It is an intermediate collaboration to improve COVID-19 health-related knowledge to improve health outcomes. This will accelerate the translation of genomic data to facilitate interventions in clinical and public health research and clinical and monitoring models. *This research will be done with advanced genomic technologies, epidemiology, and bioinformatics tools. Consortium […]
Current Updates
August 23, 2021, The Government of India launches a new geo-location planning portal “Yuktara” under Bhuvan. It implements the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) asset planning using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) data. The portal was launched by Yuktara Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister […]
With the second wave of corona infection in India at rest, the daily incidence has been on the rise for the past couple of days.While corona infection was confirmed in about 25,000 people yesterday, the incidence today is slightly higher. Across the country, 37,593 people have been diagnosed with corona […]
With the second wave of corona infection in India at rest, the daily incidence has been on the rise for the past one or two days. Across the country, 25,467 people have been confirmed infected with a corona in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of corona […]
IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Madras has developed India’s first domestic wheelchair vehicle, NeoBolt, which can be used even in random terrain (land). *NeoBolt was developed by a team led by Sujatha Srinivasan of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Metrorail.*Has commercialized the start-up Neopolt called ‘Neomotion’.*To deal with the […]
OneWeb, Satellite Communications Operator, Bharti Airtel & United Kingdom (UK) has launched 34 state-owned satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) on August 22, 2021. *The launch was carried out by Arianespace, a European satellite launch vehicle from Soyuz, a Russian rocket, from the Baikonur cosmodromes in Kazakhstan.*This is the 5th […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has formed a new advisory panel, the International Scientific Advisory Council on the Origin of Novel Pathogens, or SAGO, to study the origins of Covid-19. *The advisory panel will develop a global framework to study the emergence of future pathogens with infectious potential.*For SARS-CoV-2, SAGO […]
Like Digital India, Odisha is set to launch India’s first ‘Smart Health Card Scheme’ covering 3.5 crore people from 96 lakh households under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana. Addressing the 75th Independence Day celebrations in Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik made the announcement. *The purpose behind smart health […]
Kaziranga National Park in Assam has become India’s first national park with satellite phones. This is an attempt to encourage measures to prevent poaching in the park. Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua handed over 10 satellite phones to forest personnel in the national park. *At a meeting chaired by Dr. […]
Tamil Nadu has tabled the first special budget for agriculture, separate from the general budget tabled the day before the 2021-22 financial year. *This is the first time in the 100-year history of the Tamil Nadu Legislature that a special budget for agriculture has been tabled. Major Announcements: *It is […]
Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra has been ranked 2nd in the 2021 World Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw Rankings. Neeraj was ranked 129th in the overall men’s athletics rankings. *Neeraj Chopra wins gold at Tokyo 2020 Olympics*Germany’s Johannes Vetter (World No. 1) continues to top the men’s javelin rankings.*The world ranking for […]
In August 2021, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change announced that 4 more wetlands from India and 2 each from Gujarat and Haryana would be added to the ‘International Wetlands’ / Ramsar Conference. Featured points: 1.Ramsar sites that are included: *Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat*Wadhvana Wetland, Gujarat*Sultanpur National […]