Thiruvananthapuram, June(BPNS) National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an organization under the Ministry of Culture, GoI is collaborating with the Science Museum Group, London for an international traveling exhibition ‘Hunt for the Vaccine’. The exhibition will tell the story of the global effort to find new ways to develop vaccines at pandemic speed and look at […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 5(BPNS) The Ministry of Labour & Employment Government issued an order and has constituted the Expert Group to provide technical inputs and recommendations on fixation of Minimum Wages and National Floor Minimum Wages. The Group has been constituted for a period of three years from the date of notification.  The Expert Group is […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 5(BPNS) The National Bamboo Mission and the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) have been working together for having a dedicated window on the GeM portal for marketing of the Bamboo Goods (Bamboo based products & Quality Planting Materials). Resultant to the collaboration, a dedicated window “The Green Gold Collection” for bamboo products was launched by the Union Minister […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 5(BPNS) The Asian Development Bank and the Government of India today signed a $2.5 million project readiness financing (PRF) loan to support project preparation and design activities to upgrade major district roads in Sikkim that will help improve connectivity to important towns, rural areas, and pilgrimage and tourist destinations in the northeastern state. […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 5(BPNS) Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) is a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Power, Government of India.  During the current pandemic, vaccination has emerged as the most crucial weapon to save lives. In this line, POWERGRID is organizing vaccination camps for its employees and their family members across all its […]

New Delhi, June 04 (India Science Wire): Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics have pinned down the mechanism behind the lithium production in low mass Red Clump Stars. The discrepancy between the abundance of lithium as inferred from observations of stars and the theoretically predicted amount has intrigued astronomers for a long time. Having […]

New Delhi, June 04 (India Science Wire):  The first ever international South Asian Award on Nitrogen management was announced in a special virtual event held on 3 June 2021, as a part of the 8th triennial Conference of the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI2021). The award is shared by Dr. Anjan Datta from Bangladesh and Mr. […]

New Delhi, Jun 04 (India Science Wire): Diesel-fuelled internal combustion engine generator for electrical power generation mainly emits carbon monoxide (CO), Hydrocarbon (HC), Smoke, Particulate Matter (PM), Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions resulting in a contribution to air pollution. To tackle this, researchers at the Engines and Unconventional Fuels Laboratory, IIT […]

Chennai, June 4(BPNS) The Public health department of Tamil Nadu is planning to form a Genome sequencing laboratory in the state and the draft proposal regarding the same has already been formulated at the Public health laboratory. The officials are expecting to set up the laboratory by the end of the month of June if the […]

Chennai, June 4(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu state government is yet to take a decision on the conduct of state board examinations for Class 12 students. Even after the CBSE and ICSE exams in the country stands cancelled, the Tamil Nadu government is yet to finalise the decision as teachers and parents are on two sides […]