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Saturday, April 19, 2025

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DST funded startup develops kits for testing asymptomatic COVID-19 infections & gears up for vaccine production

Seagull BioSolutions, a startup working on new biological technologies, is being funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), to undertake the development of Active Virosome (AV)-Vaccine and Immunodiagnostic kits for COVID-19 emergency. Active Virosome Technology (AVT) developed by...

Indian researchers start working on novel coronavirus genome sequencing

Novel coronavirus is a new virus and researchers are trying to figure out all the different aspects of it. Two institutes of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad and Institute...

Swasth ke Sipahi delivering essential services and medicines at doorstep

Pharmacists, popularly known as "Swasth ke Sipahi", of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra, are delivering essential services and medicines at the doorstep of patients and elderly under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) of the Government of India. Working...

COVID-19: City governments collaborate with medical practitioners in Smart Cities

Smart Cities are ensuring collaborated efforts of District Administration, District Police and City Administration to monitor the suspected cases of COVID-19. Leveraging the smart infrastructure, Cities are developing predictive analytics using heat maps and taking action in monitoring the...

DST supported healthcare startup developing rapid test for detection of COVID-19

The Department of Science & Technology has funded ‘Module Innovations”, a Pune based healthcare startup working on point of care diagnostics to build up on its platform technology for rapid diagnosis of diseases to develop a product for detecting...

Smart city missions Integrated data​ dashboards being used at Command and Control Centers to monitor COVID-19

Smart Cities of Pune, Surat, Bengaluru and Tumakuru are using the integrated data dashboards, developed by the data analysts and data experts working with their ICCCs (also functioning as COVID-19 War Rooms in many cities) to provide up-to-date information...

DST funded startup develops chemical free silver based disinfectant to fight COVID 19 pandemic.

Weinnovate Biosolutions, a Pune based startup supported jointly by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), has come up with a non-alcoholic aqueous-based Colloidal Silver solution uniquely made from its NanoAgCide technology for disinfecting hands and...

DST sets up rapid response centre at SINE, IIT Bombay to combat COVID-19

Department of Science & Technology, Government of India in a rapid response to combat COVID-19 global pandemic approved setting up of a Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH) at a total cost of Rs 56 Cr...

SCTIMST ties up with Wipro 3D to manufacture automated ventilators to meet COVID 19 related crisis

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an institute of National Importance of the Department of Science and Technology, has tied up with Wipro 3D, Bengaluru to jointly build up on a prototype of an emergency...

CSIR-CFTRI to provide testing equipment for COVID-19 detection

The number of positive cases in Mysuru has touched 28 and seven cases have been reported within a span of 24 hours. This is as per the latest media bulletin released by the Karnataka Health Department. Mysuru-based CSIR-Central Food...

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Odisha Hosts PM Vishwakarma, SC-ST Hub Conclave

In a significant move to strengthen the MSME ecosystem in Eastern India, the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium...