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NDMA develops National Migrant Information System

NDMA develops National Migrant Information System

An online Dashboard-National Migrant Information System (NMIS) has been developed by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The central online repository aims to capture the information regarding the movement of migrants and facilitate the smooth movement of stranded persons across States. NMIS was developed after the Government of India allowed the movement of migrant workers by […]

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JNCASR develop injectable Silk Fibroin-based hydrogel

JNCASR developed injectable Silk Fibroin-based hydrogel

Scientists at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) have recently developed an injectable Silk fibroin-based hydrogel for sustained insulin delivery in diabetic patients. A patent application has also been filed for this invention. The injectable Silk fibroin-based hydrogel is developed using the biocompatible additives, The injectable SF hydrogel (iSFH) can ease insulin delivery

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Low cost PPE developed by Indian Navy

Low cost PPE developed by Indian Navy

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

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Novel process for synthesis of Quantum Dots used in photographing cellular organelles

Novel process for synthesis of Quantum Dots used in photographing cellular organelles

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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IIT-G, Duke-NUS carry out data-driven assessment of COVID-19 situation in India

IIT-G, Duke-NUS carry out data-driven assessment of COVID-19 situation in India

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, and the Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, have used data science models to analyse and predict the total number of infected people for different States in India in the next 30 days. The researchers used the Susceptible Infectious Susceptible (SIS) models, along with the model-free daily infection-rate

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