Study suggests that N501Y, the ‘highly infectious’ Covid mutation found in UK, is present in Australia, South Africa, USA, Denmark & Brazil, and advises screening travellers from here.
CSIR DG Shekhar Mande said the transmissibility of the new strain of coronavirus, N501Y, is a 'bit higher' but this doesn't mean it is more lethal and more people are going to die.
Hing is currently imported from Afghanistan and Iran but scientists from CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, have begun growing it in Himachal’s Lahaul and Spiti district.
A study, which is yet to be peer reviewed, noted that 2 health care workers working in a Covid ward were infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus twice over a span of three months.
Researchers from Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology have detailed their findings in a paper published 31 August in the peer-reviewed Journal of Proteins and Proteomics.
With Covid pandemic requiring single-use PPE kits and other plastics, there has been a surge in plastic waste. CSIR is looking at ways to reduce this waste and establish safety protocol.
In an interview, CCMB chief Rakesh Mishra talks about the Hyderabad institute’s new test kit as well as their work on a vaccine that could be ready within a year.
Tata Sons and CSIR have signed an MoU for the ‘licencing of knowhow’, and want to make the kit available for Covid-19 testing on the ground by the end of May.
CSIR will launch trials to see if sepsis drug can stop Covid-19 from progressing in asymptomatic patients & if it can prevent it from redeveloping in recovered patients.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
While study and research on this now one year old infectious virus is good and reqd the authorities must be also careful to not cause panic in their rush to get the headlines with what research they have done and hence the kudos. The common man by now knows and is prepared to face the eventuality and is happy about the vaccines that will soon hit the markets.
The common man has found his way around HIV TB drug resistant TB and polio cholera typhoid all these took years decades to control and we took the innoculation when we had to yearly or for kids in some cases one in 3 or 6 months.
So let’s all please try together and stop causing worry but putting a positive spin on things, the common man is resilient and tough nurture that strength, and please the Govt should now stop this control that they claimed over our lives through disaster Mgt rules and let us all live as we were before this pandemic it is now time so govts admin please move in that direction. If you want us to believe that you really care for us and you are interested in getting our vote for re-election in the next polls.
Maybe find volunteers among those with the new strain to fight hand to hand combat with the Chinese in the Himalayas.
While study and research on this now one year old infectious virus is good and reqd the authorities must be also careful to not cause panic in their rush to get the headlines with what research they have done and hence the kudos. The common man by now knows and is prepared to face the eventuality and is happy about the vaccines that will soon hit the markets.
The common man has found his way around HIV TB drug resistant TB and polio cholera typhoid all these took years decades to control and we took the innoculation when we had to yearly or for kids in some cases one in 3 or 6 months.
So let’s all please try together and stop causing worry but putting a positive spin on things, the common man is resilient and tough nurture that strength, and please the Govt should now stop this control that they claimed over our lives through disaster Mgt rules and let us all live as we were before this pandemic it is now time so govts admin please move in that direction. If you want us to believe that you really care for us and you are interested in getting our vote for re-election in the next polls.