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An effort to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship

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

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…
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Salt substitution is effective to reduce blood pressure in rural India

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…
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New hope for mitochondrial disorders

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

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

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…
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SBI Foundation to help deploy two indigenous innovations for COVID care

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

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…
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Papa Rap Singer is back with Pagla Wala Dance this Holi

New Delhi: Saemy's Papa Rap Song became the national anthem of backbenchers overnight and was an instant hit on social media platforms last year. Now, Kolkata based Rapper, Saemy is all set to make your Holi bang on with his new track, Pagla Wala Dance. The song has already released on the official youtube channel of Koinage Records, on 27th March 2021. The crazy lyrics and fun vibe of the song have already garnered lots of love on the popular social media platforms like Instagram, and Youtube. Directed by Arzad Naaz, and the Pagla Wala Dance features India's Got Talent,…
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Holi Remedies with Ace Astro-Numerologist Sidhharrth S Kumaar

Gurugram, Haryana [India]: Holi is a traditional Hindu festival celebrating at the beginning of spring and lasts for two days. It is the celebration of prosperity, love, and colours and the triumph of good over evil. Holi is relatively secular among Hindu celebrations. It has various methodologies behind it. First and important is the burning of the devil Holika and has a story of Krishna and Radha. Krishna loved Radha, but he has some disturbances about the difference in their skin colours. Then he went and painted Radha's face, so it was the same colour as his. That is why…
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