INSACOG, in its latest bulletin, revealed that nearly half of all Covid-19 samples sent for genomic sequencing in India since January this year have been identified as Omicron.
Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia or INSACOG was set up in Jan 2021. As of 10 Jan 2022, India sequenced 1,28,901 samples, accounting for less than 1% of infected people.
Scientists from around the world have used genome sequencing to help produce new varieties of chickpea, which are expected to give increased yields at about similar input cost.
The govt will also set up a pediatric taskforce and two genome sequencing labs as well as a plan to ramp up oxygen capacity to prepare for a possible 3rd Covid wave.
Scientists at Mumbai's Homi Bhabha National Institute create the Infectious Pathogen Detector (IPD) that gives information on abundance, mutations and lineage of a Covid-19 sample.
As part of the project, CSIR announced sequencing of 1,008 genomes. The initiative aims to complete sequencing of at least 10,000 genomes over the next 3 years.
Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.
In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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