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Government sets up two more Central Drug Laboratories at Pune and Hyderaba
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and considering the enhanced production of COVID vaccines, the Government of India has set up two laboratories to facilitate expedited testing/pre-release certification of the vaccines, informed the Union Ministry of Scie
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Take tiered approach to tackle climate change melting glaciers, altering r
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Climate change is causing river runoffs and melting of glaciers located in the Himalayan range and the seasonality of flow in rivers in the region like the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra will continue to increase till the 2050s, says a new study which suggest
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Seawater desalination unit brings relief to drought-prone Tamil Nadu villa
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Science and Technology on Saturday informed that seawater desalination through "solar thermal forward osmosis" has brought relief to a drought-prone village in Tamil Nadu.
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New software helps identify patients likely to require ventilator support
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): A new software Covid Severity Score (CSS) can now identify patients likely to require ventilator support in an ICU and referral in time, the Ministry of Science and Technology informed on Saturday.
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Cold desert Ladakh experienced active flooding during post-glacial warming
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): The cold desert of Ladakh Himalaya once experienced large floods that rose much above the present-day river level scientists have shown, scientists have shown, the Ministry of Science and Technology informed on Wednesday.
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DBT-NII receives Trademark for India's first indigenous tumour antigen SPA
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): India's first indigenous tumour antigen, SPAG9 discovered by Dr Anil Suri, head of Cancer Research Program at Delhi based National Institute of Immunology (NII), an Autonomous Institute of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), in 1998 has received the trademark
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Government of India selects Chandigarh University as GATI Charter Institut
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): Department of Science & Technology (DST) under the aegis of Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (GOI) has selected Chandigarh University as GATI Charter Institution (Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions
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Bangalore startup receives award for developing solution for conversion of
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Ministry of Science and Technology on Monday informed that a Bangalore-based startup has received the National Award 2021 from the Technology Development Board (TDB) for developing a commercial solution for the conversion of carbon dioxide to chemicals and fu
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DST funded start-up's ELISA test to better estimate COVID 19 antibody conc
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): A Department of Science and Technology (DST) supported technology-- Electrochemical ELISA test -- enables fast and accurate estimation of antibody concentration of COVID-19 in clinical samples, Ministry of Science and Technology said on Saturday.
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Union Ministry invites applications from startups, companies for developin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): The Department of Science and Technology has invited applications from startups and companies for developing new technologies and innovative products to tackle the second wave of Covid-19.
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India mostly dependent on other countries for critical equipment like oxyg
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): India has a huge requirement of oxygen with the supply chain not being robust and the country is mostly dependent on other countries for critical equipment like oxygen concentrators, NITI Aayog member Dr VK Saraswat has said and noted that there is need for
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Production of COVID vaccines is being augmented, won't be difficult to mee
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The production of COVID-19 vaccines approved by the government is getting augmented and there is a promising pipeline of vaccine candidates and it will not be difficult to fulfill the obligation of vaccinating those over 18 years of age, a senior governm
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