If you have come across the recent spate of news stories about the terrible effects of long-term sleep deprivation and are worried about you yourself missing out on the recommended 7 to 8 daily hours of shut-eye, there is some re-assurance coming your way from India’s traditional healthcare wisdom. The broad area of study called ‘anidra’ in Ayurveda deals with sleep-deprivation and related conditions, and it offers some time-tested solutions.
In October 2020, India’s manufacturing sector operation improved for the third straight month, with businesses growing production to the greatest extent in 13 years in the midst of robust sales growth. The IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) increased from 56.8 in September to 58.9 in October, according to a monthly survey, and pointed to the greatest improvement in the health of the sector in over a decade.
Enhanced PINAKA rocket, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha today, 04 November 2020. Development of Enhanced Pinaka system was taken up to achieve longer range performance compared to earlier design with reduced length.
As part of ‘Mission Sagar-II’, Indian Naval Ship Airavat entered Port Sudan on 02 November 2020. The Government of India is providing assistance to Friendly Foreign Countries to overcome natural calamities and COVID-19 pandemic, and towards the same INS Airavat is carrying a consignment of 100 Tonnes of food aid for the people of Sudan.
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju virtually inaugurated Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) new Regional Centre in Zirakpur, Punjab today which will now act as one of the main SAI centres for the northern belt of India.
With the completion and opening of the Rohtang Tunnel, the focus of Indian agencies involved in the construction of strategic infrastructure in the border areas has shifted to the Shinku La Pass, where a 13.5-kilometer long tunnel is proposed on the Manali-Darcha-Padum-Kargil-Leh route.
The species were found in the coral reef in the Lakshadweep islands and have since been studied. The findings have been published in Zootaxa, an international peer-reviewed journal.
After giving highest ever monthly LHB coach production in July and Sept 2020, now this LHB coach production unit has achieved another milestone of record per day LHB outturn of 5.88 coaches in October 2020.
The IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 58.9 in October 2020—the highest since mid-2008—from 56.8 in September. A reading over 50 indicates economic expansion.
Path breaking e-invoice initiative which completed one month on the 31st October, is poised to revolutionize the way businesses interact with each other. According to NIC, within the first month of introduction itself, more than 495 Lakh e-invoices were generated on the NIC portal by 27,400 tax payers.
