What are New WHO Child Growth Standards for monitoring growth of children?

New WHO Child Growth Standards for monitoring growth of children were launched in 2006. The implementation of these standards result in change of current estimates of under nutrition in these three data: increase in total normal weight children, increase in ..

What are ESCerts?

National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency was approved in August, 2009. It involves a mechanism called Perform, Achieve and Trade mechanism which would assign energy efficiency improvement targets to the country’s most energy-intensive industrial units, with the provision of allowing ..

Who is the first Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School. ?

Naina Lal Kidwai is the Chief Executive Officer of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation India branches. She is the first Indian woman to graduate from the Harvard Business School.

How many people are employed in MSME sector in India?

MSME sector employs 6 crore (60 million) people and accounts 40 per cent of India’s exports and contributes to 45% of India’s Industrial production. This sector has been suffering sickness due to reasons such as shortage of working capital and ..

What are Schemes of Government of India for Adolescent Girls?

Ministry of Women and Child Development is running Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG) on pilot basis to improve the nutritional status of 11-19 years adolescent girls in 51 identified districts across the country. Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) is running ..

What is isothermal gene amplification assay method developed by DRDO ?

This is a single-tube method and cost-effective as compared to WHO approved Centre for Disease Control (CDC) recommended real-time Reverse Transcriptase (RT) Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test system. The assay is based on principle of isothermal gene amplification protocol. No ..