Government has initiated a dialogue with the exporters of Agri and Allied commodities to address issues affecting the sector as a fall out of the lockdown to check the COVID-19 disease. Government decided to gain a first- hand account of the problems being faced by the exporters of Agri and Allied ...

The motivated, enthusiastic and committed approximately 690 lakh women members of around 63 lakh Self Help Groups (SHGs) across the country formed under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development, have always contributed in ...

Reaching out to those in need during the Covid-19 crisis, Naval Air Station (NAS) Utkrosh and Material Organisation (Port Blair) carried out food distribution in Port Blair. NAS Utkrosh organised food distribution camp for 155 labourers working for the infrastructural development of the Air ...

Seagull BioSolutions, a startup working on new biological technologies, is being funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), to undertake the development of Active Virosome (AV)-Vaccine and Immunodiagnostic kits for COVID-19 emergency. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Active ...

The Scientists of SCTIMST, Kerala have designed two technologies to fight COVID-19 pandemic. Hydrogen Peroxide fumes will decontaminate the body, hands, and clothes of a person. The UV system will decontaminate the chamber. The whole system is electronically controlled. The sensors mounted in the ...

Green Pyramid Biotech (GPB), a company working on Food, Agriculture, and Bio-Technology, located in Pune, Maharashtra, is being funded by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), for manufacturing natural, alcohol-free sanitizer for hands and surfaces with long-lasting antibacterial and ...

Department of Science and Technology (DST) has funded to Genrich Membranes, a spin-off company, based on proprietary technology licensed from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune to scale up membrane oxygenator equipment (MOE) that it has developed to treat COVID-19 patients. Based on ...

In continuation of the measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Indian Railways is making all out efforts to supplement the health care initiatives of Government of India. In this direction Indian Railways is producing reusable face masks and sanitizer in-house in all its Zonal Railways, ...

Scientists at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, have designed and developed a disinfected barrier-examination booth for examining COVID-19 patients. Daily ...

A two-year old Pune-based start-up, funded by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) has proposed a technology CovE-Sens specifically for COVID 19. A patent has been filed for CovE-Sens which would provide a rapid, point of care detection along with screening and confirmatory test as ...