A health worker prepares a Covid jab at a vaccination centre in Delhi. (Express Photograph by Tashi Tobgyal) Covid-19 Lockdown in India Live News: Will full lockdown return? India has been struggling with this question amid the constant rise in the number of coronavirus cases in the country. While the Centre has made it clear … Read more
Prof. Vibin Ramakrishnan, Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati and Prof. C.C. Kartha of Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences have used modern drug development methods to analyse the mode of action of an Ayurvedic rejuvenating medicine – Amalaki Rasayana. In their study, the results of which have been recently published in a prestigious Nature … Read more
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed energy-efficient pest controlling devices for smaller agricultural tracts owned by marginal farmers. The research team has developed a self-propelled boom-type sprayer that can be operated using solar energy while safely guided through the crops in smaller tracts of land, the leading engineering institute said in … Read more
The application matches the quarantine location of the individual with the location from where they upload the biometric data. (Representational image/PTI) LakshmanRekha home quarantine management application for COVID-19 patients: Since the Coronavirus pandemic broke last year, authorities and people around the world have struggled to contain and monitor Covid-19 positive patients from breaching home and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have developed LakshmanRekha, an artificial intelligence – biometric driven home quarantine management application (HQMA) for Covid-19 patients. The application uses a combination of biometric verification, geofencing, and artificial intelligence (AI), to continuously monitor and accurately detect the identity of a home quarantined person, stated … Read more
Roorkee: A group of scientists from IIT Roorkee have leveraged Artificial Intelligence (AI) to predict 10 FDI- approved commercial drugs available for the treatment of the disease. The study has been published in the prestigious journal PLOS One. The group of scientist was led by Prof. Soumitra Satapathi and the co-authors of the study include … Read more
New Delhi: No fresh lockdowns should be imposed on district or state level to contain the spread of COVID-19 unless There is an imminent danger of healthcare facilities being overwhelmed, according to a government-appointed committee chaired by IIT Hyderabad professor M Vidyasagar. The committee has also claimed that if all protocols are followed, the pandemic … Read more
Sometimes, all people need is the right opportunity to show what they are capable of; and Vijay Makwana did just that. The farmer’s son from Navi Akhol village in Ahmedabad had made his family proud by cracking JEE Advanced 2020, securing an all-India rank of 1849 in the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. Vijay’s education was … Read more
IIT Delhi Director, V. Ramgopal Rao has declared the total number of seats available at 23 Indian Institutes of Technology across the country. As the Joint Engineering Entrance (JEE) Advanced was declared today, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Director, V. Ramgopal Rao, took to Twitter to inform about the total number of seats … Read more
KOLKATA: With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, IIT Kharagpur on Friday launched a telemedicine software which facilitates critical health care support to patients at their doorsteps through remote consultation by a physician. The system iMediX which is accessible by any standard internet browser and also from a mobile device, has been developed by researchers at … Read more