Month: September 2020

Eleven teams of Indian and US scientists will soon start jointly scouting for out of the box solutions ranging from novel early diagnostic tests, antiviral therapy, drug repurposing, ventilator research, disinfection machines, and sensor-based symptom tracking for COVID 19. The teams have been selected to take up these initiatives through a rigorous binational review process … Read more

Secretaries–both former and present, of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) highlighted the milestones achieved so far by DST and discussed the road ahead at the inaugural panel discussion on ‘Remembering 50 Golden years of DST’ organized to commemorate the golden jubilee celebration of the department. “DST has an extraordinary impact on the S&T … Read more

A brochure featuring Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) under the National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) programme was launched by DST Secretary Professor Ashutosh Sharma at the National Get-Together of NIDHI-EIR Family. “NIDHI-EIR program is an example of innovative tweaking of the fellowship processes that make it possible to be effective,” said Professor Ashutosh … Read more

The Minister for Tribal Affairs Sh. Arjun Munda will inaugurate tomorrow the two day National Tribal Research Conclave to be held virtually on 3rd and 4th September, 2020. The Conclave has been organized by Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Indian Institute of Public Administration(IIPA). The Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, Smt Renuka Singh Saruta will also … Read more

The Coast Guard safely rescued a Filipino crew member from the waters late Wednesday after Japanese navy P-3C surveillance aircraft spotted the man wearing a life vest and waving while bobbing up and down in the water. The crew member is able to walk and in good health, Coast Guard officials said. The 11,947-ton Gulf … Read more

The move will safeguard the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users. This decision is a targeted move to ensure safety, security and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace. The 118 banned mobile apps include PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik, PUBG MOBILE LITE, WeChat Work, WeChat reading, Cyber Hunter, LifeAfter and Warpath.   The decision … Read more

Earlier, the law entitled the Hindu widows only to the homestead property of their husband.  The single judge bench of Justice Miftah Uddin Choudhury pronounced the judgement on Wednesday confirming a lower court’s verdict of 2004 that had ruled that the widow had rights to all the properties of her husband. Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad … Read more

India continues to report one of the lowest COVID Case Fatality Rates (CFR) when compared to several other countries. While the global CFR stands at 3.3% as on date, the comparative figure for India is 1.76%. The deaths per million population in India is one of the lowest in the world. While the global average … Read more

Union  Minister for Chemicals and  Fertilizers Shri DV Sadananda Gowda  and  Shri Mansukh Mandaviya  MoS, Chemicals & Fertilizers held  a review meeting on the functioning of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER )Mohali and Rae Bareli through video conferencing Yesterday. The meeting was attended by Secretary (Pharmaceuticals)  Dr P D Vaghela and other … Read more

Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah paid tributes to venerable Swami Sree Narayana Guru ji on his Jayanti today. In a tweet, Shri Amit Shah said, “As a social reformer, spiritual leader and strong advocate of equality & brotherhood, he played an instrumental role in setting up the foundations for social reform in Kerala against … Read more

To help the MSMEs in this long standing problem, Government of India has taken a series of measures recently. Union Finance Minister, as part of AtmaNirbhar Bharat package, had announced that Government entities should make such payments within 45 days. The Ministry of MSME followed up this announcement vigorously and took up the matter with … Read more

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said,passage of Mission Karmayogi–a National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB)by the Union Cabinetwill go a long way in creating a new future ready civil service for a New India. … Read more

The total recoveries in India have crossed 29 lakh (29,01,908) as of today. Last 10 lakh recoveries have been recorded in only 17 days in comparison to preceding 10 lakh recoveries which were recorded in 22 days. A significant feature of India’s management of COVID-19 cases is the growing rate of recovered patients. As India continues to … Read more

Some 70 resupply flights had landed in eastern airports in support of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) of Khalifa Haftar since July 8, Stephanie Williams told the U.N. Security Council. In the same period, 30 flights and nine cargo ships had carried materiel to western Libya to assist the internationally recognized Government of National … Read more

