820 centrally protected monuments under ASI to open from tomorrow

In a tweet, Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said that his Ministry has approved the opening of 820 monuments of its living monuments from 8th June. He said, all the guidelines issued by the Home Ministry and the Health ministry in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic will be followed. There are 3,691 centrally-protected monuments and … Read more

Australia extends support to airlines for domestic flights

Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Michael McCormack said the initial backing, due to expire on Monday, will be extended to cover shortfalls in operating flights on top domestic routes, even as airlines start to rebuild crushed capacity. Australia has barred its citizens from almost all outbound travel in order to stop the spread of … Read more

NBRIC develops diagnostic kits for COVID-19

A press release issued by NBRIC has announced that the consortium has indigenously developed RT-PCR test kits, ELISA rapid antibody testing kits and also in-bench enzymes key to run the testing kits for COVID-19.  The Indian Regulatory Authority CDSCO has given approval to Pune based MyLab for indigenous manufacturing of COVID-19 testing kit and to … Read more