IIT Kharagpur reports 60 Covid-19 casesMost of those infected are mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic and either at home isolation or at isolation wards created in the prestigious...
04 Jan, 2022, 02.01 PM IST
IIT-Kharagpur announces total campus shutdown till May 23Essential services staff will continue to work on the campus, following all COVID protocols, Registrar Tamal Nath said. The registrar on We...
13 May, 2021, 05.16 PM IST
Government expects Covid cases to dip in worst-hit states soonThe early trends show the decline won’t be at a national level but could be at a regional level, and the surge is likely to shift to other ...
07 May, 2021, 06.59 AM IST
IITians rally in fight against Covid through technology, fundraisingFaculty and researchers from IITs have come up with ways to produce more oxygen. Alumni are putting their vast networks to use — especially...
02 May, 2021, 02.35 PM IST
Active cases may peak at 38-48 lakh in mid-May: ExpertsReferring to the model, called Sutra, Manindra Agrawal of IIT-Kanpur had explained that one should not confuse the two different peaks — on...
26 Apr, 2021, 10.02 PM IST
Uttarakhand: COVID spreads its tentacles in leading educational institutionsThe COVID-infected boys and teachers of The Doon School have been kept at a wellness centre built on the school premises.
08 Apr, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
‘52 IIT-Jodhpur students test positive for corona during the week'All these Covid-positive students have been quarantined and made to stay in one of the hostels on the IIT campus, an IIT spokesperson said,...
03 Apr, 2021, 09.06 PM IST
IIT, Bhubaneswar campus "COVID-19 free": DirectorIIT Bhubaneswar said it nurtures preservation of academic life despite the pandemic prevailing around by maintaining safety measures to the...
29 Mar, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
10 students test positive for COVID-19 at IIT Bhubaneswar, arrival for next batch postponed"All 10 students are now in the isolation centre of the institute and are being taken care of. In view of the positive cases upon entry, th...
29 Mar, 2021, 09.18 AM IST
As many as 79 more test positive for Covid-19 in IIT-Madras; total tally stands at 183The institute is currently shut owing to the spurt in cases as 183 people have tested positive for the infection. The cluster of cases in I...
15 Dec, 2020, 09.47 PM IST
IIT Roorkee scientists predict FDA-approved commercial drugs through AI to tackle COVID-19Amid the rapid transmission of cases of Covid-19, a group of scientists from IIT Roorkee has leveraged Artificial Intelligence (AI) to pred...
13 Nov, 2020, 09.22 AM IST
Around 3% of population in 177 tribal-dominated districts Covid positiveAccording to government sources, the prevalence of Covid-19 in tribal-dominated districts has not been termed as “alarming” but the tribal ...
22 Sep, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
IIT Delhi's low-cost COVID-19 test kit to be launched commercially on WednesdayWhile the institute had kept a price rider of Rs 500 per kit, the company Newtech Medical Devices, which is launching the kit named 'corosu...
14 Jul, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
IIT Alumni Council to set up mega lab in Mumbai to conduct 1-crore COVID-19 tests a monthHaving launched the first 'Covid Test Bus' in the city earlier in the month, the council also said trials have already begun on two of the ...
28 May, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
Drones for sanitising, robots in isolation wards, special stethoscope--innovations to fight coronaWhile over 20 technical and scientific institutions are working on developing a vaccine for coronavirus, prominent IITs have already set up...
12 Apr, 2020, 01.10 PM IST
COVID-19: IIT researchers developing robots to deliver food, medicines to patients in isolation wardsThe team from IIT Guwahati's Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering departments believes the move will reduce human intervention...
01 Apr, 2020, 12.10 PM IST
All IITs told to give plans for combating Covid-19 in two daysSome of the IITs have already proposed short-term and medium-term ideas to the ministry. These will be taken up with the health ministry an...
31 Mar, 2020, 07.43 AM IST