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MP: Bhopali 'Dahiyar' mango has huge demand abroad, says Fruit Research Ce
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"Dahiyar is the mango of the period of Nawabs. During 1960-65, our former scientists had brought the budsticks of it from the slaughterhouse area of old Bhopal and planted it in the fruit research centre. Right now we have 40 Dahiyar trees which are about 57 to 60 years old. We also prepare
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Uniphore appoints Roberto Pieraccini as Chief Scientist
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Palo Alto (California) [US], May 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Uniphore, the leader in conversational AI and automation, today announced the appointment of Roberto Pieraccini as Chief Scientist. Pieraccini, an expert in spoken human-machine interaction, joins Uniphore's technology team, bring
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"Indian plate moving 5 cm every year, raising possibility of earthquakes":
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A leading weather scientist and geological expert has warned that the Indian tectonic plate is moving about 5 cm every year, leading to accumulation of stress along the Himalayas and increasing the possibility of major seismic events -- earthquakes -- in the coming days.
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CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad and Luminous Power Technologies Join Hands to Develop
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Aligning with the 'Make in India' and 'Innovate India' programs, Luminous Power Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram and CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, (CSIR- IICT), Hyderabad have joined hands to develop a Rechargeable Al
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Not just vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics key to deal with outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Soumya Swaminathan, the World Health Organization's former chief scientist on Tuesday laid emphasis that it is important not to forget the use of diagnostics and therapeutics, along with the development of vaccines to deal with any future virus.
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India should have strong regulatory system to remain leader in generic med
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Chief Scientist at World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said that it's very important for India to have a strong regulatory system to remain a leader in the generic medicine and vaccines space.
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New XBB Covid variant is immune evasive says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 21 (ANI): With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said that there were over 300 sub-variants and XBB being a recombinant virus is a matter of concern.
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Dementia: WHO gives blueprint for research on 7th leading cause of death
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 4 (ANI): The World Health Organistaion (WHO) on Tuesday announced the development of a blueprint for dementia research, the first WHO initiative of its kind for noncommunicable diseases.
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ICMR played crucial role in India's COVID-19 fightback: Scientist
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune along with its chief scientists have been at the forefront to deal with the emerging challenges, including expeditious isol
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NASA names new chief scientist and senior climate adviser
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): NASA has named Katherine Calvin to serve as chief scientist and senior climate adviser, the agency said in a press release.
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Vaccines still effective against Omicron as T cell immunity holds up bette
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 30 (ANI): Emphasising that the Omicron variant is infecting both vaccinated and unvaccinated people worldwide, WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said that it appears that vaccines are still proving to be effective because even though the numbers
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COVID-19: India one of the largest contributors of global solidarity trial
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 20 (ANI): WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Monday said India is one of the largest contributors of the global solidarity trial that is aimed to provide robust results on whether a drug can save lives in patients hospitalized with severe or
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