COVID-19
COVID-19 Pandemic: A Double Jeopardy for the Marginalized Communities
The term, ‘Social distancing’ has been trending in twitter since COVID-19 got the status of pandemic. It is viewed like… Read More
Government of India takes digital route to quickly respond to COVID-19 queries
In corona times, people have various doubts and queries regarding the disease and on coping with it. To provide real-time… Read More
Coronavirus Poses Multiple Challenges for the Nation
The Indian Economy is facing an unprecedented crisis. The GDP growth rate was already descending from 8.2 per cent in… Read More
COVID-19: An Opportunity to Fix Dysfunctional Biomedical R&D System
As we eagerly await a vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), we are reminded of 2003 SARS and… Read More
Will COVID-19 Change Urban Planning for Indian Cities?
COVID-19 pandemic laid certain unavoidable facts about cities. During a global pandemic, cities seem like a double-edged sword. While cities… Read More
Containing the Deadly COVID-19: Viability of Pooling Technologies
Global pandemic COVID-19 is now in 199 countries with reported confirmed cases above two million and mounting death tolls in… Read More
Cost-effective and indigenous personal protective suit to combat COVID-19
Health-care workers are at high risk, as they have to work in a high viral load environment. To safeguard medical… Read More
CSIR-CFTRI’s protein-enriched biscuits reach COVID-19 patients
The Mysuru-based CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) has reached high-protein biscuits to the COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment in the… Read More
CDRI’s efforts to combat Novel Coronavirus
Working on three out of the five verticals formulated by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Central… Read More
BIRAC partners with Invest India for CSR funds for its research consortium
Department of Biotechnology’s public sector undertaking Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has entered into a partnership with Invest India… Read More