Reactor buildings of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project. File The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has no plans to advance the refuelling activity of the 1,000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) Unit-1. This information was provided by Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office, … Read more
Hassan MLA Preetham Gowda in March conducted Astha Lakshmi pooja ceremonies in more than 30 localities. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Unlike in previous elections, most of the MLAs seeking re-election and fresh ticket aspirants began distributing gifts to voters long before the Karnataka Assembly election was even announced last month. There was a wide variety of gifts distributed. In Hassan, … Read more
New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on various aspects of digital health areas jointly. Under the MoU, both institutions will work together in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and computational genomics … Read more
The government is working with German pharmaceutical company BioNTech on new ways to fight cancer. Source link
Bengaluru: Global 3D bioprinting firm CELLINK and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) are partnering to establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE) that will focus on advancing research on heart, bone, cartilage and cancer through the use of 3D bioprinting. The CoE, the first of its kind in the subcontinent, will be housed in the … Read more
The government on Monday announced two measures aimed at increasing consumer spending — the LTC Cash Voucher scheme and Special Festival Advance Transfer scheme. The schemes primarily focus on offering cash benefits to central government employees as the government believes that it will lead to higher consumer spending during the festive season. Both schemes that … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced two schemes to incentivise consumer spending and boost the country’s GDP as part of the Centre’s fresh economic revival push. Sitharaman said the schemes announced today will specifically focus on boosting consumer spending and capital expenditure. As part of increasing consumer spending, Sitharaman announced two schemes — LTC … Read more