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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...