The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has said that India’s 1st radioisotope manufacturing (reactor) and processing facility complex will be built on the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. This will be the 1st time in the world PPP. *It is expected to be one of the largest single facilities for […]

The Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), a division under the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), has introduced DIPCOVAN (Dipas-VDX Covit-19 IgG Antibody Microwell ELISA) based on a Indigenous COVID-19 Antibody detection Kit. *It is set to be used for Sero-monitoring. Sero surveillance is performed to detect […]

Indian Navy’s 1st Destroyer INS Rajput was dismissed from the Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh after 41 years of service (appointed May 4, 1980). It was the first Indian Navy ship to join the Indian Army Regiment – the ‘Rajput Regiment’, and the first ship to be equipped with the […]

The ‘Samvedna’ project was started by the NCPCR organization to provide psycho-social psychological support to children during Govt-19. The National Commission for the Protection of Children (NCPCR) under the Ministry of Women and Child Development provides tele-counseling to children affected by SAMVEDNA-Toll-Free Helline (1800-121-2830) for children affected during COVID 19 […]

China has launched the Haiyang-2D (HOY-2D) Ocean Surveillance Satellite into Orbit.The Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) satellite was launched by a Long March-4B rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Kopi Desert, China. *HY-2D will form a galaxy with previously launched HY-2B & HY-2C satellites, which will support China’s early warning […]

Leading companies and business associations around the world have teamed up to launch a global task force to mobilize and distribute resources to help areas in high demand for the COVID-19 epidemic. *This global working group is a US-based public-private partnership U.S. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce and supported […]