Covid-19 recovery rate in country stands at 63.91 %

A record 36 thousand 145 people recovered in 24 hours pushing the recovery rate to 63.91 per cent. The case fatality rate has further declined to 2.31 per cent in the country.   The Health and Family Welfare Ministry today said the total recovered cases climbed to eight lakh 85 thousand 577 while active corona … Read more

Nation pays tributes to war heroes on Kargil Vijay Diwas

Drass War memorial has been decorated for the celebrations of 21years of victory in 1999 Kargil War. Due to Covid 19 Pandemic the celebrations this year are scaled down in magnanimity. Usually, the celebrations run for three days starting from 24th July, have been limited to a single day.   However, several events relating to … Read more

TRIFED signs MoU with IIT, Delhi for Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA)

In addition to its ongoing initiatives and programme implementations, TRIFED has now entered into a partnership with IIT Delhi for the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), a flagship national programme of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.  To cement and formalise this partnership, a tripartite MOU was signed between TRIFED, IIT Delhi(on behalf of the … Read more

PM Modi reviews implementation of PM-SVANidhi Scheme

It was informed over 2.6 lakh applications have been received, over 64,000 have been sanctioned and over 5,500 have been disbursed.  He expressed satisfaction on use of end-to-end IT solution through a web-portal and mobile App for administration of the Scheme to ensure transparency, accountability and speed.  While noting that the Ministry of Housing and … Read more

IIT Kharagpur researchers develop novel technology for COVID-19 Rapid Test

This first-of-its-kind device will bring the testing for COVID-19 out from the walls of expensive laboratories and RT-PCR machines and enable testing at affordable costs for the under-served community across the world. This entire test can be conducted in an ultra-low-cost portable enclosure as an alternative to specialized laboratory equipment. The same portable unit can be … Read more