India’s recoveries 30 times active Covid cases; Total recoveries cross 95L: Health Ministry
The gap between active cases and recoveries is widening. Recoveries have surpassed the active cases by more than 92 lakh.
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India recognised Covid threat early; Used digital tech to track, monitor, control: Harsh Vardhan at CDRI, UNDRR event
Health Minister Vardhan: First step was to expand present capacities swiftly for testing, PPE production, hospital beds.
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INSA Meet: DST Secy Sharma, dignitaries talk democratising science, tech, innovation, STIP 2020
K. Vikay Raghavan: Immediate need to take R&D to a large number of institutions & people across country.
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IISER-Mohali, ISRO, IIA scientists find clues on rare binary star system called symbiotic recurrent nova
Symbiotic stars are binary stars that interact over a long period and consist of an evolved giant providing mass to a hot, compact object.
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Lurching from one pandemic to another? From the frontlines of antibiotic resistance during Covid-19
Long before Covid-19, antimicrobial resistance was escalating and upending the lives of thousands of people each year.
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Nearly 95L Covid recoveries in India; Recovery rate highest in world at 95.31%: Health Ministry
The gap between recovered cases and active cases is also increasing consistently and presently stands at 91,67,374.
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IISF 2020 to be organised virtually & jointly by DST, CSIR, MoES, MoHFW, DBT: Sci-Tech Ministry
The nodal institution for IISF 2020 is CSIR-NISTADS, New Delhi.
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Jal Shakti (Water) Minister Shekhawat reviews World Bank-backed National Hydrology Project
NHP was started in 2016 as a Central Sector Scheme with 100% grant to Implementing agencies on pan-India basis.
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India, UK scientists find magmatic intrusions lead to traps for hydrocarbon, geothermal energy resources
Magma intrusion into relatively shallow depths often results into the structural deformation of host strata.
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Working on Atal Bhujal Yojna, groundwater mgmt: Jal Shakti Minister Shekhawat at IWIS Summit 2020
Atal Bhujal Yojna is an initiative to map & recharge aquifers, conserve groundwater in collaboration with World Bank.
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ARCI, IIT-H scientists develop low-cost supercapacitor for next-gen high energy storage devices
Supercapacitors have gained attention due to their high power density, long cycle life, & excellent capacity retention.
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IISF 2020 ‘Vigyan Yatra’ to promote scientific temper, felicitate innovators, teachers, scholars
The 6th edition of IISF is going to be organised on a virtual platform due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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IIT-Hyd Prof Sharma develops Metal-CO2 battery for improved feasibility of Indian Mars Mission
The Mars Mission may soon be more feasible due to an indigenously developed Metal-CO2 battery.
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IIA, DST scientists develop model to map plasma motion around black holes to probe light variations
The model that can help probe the nature of plasma processes in black hole systems that could include powerful jets.
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94L recovered: Health Sec Bhushan talks vaccine, AEFI system for post-Covid immunisation
In terms of case fatality rate, India at 1.45% figures below the global average of 2.26%.
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CAOS, IISc scientists research North-Atlantic wave capable of derailing Indian Monsoons
The researchers from CAOS, IISc were supported by DST scientists under their climate change program.
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IISF 2020 to focus on bio, agritech, clean air, energy, water, sanitation, waste: DST Sec Sharma
IISF 2020 will be based on the theme ‘Science for Self-reliant India and Global Welfare’.
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Stories from the frontlines of anti-microbial resistance (AMR) during Covid-19
Long before Covid-19 hit, AMR was escalating and upending the lives of thousands of people each year.
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PM Modi meets space industry leaders; Agnikul, Bharti, L&T, PIXXEL, MapmyIndia talk ISRO collab
In June 2020 the space sector was opened up, enabling the participation of Indian private sector in space activities.
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Vision 2035 India paper: NITI Aayog suggests strengthening public health surveillance system
‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’ is a continuation of the work on strengthening health systems.
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