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14 Jan

Dr. Harsh Vardhan felicitates Kayakalp award to Public and Private Health Facilities for high standards of Sanitation and Hygiene

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“Kayakalp has also made significant impact in improving the behaviour of masses” “I will like to see all the healthcare facilities achieving the benchmark score by year 2022”- Dr Harsh Vardhan Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and family Welfare inaugurated the 5th National Kayakalp Awards along with Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey through a video conference. At the beginning, Dr Harsh Vardhan reminded everyone about clarion call of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji for Swachhagraha from Rajpath. He said, “Swachh Bharat Mission’s (SBM) foundation was laid down on 2nd October 2014. Swachh Bharat Mission in its eighth year…

14 Jan

Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates the first the Grand Finale of the Red Ribbon Quiz Competition organized by NACO and MoHFW

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“Good Health is a pre-requisite for a productive young workforce” “India is marching to ensure that its young working-age population is equipped to seize opportunities for jobs and other income-earning possibilities” Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family welfare today inaugurated the first ‘The Grand Finale of the Red Ribbon Quiz Competition’ organized by the National AIDS Control Organization and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in the presence of Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. Inaugurating the event, Dr Harsh Vardhan said, “It is a proud privilege and honor for me…

14 Jan

3th India-Vietnam Defence Security Dialogue

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Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar, co-chaired the 13th India-Vietnam Defence Security Dialogue along with his Vietnamese co-chair Sr Lt Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Defence Minister, Socialist Republic of Vietnam on 12 January 2021. During their virtual interaction, Defence Secretary and the Deputy Defence Minister expressed satisfaction at the ongoing defence cooperation between the two countries in spite of the limitations imposed by COVID 19. During the virtual interaction, Defence Secretary and the Deputy Defence Minister exchanged views on the plan of action that has emanated from the recently concluded Virtual Summit between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime…

13 Jan

IIT-Indore scientists uncover a new approach to inhibit Zika virus replication

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New Delhi (India Science Wire): Efforts to find an effective treatment for the Zika virus could get a boost with researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Indore (IIT-Indore) identifying some structures in the genetic makeup of the virus that could be used as targets for drugs. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the threat posed by emerging and re-emerging diseases to public health across the world. This has led to an increase in the focus of medical research on the development of effective drugs and vaccines against them. Zika is one such virus. The World Health Organisation (WHO) had declared it…

12 Jan

Holding breath may increase risk of getting COVID-19 Infection

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New Delhi (India Science Wire): High demand for information on COVID pandemic, its toll on healthcare systems and lives, and the many unanswered questions about a virus that was discovered only in December 2019 have created the breeding ground for myths and fake news. ‘The ability to hold the breath for a minute is a sign of a COVID-free body’, is one such misinformation that went viral during the pandemic. A group of researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) has found that, on the contrary, holding breath may increase the chances of getting COVID-19 infection. They modelled the…

12 Jan

DBT-NIAB takes up project to help upscale goat production

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New Delhi (India Science Wire): Goat husbandry in India is essentially an endeavor of millions of small holders who rear animals on crop-residues and common property resources. Goats play a significant role in providing supplementary income and livelihood to millions of resource-poor farmers and landless workers in rural India. The Department of Biotechnology’s Hyderabad-based National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (DBT-NIAB) has taken up a project to upscale subsistence-level goat production to a viable, profitable model that will increase incomes and thereby reduce poverty and enhance food security, while simultaneously preserving the community and national resource systems. The project is being…

11 Jan

Researchers devise new method to arm electronic gadgets against power fluctuations

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New Delhi (India Science Wire): Indian researchers have developed the performance analysis of miniaturized circuitry used in modern devices such as mobile phones and tablets so that the devices may be designed for better performance even under erratic DC power supply. “There is a need to understand the design equations that take into account the miniaturized parts of mixed electronic circuitry in order to improve the performance of the device and enhance the robustness of the components to power fluctuations”, says, Dr. Hitesh Shrimali, Associate Professor, School of Computing & Electrical Engineering, IIT Mandi. His research team analyses the losses that occur…

10 Jan

PM Inaugurates Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, inaugurated the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas Convention. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister complimented the overseas Indians for their role during the Corona pandemic in their respective countries. He said that during his discussions with the State Heads, he always felt pride in the overseas Indians when the Heads praised the Indian’s in their countries for their contribution as doctors, paramedics and as general citizens. He also noted the contribution of the overseas Indian’s in India’s fight against COVID. Noting India’s role in dealing with Y2K crisis and strides made by the Indian pharma…

09 Jan

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said Corona took India back to its original ethos

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At an IIPA session with Sadhguru, the Minister said, ease of living for common man is the ultimate aim of Good Governance 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 today said that Corona has enabled us to go back to our original Indian ethos and practices like hand wash and Namaste have come into vogue with greater vigour. He said, Covid has awakened us all on the importance of healthcare as a national priority and also made the world aware of the…

08 Jan

IREDA to Support NHPC in Green Energy projects for 5 years; MoU Signed today

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Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), under administrative control of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NHPC Ltd., the PSU under Ministry of Power, for providing its technical expertise in developing renewable energy projects. Under the (MoU), IREDA will undertake Techno-Financial due diligence of Renewable energy and Energy Efficiency & conservation projects for NHPC. IREDA will assist NHPC in developing an action plan to create and acquire Renewable Energy projects for the next 5 years. The MoU was signed through virtual mode by Shri Pradip Kumar Das, CMD, IREDA and…