ISW Desk

The fight against the COVID pandemic has got a new weapon in its arsenal with scientists developing a compound that promises to help make PPEs microbial resistant. Lignin, which is a natural and a nontoxic biopolymer, is an emerging…
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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; Minister of State PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has…
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The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will soon write to the Election Commission of India suggesting that a disinfection technology developed by the Council’s Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO) for…
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Mushtaq Ahmed Dar, a grassroots innovator from the Anantnag district in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, has come out with a series of innovations for making the processing of walnuts easier and more efficient. The innovations…
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Vinisha Umashankar, a student innovator turned environmentalist from Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, has been selected as a "Changemaker" and Baton Bearer for the ongoing 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay (12-15 January 2022) in…
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The Department of Post has come out with a special postage stamp and a special cover commemorating the Platinum Jubilee of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi. Dr…
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As a part of its Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) initiative, the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), one of the oldest national laboratories under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), has decided to…
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New drugs could soon be in the offing for Zika virus (ZIKV) infection with a team of scientists at the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) in Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, getting new insights into how the virus multiplies…
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Charcoal is widely used as fuel for domestic and industrial heating applications. While most of the developed countries are producing industrial charcoal through the retort system, it was not available for Indian charcoal producers because…
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A state-of-the-art Kilo Lab facility named after Acharya PC Ray has been set up at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, which can be used for process development and…
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