New Delhi, June 10, 2021: NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation on June 8th, 2021 launched Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan in 112 Aspirational Districts to assist district administrations in providing home-care support to Covid-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. The Abhiyaan is being part of a special initiative, Aspirational Districts Collaborative, in which […]
Category: Technology
Researchers track reason behind decline in star formation activity 8 billion years ago
New Delhi, June 8, 2021: Astronomers tracking star formation activity of the young Universe billions of years ago have long been intrigued by the fact that star formation activity in the galaxies which was at its highest about 8-10 billion years ago, had declined steadily thereafter. Searching for the reason behind this, they have found […]
Oxygen sensor can save lives in places like underground mines, higher altitudes
New Delhi, June 7, 2021: Indian Scientists have developed a nanorods-based oxygen sensor which works at room temperature with assistance of UV irradiation and can detect oxygen gas concentrations in places such as underground mines, at higher altitudes, inside aeroplanes and research labs. Monitoring O2 concentration in very low ppm-level is of paramount importance, and […]
ASPAGNIITM may revolutionise cancer treatment
New Delhi, June 5, 2021: To successfully implement innovation newer modalities for cancer treatment, researchers at the New Delhi-based National Institute of Immunology (NII), an Autonomous Institute of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), and clinicians at Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai have been working together to translate new scientific discoveries into improved care for cancer patients. Over […]
SWASTIIK: Scientists use modern tech and Ayurveda for safe drinking water
New Delhi, June 3, 2021: Scientists, Dr. VM Bhandari and his group at CSIR-NCL Pune, with support from the Water Technology Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has developed the novel hybrid technology called SWASTIIK’ that involves boiling of a liquid as a result of pressure reduction (cavitation) and […]
IIT Ropar develops AmbiTAG- India’s first indigenous temperature data logger for the cold chain management
NewDelhi, June 1, 2021: Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar (IIT Ropar) in Punjab has developed a first-of-its-kind IoT device – AmbiTag that records real-time ambient temperature during the transportation of perishable products, vaccines and even body organs and blood. That recorded temperature further helps to know whether that particular item transported from anywhere in the […]
Government of India bashes Twitter, tells it to mind its ways (Full Statement)
New Delhi, May 27, 2021: Twitter seems to be testing the Indian government’s patience. In a harshly worded statement, presented without editing below, Indian government reprimanded the social media company: The Government strongly controverts the claims made by Twitter today in its press release.India has a glorious tradition of free speech and democratic practices dating […]
DIPCOVAN: DRDO develops COVID-19 antibody detection kit
New Delhi, May 23, 2021: Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has developed an antibody detection-based kit ‘DIPCOVAN’, the DIPAS-VDx COVID-19 IgG Antibody Microwell ELISA for sero-surveillance. The DIPCOVAN kit can detect both spike as well as nucleocapsid (S&N) proteins of SARS-CoV-2 virus with […]
Machine learning helps pick out stars in a crowd
New Delhi, May 20, 2021: Indian Astronomers have developed a new method based on Machine Learning that can identify cluster stars– assembly of stars physically related through common origin, with much greater certainty. The method can be used on clusters of all ages, distances, and densities. The method has been used to identify hundreds of […]
DST institute develops new multiplex RT-PCR kit with novel gene targets
New Delhi, May 20, 2021: A newly developed multiplex RT-PCR kit has a higher accuracy of detecting covid19 across the various mutant strains of the virus responsible for the global pandemic. As the pandemic is going through a second wave with multiple variants, the selection of target genes in multiplex RT-PCR assay is becoming critical […]