Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), an statutory body under Union Ministry of Labour & Employment has processed about 1.37 lakh claims across the country disbursing an amount of Rs. 279.65 crore under a new provision especially formulated by amending the EPF Scheme to help subscribers fight Covid-19.
Researchers from Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology, have made computer based designs of nano-materials with superhigh piezoelectricity which can be the building blocks of futuristic nano-electronics for applications like ultrathin, next-generation nano-transistors.
India has said it will supply hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and other medicines to Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh as they completely depend on the country for pharmaceuticals.
“The two sides exchanged notes on the evolving situation relating to spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the respective national efforts by both the countries to combat and contain it,” said a source.
Scientists at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India have designed and developed a highly efficient superabsorbent material for liquid respiratory and other body fluid solidification and disinfection for the safe management of infected respiratory secretions.
There is good news towards prevention of new corona virus (covid-19) infection. The initial test of coronavirus vaccine on animals has started in India itself. Results will take 4-6 months to arrive. If everything goes well, a positive result is expected.
Solar power in India has just had a major boost. The country’s government has announced funding that will enable 2 million farmers to invest in irrigation pumps powered by solar photovoltaic arrays.
Extraordinary times require even closer cooperation between friends, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, thanking India after the government allowed the United States to buy 29 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug believed effective in the treatment of coronavirus.
India has braved what the most developed western countries couldn’t muster up the guts to try: bringing an unprecedented lockdown on the world’s 2nd largest population, a measure so daunting, even an absolutist like Chinese Premier Xi Jinping shuddered to dare try.
In a bid to strengthen the industry-academia partnership and to bring qualitative improvements in Technical Education, the Administrative Council (AC) has given sanction for establishing two Centres for Invention, Innovation, Incubation, and Training (CIIIT) in Jammu and Kashmir.