The Defence Ministers of all eight SCO member nations are expected to deliberate on regional security challenges like terrorism and extremism and ways to deal with them collectively in Moscow.   Defence Ministers is visiting Moscow at the invitation of Russian Defence Minister General Shergei Shoigu. During his three day visit, he will also take … Read more

The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) is a non-profit organization that works for thepartnership between India and the U.S. The Theme of the 5 day Summit that began on the 31st of August is “US-India Navigating New Challenges”. The theme covers various subjects such as India’s potential in becoming a Global Manufacturing Hub, Opportunities in India’s … Read more

On a hot, humid day at Flushing Meadows, Edmund was left bathed in sweat while a cool and collected Djokovic stayed on course for his 18th Grand Slam title and improved his 2020 match record to 25-0. It stands as the second best start to a season since the Serb went 41-0 in 2011. With … Read more

According to reports, the incident took place late on Tuesday night. Reuters video filmed in the early hours of Wednesday (September 2) showed forensics and police officers at the crime scene. As of Wednesday, the death toll stands at eight with 14 others sustaining injuries at the funeral. Authorities have not yet reported on the … Read more

The move was blocked by 5 members of the UNSC council USA, UK, France, Germany, and Belgium.On the development, India’s Permanent Representative to UN, T S Tirumurti tweeted “Pakistan’s blatant attempt to politicize 1267 special procedure on terrorism by giving it a religious colour, has been thwarted by UN Security Council. We thank all those … Read more

Ashwin, who had joined the team from Kings XI Punjab in a trade, is looking forward to working with the team. “I had heard a lot about the Delhi Capitals, and I look forward to working with Ponting. I’ve had some wonderful conversations with him over the last week or so. Shreyas is a lovely … Read more

 The brochure brought out by Venture Center, details what the EIRs are working on and some highlights about them. It is also meant to be a directory of all EIRs. All contributing project execution partners are also featured in the brochure. The brochure also has a summary number of results and impact. Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) Programme … Read more

Quoting a study conducted in collaboration with Yale, it said that more than 65 percent of people who receive advance flood warnings take action to protect themselves and their assets. It said Google is working to launch a new forecasting model to double the lead time so that people have an extra day or so … Read more

General public can avail the services on given Lines from the date as per the operational timings shown against them:- STAGE-1 7th September 2020 onwards Line-2 (Yellow Line) from Samaypur Badli to HUDA City Centre including Rapid Metro, Gurugram MORNING (4 Hours only) (7 AM to 11 AM) EVENING (4Hours only) (4 PM to 8 … Read more

Scientists may soon have a solution in the form of diagnostic therapy for lung cancer which paves the way for personalized medicine. Recently researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, have developed a theranostics (diagnostic therapy) drug candidate … Read more

All government, semi government, autonomous and private institutions and Bangladesh missions  abroad kept the national flag at half mast to pay respect to the departed dignitary. Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. A K Abdul Momen visited the High Commission of India to pay tribute to the former President Pranab Mukherjee. He described Pranab Mukherjee as … Read more

The School of Artificial Intelligence aims to cement IIT Delhi’s leadership position in India and considerably improve its global standing.  The institute is already a leader in the country and Asia for research and educational activity in Artificial Intelligence (AI).  As per CSRankings.org, IIT Delhi is No.1 in India based on the number of high … Read more

The teams have been selected to take up these initiatives through a rigorous binational review process of proposals received for an invitation under COVID-19 Ignition Grants in April 2020 issued by the U.S.-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF). The USISTEF today announced the awards to eleven bilateral teams proposing out-of-the-box, innovative ideas to address … Read more

    Samsung, India’s most trusted smartphone brand, today announced the debut of Mo-B, a mascot that represents all things ‘monster’ synonymous with Galaxy M series smartphones. The Galaxy M brand stands for monster features such as long-lasting battery, Infinity-O display and 64MP quad camera, which have become quite a rage with Gen Z and … Read more

