Workers prepare Birsa Munda International Airport as part of cleaning and beautification work, ahead of G20 events, in Ranchi, on February 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Foreign delegates of G20 major economies will discuss challenges in the area of energy and recommend a future roadmap for cooperation in the field at a conference scheduled … Read more
A man gives swab sample for COVID-19 test at RML hospital in Lucknow. (PTI Photo) At a time when experts across India are trying to find ways to chalk up a robust plan to battle the inevitable third wave of the novel coronavirus, a newly approved technique can transform the way people are tested for … Read more
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director General Shekhar C Mande on Sunday warned that the COVID-19 crisis was far from being over and allowing a “third wave” by lowering our guard is fraught with grave consequences. Also, continued collaboration across institutions was necessary to come out of the current situation as well as … Read more
The test makes use of an indigenous, “cutting-edge” CRISPR technology COVID-19 testing: Tata CRISPR low-cost COVID-19 test’s commercial launch approved! The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Saturday approved ‘Feluda’, the Tata Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) test powered by the CSIR-IGIB, for commercial launch, Union Ministry of Science and Technology’s CSIR … Read more
India’s GII rank has jumped 33 places since 2015, when it was ranked 81st. Synopsis The growth of a $190 billion-plus knowledge-based export services economy in the IT-ITeS sector points to thedepth of India’s entrepreneurial and human capital. This is also reflected in India’s ranking 12th in the number ofscience and engineering graduates in the … Read more
According to the scientists, humidity affects the behaviour of microorganisms within the virus droplets, and the survival or inactivation of the virus on the surfaces. (Representational image: Reuters) In addition to measures like social distancing and wearing masks, an Indian-German team of scientists recommend controlling indoor humidity conditions to contain the spread of the novel … Read more