The government has amended the General Financial Rules (GFR) to ensure that goods and services valued less than Rs 200 crore are being procured from domestic firms, a move which will benefit MSMEs. The amendments ensure that henceforth global tenders will be disallowed in government procurement up to Rs 200 crore, as announced in the […]
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India has become the world’s second largest manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE) body coveralls within a short time span of two months. China is the world’s leading producer of PPE body coveralls, crucial to safeguard against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Ministry of Textile has taken several steps to ensure both quality and quantity
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International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (IDEOF) is observed on 23 May by the United Nations to increase the attention to affected women and prioritize girls and their health. In 2003, the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF), formerly known as the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) and its partners had launched a global
Guwahati based Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology has developed an electrochemical sensing platform for detecting carcinogenic or mutagenic compound N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosodiethanolamine (NDEA). These are sometimes found in food items like cured meat, bacon, some cheese, and low-fat milk. It was achieved by developing a modified electrode by immobilizing carbon nanomaterials
On the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity 2020, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India launched five key initiatives towards conservation of biodiversity. One of the initiatives is the Biodiversity Samrakshan Internship Programme. It was launched by the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The
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A new trough collector equipped with enhanced energy to serve industries called ‘Parabolic Trough Collector’ has developed by Indian Institute of Madras is expected to pave the way for sustainable energy solutions in agriculture and industrial process heat sectors. It has been designed in a way to help manufacturers in solar energy devices. The Collector
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Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore researchers have developed a cup-shaped design mask that helps to create enough space in front of the mouth while speaking to tackle COVID-19. The newly developed snug fit mask causes no speech distortion, no fogging on glasses, and indeed, packs well all around. It is designed
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is likely to replace hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) with anti-HIV drugs to improve immunity and possibly reduce viral replication, in the revised protocol. However, the chemicals in Kangra tea could also be effective in boosting immunity as they can block coronavirus activity better than anti-HIV drugs. The chemicals in Kangra
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The United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth has listed Manipur’s Khudol (gift) among the top 10 global initiatives for an inclusive fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Khudol is a crowdfunded initiative of Ya All. The initiative aims to ensure food supplies and health services for the people living with HIV, daily-wage earners, LGBTQI+ community, children,
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati scientists have discovered a new method to help prevent or reduce short-term memory losses associated with Alzheimer’s disease. In this method, the researchers used ‘Trojan peptides’ to arrest the aggregation of the neurotoxic molecules. The idea of using ‘Trojan peptide’ was initiated from the mythological “Trojan Horse” used as
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