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Genome Valley 2.0: Telangana Government inks MoU with Singapore’s Surbana Jurong

July 4, 2018

Telangana Government has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore-based engineering & consulting firm Surbana Jurong for preparing roadmap for Genome Valley 2.0. It will be an upgraded version of life sciences and biotechnology industrial cluster state’s capital city Hyderabad. ..

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Kerala Government declares Kozhikode and Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus

July 2, 2018

Kerala Government has declared Kozhikode and Malappuram districts free from Nipah virus infection. These districts were declared as temporarily Nipah free as no positive case of the infecton was reported till completion of double incubation period of the virus. Earlier ..

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NITI Aayog, GNFC ink SoI for research on Blockchain Technology for fertilizer subsidy management

June 30, 2018

NITI Aayog has signed Statement of Intent (SOI) with Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC) to work together for implementing Proof-of-Concept (PoC) application for fertilizer subsidy management using Blockchain Technology. Key Facts Under this collaboration, NITI Aayog and ..

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Integral Coach Factory launches first stainless steel bodied MEMU

June 30, 2018

The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) for first time has rolled out three phase energy efficient eight car Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) train set built with stainless steel bodies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. MEMU is suburban train system that caters ..

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Government bans oxytocin hormone to curb misuse

June 28, 2018

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has banned manufacture and sale of Oxytocin drug formulations for domestic use in private sector to prevent its misuse from 1st July 2018. Its import also has been banned. It also has ..

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Jaitapur nuclear plant: France’s EDF and GE sign deal to build 6 nuclear reactors

June 27, 2018

French state-run power utility EDF and American conglomerate General Electric (GE) have signed strategic cooperation agreement with State-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) to build for construction of 6 EPR (European Pressurized Reactors) type nuclear reactors of capacity 1,650 ..

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RemoveDEBRIS: First satellite to demonstrate technology to clean up space junk deployed

June 25, 2018

The first satellite named RemoveDEBRIS was successfully deployed from International Space Station (ISS) and to demonstrate a range of innovative technologies to clean up space debris orbiting Earth. It was transported to ISS via SpaceX CRS-14 launch in early April ..

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Credit Rating Model: Government testing big data system to aid banks assess credit risks

June 25, 2018

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is testing credit rating model, a new system that will assist banks in assessing credit risk and probability of fraud using big data analysis. The system is expected to help banks, particularly rural ..

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World’s first International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics launched in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

June 21, 2018

The world’s first International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics was launched in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The centre is joint venture of Regional delegation of International Committee of Red Cross (ICCR) in India, Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives and also Gujarat Forensic Science University. ..

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Russia successfully launches Glonass-M satellite using Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket

June 18, 2018

Russia has successfully launched Glonass-M positioning satellite on board of Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space centre in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast. The satellite is part of GLONASS network GLONASS (Russian acronym for Global Navigation Satellite System) which provides real-time ..

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