DBT-National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani an Autonomous Institute funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India has created a database of genomic variations in oral cancer; the first of its kind in the world. NIBMG has made this database publicly-accessible.
India and Singapore held a bilateral meeting last evening through virtual mode under the aegis of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered into between Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Public Service Division (PSD), Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore on 01st June 2018 on the subject of “Personnel Management and Public Administration”.
On Wednesday, Crisil, a ratings agency, the information technology (IT) industry in India is expected to register a 11% revenue growth in FY22.
In a historic move, a separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ has been created by the Modi Government for realizing the vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’.
On Tuesday, as per a report published by GlobalData, the e-commerce industry in India is expected to grow at ~ 141% through 2025, to reach US$ 111.4 billion in 2025 from US$ 46.2 billion in 2020.
In a recent study , researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) proposed an improved model for the cooling of molten spheroidal graphite iron that can optimise the cooling process in iron manufacturing industries for better quality cast iron. The study, published in Metallurgical and Materials transactions B, was partially funded by John Deere India Pvt. Ltd.
India’s hiring rate has recovered moderately from 10 per cent in April to 35 per cent in May 2021, but the aftermath of the second Covid-19 wave has left professionals in India increasingly vulnerable to the economic uncertainty, as per LinkedIn data.
On Monday, Gen Naravane met UK’s Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sir Nicholas Carter and exchanged views on defence cooperation between the two countries. Gen Naravane inspected the Guard of Honour provided by the Grenadier Guards on Horse Guards’ Parade Square as part of his welcome by the British Army.
Next month, India is set to receive its first shipment of one million barrels of Liza Crude Oil from Guyana. This is the first purchase of Guyanese crude oil from the Government of Guyana’s share of oil by an Indian PSU refiner – Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL). According to the Indian Mission in that country, the oil tanker left the shores on July 4-5, 2021 and will be reaching the Paradip Port in India in the first week of August.
The 2 plus 2 dialogue entails an annual meeting between the external affairs minister, Mr S. Jaishankar and the defence minister, Mr Rajnath Singh and their Russian counterparts, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and defence minister Sergey Shoygu. India has agreed to the Russian offer, but where the first meeting will happen and when is yet to be decided. Much will depend on how acute the Covid situation is in the coming months.
