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
NITI Aayog making strong case for further investment in science: VK PaulPaul said the think tank wants science and technology (S&T) to be the government's priority "more than ever".
09 Nov, 2020, 04.00 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
Vaccine in a year feasible, but access, distribution to take time: PSAIn India, one of the largest manufacturers of vaccines, over 30 attempts are going on at vaccine companies, and through a partnership betwe...
11 May, 2020, 12.43 AM 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
Amitabh Kant discusses transportation of essential goods with e-commerce, logistics firmsAbhiraj Bahl of UrbanClap, Pradeep Parmaweswaram of Uber India, Punnet Bhirani of Ola were the key participants among half a dozen players ...
16 Apr, 2020, 12.57 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
Defence, atomic labs join the fight against CoronavirusThe country’s biotechnology, science and technology research institutions have also been tasked to source clinical samples from any governm...
23 Mar, 2020, 07.19 AM IST
Covid-19 in India: Government sets up team to crowdsource fixesGovernment agencies such as the Department of Biotechnology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the Ministry of Electronics an...
18 Mar, 2020, 09.18 AM 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
- Floating labs to boost innovation in North-East
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Ministry of Science and Technology on Wednesday announced three initiatives to boost innovation, awareness and...
20 Sep, 2017, 07.22 PM 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