On September 1 at their Galaxy Fold2: Unpacked Part2 event, Samsung Electronics introduced its latest device, the Galaxy Z Fold2, in captivating detail.   Not only does the Galaxy Z Fold2 come with a bigger screen than its predecessor, a feature that truly stands out once the device is opened up, but it also possesses … Read more

12 men Rowers will attend a camp starting from 1st October 2020 to 31st January 2021 (4 months) which will be held at Army Rowing Node, Pune. The names of Rowers approved for the camp are –  Men’s Singles Sculls (M1x) Sawarn Singh, Sukhmeet Singh, Bittu Singh, Jakar Singh, Roopendra Singh, Parminder Singh, Dattu Baban … Read more

Actress and Model Srishti Gupta said that she is balancing both her worlds corporate and acting career at the same time. Srishti Gupta has won Miss Chhattisgarh title in 2014 and she was one of the finalists in Miss India 2017 pageant. She has completed her studies in MBA and before entering into entertainment industry, … Read more

The Australian legend seemed full of energy and made sure his troops were upbeat as well. Speaking post a three-hour nets session, Ponting said the conditions were draining but his team was happy to be back together.  “The attitude from the start has been amazing, and today was no exception. It was hot and quite … Read more

In August, Facebook suspended 103 Pages, 78 Groups, 453 accounts, and 107 Instagram accounts being run from Pakistan.In its August 2020 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) Report, Facebook has said that it has removed 3 networks of accounts including one from Pakistan, focused on both domestic audiences in Pakistan and also in India. The incidence has … Read more

Department of Personnel & Training, included 20 such games in the list for direct recruitment. The move comes following a proposal from the Department of Sports for inclusion of some more disciplines in the list of 43 sports for recruitment of sportspersons to any Group C post in ministries/departments of government of India. Accordingly, the … Read more

Continuing the streak of posting more than 60,000 recoveries each day since the past five days, India has registered 65,081 recoveries in the last 24 hours. The cumulative number of recovered patients have grown to 28,39,882, taking the Recovery Rate among COVID-19 patients to further high of 77%.  The number of recovered patients has overtaken the active cases by 3.61 times. … Read more

The Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal has invited the US business and industry to work with their Indian counterparts to take the bilateral trade to greater heights. Addressing the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) through a virtual conference today, ShriGoyal said that the two democracies share deep commitment with each other, at the Government, Business … Read more

The Union Cabinet condoled the sad demise of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India. Cabinet also observed silence for two minutes in the memory of Shri Pranab Mukherjee. The Cabinet today passed the following resolution: “The Cabinet expresses profound sorrow at the sad demise of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India. In his passing … Read more

Shri Rajiv Kumar today assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India. Sh Kumar joins the Election Commission of India with Chief Election Commissioner Shri Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Shri Sushil Chandra. Born on 19thFebruary 1960, Shri Rajiv Kumar is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service Officer.  During the span of more … Read more

Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, reviewed the progress of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India Limited (DFCCIL), which was attended by all the top officials of Railways Board, DFCCIL including CRB and MD/DFCCIL, and the contractual agencies.  During the meeting, the senior officials presented the current status of the project. Shri … Read more

On mission mode, Indian Railways achieved a significant milestone of pulling freight traffic ahead. Indian Railways Freight loading for the month of August 2020 surpasses last years loading for the same month. In the month of August 2020 Indian Railways loading was 94.33 million tonnes which is 3.31 million tonnes higher compare to last years … Read more

The guiding principle within the Centre-led strategy of TEST, TRACK, TREAT has been aggressive testing by the States/UTs. High level of testing on a sustained leads to early diagnosis  and enhanced recoveries. Following this tenet, India’s cumulative tests have crossed 4.3 crores today (4,33,24,834). 1,22,66,514 tests were done in the last two weeks alone. States/UTs … Read more

Union Department of Fertilizers is observing Swachhta Pakhwada from 1st  – 15th September 2020. All PSUs and other Organizations under the  Department  are participating in the Swachhta Abhiyan in a big way. Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri DV Sadananda Gowda said in a tweet that Swachhta Pakhwada has gained even greater importance this … Read more