Popcorn Furniture organizes mental health webinar
New Delhi : Popcorn Furniture, India’s largest educational furniture manufacturing company, held a webinar on combating anxiety and fear amid the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents, children and adults. The online seminar was part of the company’s month-long campaign to spread awareness about mental wellbeing. The session was hosted by Ms Deepika Goyal, Founder and Director, […]
Read More →Sewage monitoring could provide an early warning of COVID-19 outbreaks
Estimating virus concentrations The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus, does not readily spread through sewage and wastewater systems. However, non-infectious genetic residues of the virus, not unlike other microbes, can remain in wastewater systems in the locations where infected people go to the toilet. Scientists at Newcastle University, UK, […]
Read More →Study shows that COVID 19 may affect the Central Nervous System causing loss of smell and taste
Scientists of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur have explored the neuroinvasive nature of the COVID 19 virus SARS-CoV-2 highlighting that loss of smell and taste of infected patients makes their entire Central Nervous System (CNS) and the underlying structures in the brain more prone to viral infection with devastating effects. Dr. Surajit Ghosh and […]
Read More →“TechGig launches ‘Assess Online’ for schools to support online assessment during COVID-19 crisis for free”
New Delhi : The online classes have become a preferred way to facilitate school learning amid the COVID-19 lockdown, but surprisingly 33% teachers are unsure about the ‘discipline’ factor in such classes, highlights a TechGig survey. These teachers are doubtful if the students are attentive in their online class and how much concepts do students imbibe […]
Read More →HRD Minister will host webinar for parents and students on academic challenges amid COVID 19
New Delhi: Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will be hosting a webinar for parents soon to address concerns about their kid’s academic future, their mental health and much more. Amid nation-wide lockdown due to Corona virus outbreak, the education and academic activities have been severely impacted. Hence, […]
Read More →Bhartiya Skill Development University students ride on the digital wave to spread awareness about Corona virus
Jaipur: Students of Bhartiya Skill Development University known for skilling youth are trying to help the Nation by participating in circulating the awareness about the novel Corona virus.Students of School of Entrepreneurship Skills ofBSDU shared their words of wisdom in the form of a video song ‘Jo Saath Dede Sara India, To Muskuraega India’ telling […]
Read More →IIT Gandhinagar to start a virtual seminar series by faculty members
Gandhinagar: With a broader aim to keep the academic discourse flowing during the global Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) is starting a virtual seminar series by its faculty members from April 24, 2020. The seminars will cover diverse topics and are designed to be accessible to a general audience. […]
Read More →COVID-19 screening of healthcare workers offers reassurance
Newcastle :These findings, published today as a piece of correspondence in The Lancet, may offer some reassurance to NHS staff on the frontline. The work has been carried out by researchers and medics at the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University – the key findings are: Delivering staff testing during the […]
Read More →IIT Delhi researchers develop web-based COVID-19 dashboard ‘PRACRITI’- PRediction and Assessment of CoRona Infections and Transmission in India
New Delhi: IIT Delhi researchers have developed a web-based dashboard for predicting thespreadofCOVID-19 in India. The mobile-friendly dashboard, named as PRACRITI (PRediction and Assessment of CoRona Infections and Transmission in India, see: http://pracriti.iitd.ac.in), gives detailed state-wise and district-wise predictions of COVID-19 cases in India.The projections are given for a three-week period, which is updated on […]
Read More →ShareChat users taking revenge on Corona with ‘Bhag Corona’
India: While the nation is struggling to cope up with Covid19 crisis, ShareChat users have got a unique way to take revenge on Corona Virus. The game, developed by two young college students at XLRI Jamshedpur, Akram Tariq Khan and Anushree Warade is trending on the platform past 10 days. The game, with visual of […]
Read More →IIT Gandhinagar to start a virtual seminar series by faculty members
Gandhinagar: With a broader aim to keep the academic discourse flowing during the global Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) is starting a virtual seminar series by its faculty members from April 24, 2020. The seminars will cover diverse topics and are designed to be accessible to a general audience. […]
Read More →JK Technosoft Ltd. implements supply chain management solution for ImpelPro SCM remotely; during nationwide lockdown
Mumbai, Maharashtra: The imposed lockdown is said to have impacted IT industry tremendously, especially, since most companies had to execute work-from-home (WFH), to keep their businesses afloat. A recent study by SCIKEY Mind Match which was published by PTI on April 10, 2020 stated that 99.8% workforce in IT sector is incapable of working remotely or work-from-home. Bringing […]
Read More →Recovered COVID-19 Patients to the Rescue
Dr. Ziv Shulmanof the Department of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science says that the blood of coronavirus patients who have fully recovered from the disease contains a blueprint for building a molecule that may accelerate others’ recovery, or possibly form the basis of a vaccine. Some severely ill coronavirus patients have already been […]
Read More →ADOHM launches Digital Marketing webinars to underpin Individuals and business continuity amidst COVID-19ADOHM launches Digital Marketing webinars to underpin Individuals and business continuity amidst COVID-19
Bangalore, India – With the outbreak of COVID-19, almost people around the globe are facing challenges due to the restriction of movement. However, there are people making the most of this time by indulging in learning something new. It is very important for every individual to make most of this 21-days lockdown and invest time […]
Read More →DBT-BIRAC Call on COVID-19 Research Consortium
New Delhi: Department of Biotechnology and Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council had invited applications on COVID-19 Research Consortium. The first phase of the call ended on 30th March 2020 and around 500 applications were received from academia and Industry. The multi-tiered review process is ongoing and till date 16 proposals of devices, diagnostics, vaccine candidates, […]
Read More →Amrita University Steps Up to Support Indian Medics Fighting COVID-19
KOLLAM, India : The front-line fighters against COVID-19, namely the healthcare workers world over, are facing shortages of critical medical supplies. Due to this, several doctors and nurses are contracting COVID-19, sometimes even succumbing to this deadly virus. There is a severe shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) world over and to respond to the needs […]
Read More →Davies & Associates establishes Debt Collection & Bankruptcy Practice to Support Indian Businesses facing Covid-I9 Downturn
Davies & Associates has helped hundreds of Indians establish or expand their businesses to the United States over the past decade. Now the firm is adapting its service provision to help these businesses through the Coronavirus-related downturn. D&A’s Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Group targets not only Indian-diaspora business in the United States, but also businesses […]
Read More →Coronavirus not just a ‘Pandemic’ but a ‘Cyber Epidemic’ too – ATCS
With the outbreak of COVID-19, many organizations have opted to offer work-from-home solutions to their employees,insupport ofthe nationwide lockdown in India and several other countries globally. However, many cyber criminals are taking advantage of this situation and are wreaking havoc in the cyber space, as is evident from the sharp rise in the number of […]
Read More →IIT Guwahati researchers develop affordable antiviral/antibacterialspray-based coating for Personal Protective Equipment toprevent spread of infection
GUWAHATI : A team of researchers ofIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati has developed affordable antimicrobial (antiviral/antibacterial) spray-based coating for Personal Protective Equipmentand 3D printed Ear Guard for comfortable use of face masks by healthcare workers. The Institute has been workingrelentlessly to fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The conceptshavebeen developed by Dr. Biman B. Mandal, Professor, Department […]
Read More →Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” launches a web-portal YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) in New Delhi
Union Minister for HRD Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” has launched a web-portal YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) today in New Delhi. It’s a unique portal and dashboard to monitor and record the efforts and initiatives of MHRD. The portal intends to cover the different dimensions of COVID-19 challenges in a […]
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