Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Current Affairs, GK & News
Sustainable Sold Waste Processing Facility developed by CSIR-CMERI
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) has developed Solid Waste Processing facility. Highlights The facility has helped to achieve decentralized decimation of solid waste. Also, it will help in creating value added products. The main objective of the system is to unburden the segregation responsibilities. This is achieved ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) • CSIR • Gasification • solid waste management • Waste management
CSIR-CMERI transfers technology of community level Water Purification
On October 8, 2020, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research transferred “High Flow Rate Fluoride and Iron removal” technology to a Howrah based private firm. The technology is used for community level water purification. Highlights The water purification system has flow rate capacity of 10,000 litres per hour. It uses commonly available raw materials ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Bureau of Indian Standards • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) • Fluoride • Groundwater pollution • Iron • Jal Jeevan mission • Water pollution
AYUSH Standard Treatment Protocol launched
On October 6, 2020, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released “AYUSH Standard Treatment Protocol”. It consists of self-care guidelines on preventive health measures. Highlights The protocol was launched by the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. Along with this, the protocols of AYUSH Ministry were also upgraded. This was done in sync with ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Ayurveda • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) • COVID-19 • ICMR • KAtoch committee • Ministry of Ayush • Protocol
CSIR Technologies for Rural Development launched
On October 1, 2020, the Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Harsh Vardhan launched CSIR Technologies for rural development. CSIR is Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Highlights It is a joint initiative of CSIR, IIT-Delhi, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan and Vijnana Bharti (VIBHA). The initiative was launched during the celebrations of 40th foundation day ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Beekeeping • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) • CSIR • Food Processing Industry • Rural Development • Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
GoI launches Drug Discovery Hackathon for COVID-19
On July 2, 2020, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan and Union Minister of HRD Ramesh Pokhriyal launched “Drug Discovery Hackathon”, 2020. Highlights The event was jointly launched by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research). The event was inaugurated virtually. ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Events Current Affairs
Topics: AICTE • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) • COVID-19 • COVID-19 treatment • CSIR • Hackathons • Harsh Vardhan • Health campaigns
CSIR-IICB: COVID-19 may affect respiratory centre of brain
A team of scientists from CSIR – Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata has undertaken a study on the neuro-invasive potential of COVID-19 and said that the virus may infect the respiratory centre of the brain. The researchers have called for the attention on the respiratory centre of the central nervous system to know ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Topics: Coronavirus • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) • CSIR