Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu urged the Jal Shakti Ministry and NITI Aayog to study the feasibility of a drinking water project for Udayagiri in Andhra Pradesh. The officials discussed various possible ways to meet the drinking water and irrigation needs of the drought-prone Udayagiri area, ...

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka has become the world’s highest-paid female athlete. She has replaced US rival, Serena Williams, from the top spot. Osaka’s record $37.4 million in earnings surpasses Serena Williams, who, with $36 million in earnings, previously held the title as the world’s ...

Indian economist, Abhas Jha has been appointed as the Practice Manager for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management for South Asia at World Bank. Jha will help the South Asia region (SAR) Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change team to connect and collaborate across Global Practice ...

Government of India has formed a high-level committee of experts to recommend reforms in India's drug regulatory system so that approval processes can be fast-tracked. The committee chaired by Rajesh Bhushan, the OSD to the Union health minister, comprises top drug and vaccine entrepreneurs of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...