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05 Apr

Self-propelled vehicle can replace manual railway track scavenging

The News Horizon0 CommentsNational, Science, TechDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, DST, human waste, manual scavenging, National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, NITTTR, railway track, railway tracks, scavenging vehicle, self-propelled

New Delhi: A self-propelled railway track scavenging vehicle may soon replace manual scavenging and cleaning that is still practiced to remove human waste lying on railway tracks. Despite the ban on manual scavenging since 1993 in the country, men and women are seen removing excreta on the tracks with brooms and metal plates. Once the garbage is picked up from the tracks, night soil, excessive dirt, oil, and other foreign materials are ineffectively cleaned with high-pressure water jets. Dr Sharad K. Pradhan, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR), Bhopal, has developed…

03 Apr

A company that is offering a new perspective to the Real Estate industry in Affordable sector in South Delhi

The News Horizon0 CommentsBusinessAravalli Koral Homes, Chattarpur, CS Realty, Delhi based Real Estate company, Eco Friendly and Smart homes, eco-friendly homes, Mandi, Real Estate industry, South Delhi

Delhi [India] : How many times you have thought that the house that you are living in could save a lot of money if you build it right? Let us tell you, never! Right? Well, CS Realty a Delhi based Real Estate company has taken the oath to create Eco Friendly and Smart homes in the Southern part of South Delhi. Their new project Aravalli Koral Homes 2 which is located at Mandi, which is the southern part of Chattarpur/ Chhattarpur and it, is well connected to Gurugram and Faridabad. And this location is suitable for people who commute from…

02 Apr

An effort to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship

The News Horizon0 CommentsEducation, National, State Newschallenge, children, innovation, IoE, IOT, outreach, partnership, pedagogy, PSA, Pune Knowledge Cluster, robotics, Salaam Bombay Foundation, school, sensor, student, superpower, teacher, technology, vocation

New Delhi: The Office of Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India in partnership with Salaam Bombay Foundation and Pune Knowledge Cluster organized an outreach session showcasing innovative solutions developed by school children to ensure the safety of teachers and students when schools reopen across the country. The programme was a part of the Office of PSA’s Innovation and Science @Bharat’s Industry-Academia knowledge sessions. It was meant to inspire school children for finding technology-based solutions for India’s wide-ranging challenges. It was conducted live on the YouTube channel of the Office of PSA for school children studying in 9th…

01 Apr

Meet Mr. Chandresh Pandey and his life as a Fashion Influencer

The News Horizon0 CommentsFashion & Beauty, Lifestyle

Mumbai, Maharashtra: When Mr. Chandresh Pandeys' attraction towards filmmaking started to grow more when he experienced the deeper knowledge of films in general he also realized the deeper meaning of styling and fashioning. The right fit of clothes and styles would attract a lot of people towards his projects and it gave him a sense of feeling what he perhaps wanted to do next. One doesn't always have to wear expensive clothes when you put the simpler ones together they turn out to be the best indeed. When he studied more about this, things went to a different tangent. It…

31 Mar

Salt substitution is effective to reduce blood pressure in rural India

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & Fitness, Lifestyle, Science

New Delhi: Replacing regular common salt consumed by hypertensive patients in rural areas with a salt substitute can have a significant impact in terms of lowering their blood pressure, a new study by The George Institute for Global Health (GIGH) has revealed. Researchers found that substituting a small part of the sodium in salt with potassium without altering the taste led to a substantial reduction in systolic blood pressure in these patients, supporting salt substitution as an effective, low-cost intervention for lowering blood pressure in rural India, says GIGH statement. The study entitled “Effects of reduced-sodium added-potassium salt substitute on…

31 Mar

New hope for mitochondrial disorders

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & Fitness, Scienceautosomal, brain, DBT, DBT-NII, Department of Biotechnology, DNA, ear, energy, eye, genome editing, heart, kidney, liver, maternal inheritance, mismatch, muscles, mutation, National Institute of Immunology, nerve, organ, replication, symptom, tissue, treatment

New Delhi: Efforts to find a treatment for mitochondrial disorders is set to get a major boost with a team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s National Institute of Immunology (DBT-NII) figuring out a way to tackle autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia (adPEO), which is a widely prevalent mitochondrial disorder. Mitochondrial genetic disorders refer to a group of conditions that affect the mitochondria, the structures in the body cells that are responsible for making energy. People with these conditions can be of any age with almost any affected body system. However, the brain, muscles, heart, liver, nerves, eyes, ears…

31 Mar

Cord Blood transplant outperforms bone marrow transplant states a new study by ASH

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & Fitness

Published in the journal – Blood Advances – the studies aim to study the efficacy of cord blood in treatment of diverse disorders Studies’ outcome crucial for multi-ethnic country like India, where the chances of finding a matching donor are very low. New Delhi: American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world's largest professional society working to conquer blood diseases has recently released two key studies on cord blood transplants, as part of its Blood Advances journal. Led by a team of leading researchers from University of Colorado and University of Pittsburgh, the two studies have brought to foray the various…

30 Mar

A women-led startup develops deep-tech for reliable low-cost internet services to rural areas

The News Horizon0 CommentsNational, Tech

New Delhi : Astrome, a women-led startup, has developed an innovative wireless product that gives fibre like bandwidth at fraction of cost of fibre to help telecom operators deliver reliable low-cost internet services to suburban and rural areas. Reaching internet access to remote places in countries like India is difficult because laying fibre is too expensive. There is a need for wireless backhaul products that can deliver low cost, high data capacity, and wide reach. Currently available, wireless backhaul products either do not provide sufficient data speeds or the required range or are very expensive to deploy. The wireless product called Giga…

30 Mar

SBI Foundation to help deploy two indigenous innovations for COVID care

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & Fitness, Lifestyle, Techbiomedical, biotech, C-CAMP, COVID-19, CSR, cutting-edge, global, Healthcare, hospitals, indigenous, innovation, life-saving, market, medtech, national, pandemic, primary health centres, quarantine, respiratory, SBI Foundation

New Delhi: Bengaluru-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) has inked a pact with SBI Foundation for CSR (corporate social responsibility) support towards boosting existing public healthcare efforts in light of a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic. Through this joint effort, they will bring two new, potentially life-saving technologies in assisted respiratory devices and contactless remote vitals monitoring categories for deployment across the country. The innovations developed by two of India’s medtech startups, Coeo Labs and Turtle Shell Technologies will be deployed in several cities worst affected by the pandemic. Dr Taslim arif Saiyed, C-CAMP CEO and Director said, “The C-CAMP-SBI…

30 Mar

No guts no glory, No hustle No story: Mr. Chandresh Pandey, as A Filmmaker/Producer

The News Horizon0 CommentsEntertainment, Lifestyle

Mumbai, Maharashtra: Growing up Mr. Chandresh Pandey had an immense amount of love in films, every film he saw led him to dream about the day where he could have his own production house. Having an utmost inclination and fascination towards films and arts, he swayed in. Growing up he knew this is something that he was more attracted to, with unsupportive people and supportive close ones he took a step further and surely he hasn't regretted it even a bit. Art and films never go unseen, everyone has a different fondness towards it, but only some people have the…