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Covid-19 News New Delhi, 05 Nov.2020: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)’s Chennai based constituent laboratory Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC) has signed an agreement for licensing of technology – Portable lightweight foldable module for makeshift hospitals and other needs (PoliTal-M), with Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), Mumbai. The agreement …

Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expressed utter dismay over the arrest of senior journalist Arnab Goswami on Wednesday morning (4 November 2020) by the Mumbai police and urged the Maharashtra government to release him urgently. The forum also appealed to the media fraternity of India to raise strong voices against …

India is the diabetes capital of the world New Delhi, Nov 03: India is the diabetic capital of the world as every sixth person with diabetes in the world is an Indian. Insulin resistance has been a big challenge to the researchers who seek to understand and treat it. Researchers …

It is further planned to make a 3D version of this book, as to facilitate its multilingual adaptation across India and abroad. The scientoon book ‘Bye Bye Corona’ is expected to help create wider awareness about COVID-19 cutting across age, language, and national boundaries.

New Delhi, Oct 29: Viruses cause harm. Yet the way they operate is fascinating.  Unlike other bugs, viruses reside inside their hosts themselves and use material from them to make their proteins-the building blocks of all life forms. Like humans, all other organisms also try to avoid them by not …

Oral cancer accounts for around 1/3 of all cancers in India New Delhi, Oct 27 (India Science Wire): India has one-third of oral cancer cases in the world. Oral cancer accounts for around 30% of all cancers in India. Like in all other forms of cancer, oral cancer is diagnosed …

Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expressed shock over Bangladesh scribe Md Iliyas Hossain’s brutal murder recently in Narayanganj locality. Hossain (50), who used to report for Dhaka based Bengali newspaper  DailyBijoy, was targeted by assailants for his media coverage on smuggling, illegal gas connections and drug trafficking. Hailed from Jiodhara …

Accurate pregnancy dating and quality care combined with the steroids are key to survival Dexamethasone can boost the survival of premature babies when given to pregnant women at risk of preterm birth in low-resource settings GENEVA, 23 October 2020 – The results of a new clinical trial, published today in …

Article by Shobha Shukla – CNS, based on the latest study which looked into the potential acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccine if and when it becomes available (as it is currently under research and development). A new study reveals that a large percentage of people globally are hesitant to take …

Fasting during Navratri is an ideal way to detox the body, enhance digestion and increase positivity. Navratri is also a very good time too lose weight and to inculcate healthy eating pattern in our life.

New Delhi/Jammu/Srinagar, October 20, 2020: Prof. Bhim Singh, Sr. Advocate of Supreme Court & former Legislator, J&K Assembly who is also Executive Chairman, State Legal Aid Committee, J&K has urged the President of India, Shri Ramnath Kovind to intervene to save the sanctity of the rule of law as well …

By Amaresh Misra As suspected, the right-wing has already started raising the bogey of ‘Left-Wing’ rise in Bihar. In a State election rally, JP Nadda, the BJP President, went as far as claiming that, “RJD is just a mask. In reality, CPI-ML (Liberation), will benefit the most. In fact, RJD …

Building resilience is critical to minimise the impact of humanitarian crises Article based on insights from United Nations expert on humanitarian responses on how governments, institutions, communities, individuals and other levels/ actors can boost their resilience to cope with crises situations such as the pandemic. The number of people affected …

New Delhi, Oct. 15: There is a grave ecological concern in the recent times due to the surge of human activity in extracting oils through offshore drilling resulting in spillage of oil either accidentally or due to negligence. Also, there is industrial effluent discharge, waste burns out and other manmade …

 New Delhi, Oct 15 (India Science Wire): On 14, February 2003 when the first cloned variety of sheep, Dolly died there have been huge speculations about cloned varieties of animals. To take this challenge team of scientists from the Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) have developed multiple clones …

India: Second largest producer and consumer of rice New Delhi, Oct. 15: Rice is a staple food all over the world and India is the second-largest producer and consumer of rice at the global level. Production of rice in India is limited by several biotic and abiotic factors. Sheath blight …

Black pepper may hold the key for Corona fighting drug New Delhi, Oct 15: A team of Indian scientists has identified black pepper, the everyday kitchen spice, as a possible candidate for developing a drug against the Coronavirus. A computational study conducted by the researchers from the Department of Physics …

Electricity supply was interrupted in Mumbai due to TATA's incoming electric supply failure causing power loss all over Mumbai and suburbs, also disrupting train traffic of Central, Eastern and Western lines, according to Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

Ram Vilas Paswan latest news Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan’s sudden demise last night has definitely created a big vacuum particularly if we speak Bihar politics. Paswan was a very seasoned leader, a powerful orator and a leader with the masses who broke many records while entering Parliament. His record …

Judiciary and Justice: An antithesis today? Neha Dabhade’s report on “Decline of the Supreme Court: Forgotten Freedoms and Eroded Rights” “The start of the Supreme Court’s decline coincided with the coming to power of the BJP-led NDA government in 2014. Every institution, mechanism or tool that is designed to hold …