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Apr 18, 2020

EU and Australian tracing apps 'ready in weeks'

Coronavirus contact-tracing apps will be rolled out in Europe and Australia in the next two to four weeks.
Germany's health minister Jens Spahn said his country's app would be ready to download in three to four weeks.
Meanwhile, Australia and Denmark plan to push out apps within two weeks.
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison said using the app would be voluntary to begin with - but he did not rule out making it compulsory.
Contact-tracing apps are being developed by several countries around the world.

DRDO Innovates Automatic Sanitiser And Ultraviolet Devices To Fight Coronoavirus

From an automatic mist-based sanitiser for use while entering offices to ultraviolet devices that can destroy the genetic material of COVID-19, the Defence Research and Development Organisation introduced these two new technologies that are aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus.
The ultraviolet device, which is hand held, can disinfect office and house objects like chairs, files and food packets. It also comes as a box, which has been designed to disinfect personal belongings such as mobile phones, files and wallet.

IIT Ropar Design 'Wardbot' That Will Deliver Food, Medicines To Patients In Isolation Wards

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar in Punjab's Rupnagar district has come up with a design of an autonomous 'WardBot' which can deliver medicines and food to COVID-19 patients in isolation wards without human intervention.
Researchers working on the project said its deployment in hospitals will help in minimising the risk of the frontline health staff getting infected with the deadly virus.

Kisan Rath Mobile App Launched To Facilitate Transportation Of Food Grains And Perishables During...

Agriculture Ministry has launched Kisan Rath Mobile App to facilitate transportation of food grains and perishables during lockdown. This mobile application is developed by the National Informatics Centre to ensure farmers and traders are able to find transport for Agriculture and Horticulture produce.
Kisan Rath' App will greatly facilitate farmers, FPOs and Cooperatives in the country to have the choice to find a suitable transport facility to transfer their agriculture produce from farm gate to markets

Chhattisgarh Launched Cghaat Website For Online Essential Delivery

Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the online delivery website 'Cghaat' on 16 April, 2020.
Cghaat will facilitate doorstep delivery of fruits and vegetables during the extended lockdown phase due to contain COVID-19 spread.
The web portal, cghaat.in, has been developed by Chhattisgarh government's agency Chips.
The fruit and vegetable vendors who are interested to provide services can register online through this portal.
After registering, they can provide home delivery against online orders placed as soon as they receive Collector's permission.

Apr 17, 2020

IASST Develops Plasmonic Semiconductor Nanomaterials To Remove Toxic Materials From Water

Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Assam is to develop plasmonic semiconductor nanomaterials for the removal of toxic organic compounds from water by harvesting solar light. Plasmonic semiconductor nanomaterials are metal-like materials with free electrons on the surface that oscillate collectively when hit by light.
In this method, the solar light is utilized to increase the photocatalytic efficiency of nanomaterials to degrade pollutants and generate renewable Hydrogen.
The researchers are trying to understand the science behind the photon accumulation and amplification of incident light by the plasmonic materials for this purpose.

ICAR Developed Pusa Decontamination And Sanitizing Tunnel

Pusa Decontamination and Sanitizing Tunnel are developed by the Division of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
The tunnel was inaugurated by the Union Minister Kailash Choudhary on 16 April in New Delhi.
The sanitization protocol of the tunnel included handwashing with foot-operated soap and water dispenser and fogging in a sanitizing tunnel for 20 seconds.
In the tunnel, Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (QAC) are used at a concentration of 0.045%, as per the recommendation of the Health Department.

CeNS Develops Portable Sensor To Detect Heavy Metal Ions In Water

Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) has developed a compact solid-state sensor that can detect the heavy metal ions in water. It was developed by a team of researchers led by Dr. Pralay K. Santra at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences.
Heavy metal ions like mercury, lead, and cadmium show severe potential threats to living beings. These metal ions can easily be accumulated in the human body. It cannot be detoxified by any chemical or biological processes.

Centre Launches SAHYO App To Help Area-Specific Strategies, Decisions In COVID-19 Outbreak

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, developed mobile application SAHYO, an Integrated Geospatial Platform out of available geospatial datasets, standards-based services, and analytic tools. The mobile application and the website prepared and managed by the Survey of India (SoI).
The SAHYO aims to help decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It will aid devising area-specific strategies to handle the socio-economic impact in the recovery phase.
The platform will strengthen the public health delivery system of the Central and State Governments.

Apr 16, 2020

Aarogya Setu Becomes World's Fastest App To Reach 50 Mn Downloads: NITI Aayog CEO

The Centre's mobile app, Aarogya Setu, developed for tracking COVID-19 patients, has become the world's fastest app to reach 50 million downloads in just 13 days, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation on April 14 appealed to people to download this app.
"Telephone took 75 years to reach 50 million users, radio 38 yrs, television 13 yrs, Internet 4 yrs, Facebook 19 months, Pokemon Go 19 days. AarogyaSetu, India's app to fight COVID-19 has reached 50 mn users in just 13 days-fastest ever globally for an App," Mr. Kant said in his tweet.

Apr 15, 2020

The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, has decided to issue Sov...

Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad has announced an "innovation challenge" for Indian start-ups to develop a video conferencing solution under the Digital India programme.
"Announcing Innovation Challenge for Indian startups and innovators for developing a world-class video conferencing solution. Urge the innovators, software product startups to come forward and take part in this effort," Prasad tweeted.

Apr 14, 2020

Science-based Website CovidGyan on COVID-19 Was Launched

CovidGyan, a Science-based website, was launched. The website aims to bring the scientific and factual aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak onto the public domain, multi-institutional, multi-lingual science communication.
The website was launched by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and Tata Memorial Centre (TMC).
Many other partners including Vigyan Prasar, IndiaBioscience, and the Bangalore Life Science Cluster (BLiSc), which includes Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (InStem), Centre for Cellular And Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) have also joined the initiative.

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