IIT Madras, IIT Mandi researchers engineer N nimmoniana plant cells to increase Camptothecin production, used in cancer treatment – ET HealthWorld

IIT Madras, IIT Mandi researchers engineer N nimmoniana plant cells to increase Camptothecin production, used in cancer treatment – ET HealthWorld

Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and IIT Mandi researchers have metabolically engineered the plant cells of Nothapodytes nimmoniana to increase the production of Camptothecin, which is used to treat cancer. The researchers from the Plant Cell Technology Lab of IIT Madras have developed a genome-scale metabolic model for N nimmoniana plant cells … Read more

IIT Mandi startup develops AI-based solution to detect respiratory, genetic disorders – ET HealthWorld

IIT Mandi startup develops AI-based solution to detect respiratory, genetic disorders – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi : An IIT-Mandi startup has built a cost-effective Artificial Intelligence-based medical imaging solution that has the potential to revolutionise the early detection of respiratory abnormalities, hepatobiliary diseases and genetic disorders in children, officials said. The innovators at Dectrocel Healthcare have developed a platform in which digital and analogue chest X-Ray images and pictures … Read more

IIT Mandi research: Online reviews help drive adoption of wearable health monitors, Health News, ET HealthWorld

IIT Mandi research: Online reviews help drive adoption of wearable health monitors, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Mandi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi have analysed the different factors that affect herding in adoption of wearable technologies for personal healthcare. They have used mathematical models to analyse data collected from surveys to provide insights into the marketing effectiveness of online reviews. The findings of the research have been published in … Read more

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 Live Updates | 18% turnout till 11 a.m., Mandi records 21.92%

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 Live Updates | 18% turnout till 11 a.m., Mandi records 21.92%

Of the 18% votes polled so far, the highest turnout has been recorded in Mandi with 21.92%, followed by Sirmaur at 21.66% and Solan at 20.28% Of the 18% votes polled so far, the highest turnout has been recorded in Mandi with 21.92%, followed by Sirmaur at 21.66% and Solan at 20.28% Voting for the … Read more

Himachal bypoll: India’s first voter, Shyam Saran Negi, casts vote in Kinnaur

Himachal bypoll: India’s first voter, Shyam Saran Negi, casts vote in Kinnaur

The first voter of independent India, 104-year-old Shyam Saran Negi, cast his vote in the Mandi parliamentary bypoll at the model polling station of Kalpa in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday. Bypolls to the Mandi Lok Sabha seat and the three Assembly segments of Fatehpur, Arki and Jubbal-Kotkhai were conducted in Himachal Pradesh … Read more

IIT Mandi researchers develop AI-driven home quarantine management application for COVID-19 patients

IIT Mandi researchers develop AI-driven home quarantine management application for COVID-19 patients

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

IIT Mandi develops artificial intelligence-based monitoring application for Covid-19 patients – ET HealthWorld

IIT Mandi develops artificial intelligence-based monitoring application for Covid-19 patients – ET HealthWorld

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

Govt proposes next meeting on December 9; seeks time from farmer unions for concrete proposal

Govt proposes next meeting on December 9; seeks time from farmer unions for concrete proposal

NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday proposed to hold another meeting on December 9 with representatives of protesting farmers, as their fifth round of talks ended in a deadlock with the farmers’ group going on a ‘maun vrat’ (vow of silence) seeking a clear ‘yes or no’ answer to their demand of repealing three farm … Read more

Farmers amp up MSP demand in mass protests

Farmers amp up MSP demand in mass protests

NEW DELHI: Scrap the new agriculture laws, which have deregulated the sale of crops, or insert an amendment in the laws that crops cannot be bought by private parties below the government-fixed minimum support price (MSP) – protesting farmers are steadfast in their key demand a week after thousands of them came and sat on … Read more

View: Why farmers are upset about agriculture reforms that claim to grant them more freedom

View: Why farmers are upset about agriculture reforms that claim to grant them more freedom

(This story originally appeared in on Sep 19, 2020) CThree months ago when Parliament was not in session, the Government of India issued three ordinances. Normally ordinances are issued only as an emergency law, and they have to be converted into proper legislation as soon as Parliament reconvenes. These three ordinances were about agriculture and … Read more