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February 7, 2016 2:16 PM

India's biotech moment: A made-in-India Zika virus vaccine

India has no reported cases of the dreaded Zika virus infection, but is the first country in the world to have ready for testing two vaccines against the virus. The Zika virus vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited, Hyderabad, and is in line of Prime Minister's 'MAKE in ...

February 7, 2016 2:16 PM

NDRF trains 160 dogs for disaster response

In a maiden initiative by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), a squad of dogs is being raised to aid its personnel in rescuing people in the aftermath of natural calamities. The NDRF, which was involved in disaster rescue operations like the deluge in Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Chennai ...

February 7, 2016 2:16 PM

Defence Minister inaugurates two-day maritime meet

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated a two-day maritime conference in Visakhapatnam today as part of International Fleet Review, IFR-2016. <br/>Delivering the keynote address at the inaugural session of the conference Mr. Parrikar said for strengthening world economy the navies of the...

February 7, 2016 2:12 PM

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates NISER campus in Jatani

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day tour of Odisha, today inaugurated the permanent campus of National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) in Jatani near Bhubaneswar. Addressing the students, Mr. Modi said innovation is the need of the hour, for every society and every ...

February 7, 2016 2:06 PM

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates NISER campus in Jatani

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day tour of Odisha, today inaugurated the permanent campus of National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) in Jatani near Bhubaneswar. Addressing the students, Mr. Modi said innovation is the need of the hour, for every society and every ...

February 7, 2016 1:14 PM

Defence Minister inaugurates two-day maritime meet

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated a two-day maritime conference in Visakhapatnam today as part of International Fleet Review, IFR-2016.<br/><br/>Delivering the keynote address at the inaugural session of the conference Mr. Parrikar said for strengthening world economy the nav...

February 7, 2016 12:42 PM

Prime Minister to dedicate Paradip Oil Refinery to nation today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today dedicate to the nation Indian Oil Corporation's new state of the art refinery at Paradip in Odisha and address a public meeting there. Mr. Modi will also inaugurate the new Campus of National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) on the outs...

February 7, 2016 8:35 AM

Uma Bharati to chair meeting to review interlinking of rivers

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti will chair the eighth meeting of Centre's special committee on interlinking of rivers to review progress of various projects in New Delhi tomorrow. In a statement, the Ministry said that the meeting will be attended by Water Resources Ministers and seni...

February 7, 2016 8:34 AM

Not a single power plant facing coal shortage now: Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal says the government has transformed the country's coal scenario in a short span and not a single thermal power plant is now facing shortage of the fuel. Speaking at a function in Indore yesterday, he said during the UPA government, there was once a time when two thir...

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