Industry will be driver of space programme: K Vijay RaghavanSpeaking at the launch ceremony of the Indian Space Association (ISpA), a space sector industry body, Raghavan said industry now has the ca...
11 Oct, 2021, 06.27 PM IST
IIT Roorkee establishes Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial IntelligenceThe school will offer bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs. It will begin its first batch in September next year. The school ...
28 Sep, 2021, 11.54 AM IST
Approvals for J&J jabs soon, pricing to be reasonable: Vaccine Task Force co-chair K Vijay RaghavanGlobal vaccine maker Johnson and Johnson has applied to India’s drug regulator seeking permission to conduct phase 3 clinical trial of its ...
20 Apr, 2021, 03.24 PM IST
Decreasing gap between knowledge and society can make India world leader in S&T: Raghavan"Human interventions into science and technology have deep-rooted impacts, and the current need is to become a more learning-based self-sus...
02 Mar, 2021, 02.50 PM IST
Cisco along with govt launches competition to attract agri-tech startupsWith a prize purse of Rs 2 crore, the challenge will run in stages over 12 months.
18 Dec, 2020, 04.15 PM IST
Expert group preparing health system for Covid vaccine distribution, administration: PSAPrincipal Scientific Adviser K VijayRaghavan stressed that the COVID 19 pandemic has stimulated extraordinary collaboration between researc...
28 Nov, 2020, 08.21 PM IST
Israel, India conducting trials for 4 technologies with potential to detect COVID in about 30 secsIsraeli Ambassador to India Ron Malka on Friday visited the special testing site created at the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital to witn...
31 Jul, 2020, 07.20 PM IST
No compromise on rigorous evaluation for vaccine candidates: Scientific Advisor VijayRaghavanPhase 1 of the human trial of any vaccine usually takes 28 days and that is followed by two other phases, VijayRaghavan said while addressi...
10 Jul, 2020, 09.18 PM IST
30 groups in India trying to develop coronavirus vaccines, many working at good pace: PSA VijayRaghavan"About 30 groups in India, big industry to individual academics are trying to develop vaccines to fight COVID-19 of which 20 are keeping a ...
28 May, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
Govt's Principal Scientific Advisor pitches for substantial testing, digital contact tracingDelivering an address in an online conference on 'Combating COVID-19 --Biotech to the Rescue' organised by Bennett University, K VijayRagha...
17 Apr, 2020, 11.12 AM IST
Centre recommends foot operated wash basins as corona cases spread to slumsInstall foot-operated makeshift wash basins, always wear a face cover and footwear inside a community toilet, switch on the fan and open wi...
15 Apr, 2020, 10.47 AM IST
Government reaches out to IT majors for health worker training“There is an increasing need to not only leverage smartphones but also feature phones in accelerating the process of contact tracing and id...
02 Apr, 2020, 07.14 PM IST
Govt creates tech group to chart the tech landscape for IndiaThe government has created an empowered Technology Group consisting of 12 members which will be headed the Principal Scientific Adviser to ...
19 Feb, 2020, 06.13 PM IST
Prime Minister’s Office sets up panel to address air pollution issues in DelhiThe committee will coordinate efforts by over 40 research institutes to find solutions to problems affecting New Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderaba...
05 Nov, 2019, 10.28 AM IST
New drug, vaccines to get booster dose from governmentDBT is looking to invest in a programme to expand the existing centres for drug and vaccine research which will take up the possibility of ...
07 Jun, 2016, 07.25 AM IST
Drug discovery, vaccines to get a biotech boost soonDBT invested close to Rs 6.7 crore as seed funding in India-focussed biotech startups and to tackle the issue of anti-microbial resistance ...
06 Jun, 2016, 10.22 PM IST
Private Secretary to Narendra Modi promoted to the rank of Joint SecretarySenior Indian Foreign Service officer Sanjeev Kumar Singla, who is Private Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, was promoted to the ra...
31 Aug, 2015, 07.17 PM IST