaya Jaitly and it will submit its report by 31st July of next month. The task force will review the correlation of age of marriage
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Centre has approved Karnataka State government’s Annual Action Plan for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission. The move comes as the Ministry of Jal Shakti is working with the States to prepare a roadmap to implement the Prime Minister’s flagship programme Jal Jeevan Mission. The mission aims to provide 55 litres of potable water per person
Karnataka to provide tap connections to all rural households Read More »
Road Transport and Highways Ministry has mandated a strip of green colour for BS-VI vehicles of any fuel type. Centre has previously mandate BS-VI emission standards with effect from 1 April 2020. Centre has mandated colour band for number plate sticker for BS-6 four-wheel vehicles. Green strip of 1cm thickness for BS-VI vehicles for the
MoRTH mandated distinct colour band for BS-IV vehicles Read More »
CSIR constituent lab, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) Jammu, has received Investigational New Drug (IND) approval from New Drugs Division of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for a potent anti-cancer, new chemical entity (NCE) effective against pancreatic cancer after successful completion of preclinical development and IND submission. The proposed clinical trial will pave
CSIR’s anti-cancer drug IIIM-290 went into clinical trial Read More »
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) shifted its testing facility from Defence Research Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior to Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), New Delhi. The move is to overcome the time delays and to speed up delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and masks.The DRDE, Gwalior has stood at the forefront
DRDOs PPE testing facility shifted from DRDE Gwalior to INMAS Delhi Read More »
World Haemophilia Day is observed on 17 April. The day aims to increase awareness of haemophilia, von Willebrand disease, and other inherited bleeding disorders. The increased awareness will increase better diagnosis and access to care for the millions who remain without treatment. Theme:The theme of 2020 World Haemophilia Day is “Get+involved”. The theme aims to
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, has developed a diagnostic test kit that can confirm COVID-19 in 2 hours at a low cost. The method is expected to be the world’s first few methods. Confirmatory diagnostic test kit:♦ The confirmatory diagnostic test detects the N Gene of SARS-COV2 virus using
