New Delhi: Researchers from IIIT-Delhi have developed an Artificial Intelligence-based model to detect carcinogens in chemical structures, which could have importance for the pharma industry for the screening of new drugs. The research on the software, named as Metabokiller, has also been published in Nature Chemical Biology, which is one of the most reputed journals … Read more
The commerce ministry‘s investigation arm DGTR has recommended imposition of anti-dumping duty on caustic soda, used in diverse industrial sectors, for five years from Japan, Iran, Qatar and Oman, to guard domestic players from cheap imports. The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended the duty after concluding in its probe that the product … Read more
TOXIC PORTENTS CBRN: Incident Management in India by Col Ram V Athavale, PhD By Karuna John The term Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN), is not as intense as the consequences of what devastation each of those elements can unleash on the world, should they be misused. Each time there is a war, a terror … Read more
July 19, 2021 More than 100 people were contaminated over the weekend because of a chemical leak at the Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown water park in Spring, TX., TV station KPRC reported, citing local health officials. First responders decontaminated most of the people at the site. Thirty-one people were taken to area … Read more
The West Bengal government has denied allegation levelled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that the state police used water mixed with chemicals to charge at BJP workers when they were trying to march towards Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s office in Kolkata on Thursday. Addressing a press conference, West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay said … Read more
You might have heard during the recent controversy on new Sebi norms on multi cap mutual funds that most multi cap schemes have ver little or nil investments in small cap stocks. Here is surprise for you: introducing Quant Active Fund, a multi cap mutual fund scheme with 53% of its assets in small cap … Read more
Mumbai: Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the launch of a new website for itschemicals business offerings. The website will serve as a dedicated platform towards an extensive range of Laboratory and Production chemicals. The new website will bring all major chemical brands from Thermo Fisher Scientific including Alfa Aesar, Acros Organics, Fisher Chemicals, Qualigens, Fisher Bioregaents … Read more