Tag: Dr Harsh Vardhan
Govt releases guidelines for evaluation of nano-based Agri-input & food products
These ‘Guidelines’ would help policy makers and regulators to frame effective provisions for future novel nano-based products in the agri-input and food sectors of India.....................
India launches ‘Drug Discovery Hackathon 2020’ to accelerate drug discovery process
While the union S&T minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that in-silico drug discovery which utilizes computational methods such as Machine Learning, AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Big Data will help in accelerating this process.................
India’s first mobile COVID-19 diagnostic unit, I-Lab created in record 8...
This mobile testing facility that has biosafety facility and is capable of performing RT-PCR as well as ELISA tests, will be deployed through the DBT testing hubs to remote regions of the country.....................
Amid COVID-19, Dr Harsh Vardhan elected as Chair of Executive Board...
The Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan has been elected as Chair of the Executive Board of World Health Organization for the year 2020-21 at the 147th session of the Executive Board, in a meeting that was virtually held.................
Ayushman Bharat completes 1 crore treatments, PM interacts with 1 croreth...
With more than 21,565 hospitals empanelled so far, the states of Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, and Rajasthan have emerged as the top-performing states providing highest number of treatments under the scheme.................
Govt lauds the efforts of CSIR scientists against COVID-19
Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan has appreciated CSIR for submitting 53 sequences of COVID-19 genomes to the Global Coronavirus Genome Database, Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID)..................
Health Minister launches ‘COVID India Seva’ for citizen engagement on COVID-19
This initiative is aimed at enabling transparent e-governance delivery in real-time and answering citizen queries swiftly, at scale, especially in crisis situations like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.......................
COVID-19: Dr Harsh Vardhan calls it a war like situation, exhorts...
These are times of war, deliver solutions before the war ends, not a routine research project, stated the union science and technology minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan during his video interaction with directors of various CSIR institutes.....................
COVID-19: Union health minister urges states to promote mobile app, ArogyaSetu
While chairing a video conference with States regarding the steps taken on COVID-19, Dr Harsh Vardhan urged them to promote mobile app ArogyaSetu to bring the people of India together in a resolute fight against COVID-19....................
CII signs MoU with S-ILF to support persons affected by leprosy...
Sasakawa India Leprosy Foundation’s efforts provide employment to 2,230 persons cured by leprosy and their families across India............