A new landmark has been created by India in its battle against diabetes with the advent of the first once-a-week basal insulin called Awiqli (insulin icodec). This new insulin injection will significantly lessen the burden of daily injections for millions of adult patients with diabetes, substituting for 365 injections per year with just 52 injections ...

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured its first ever overseas solar project. This is the first project with Mauritius in the form of a grid connected solar power project. This is going to start at the Tamarind Falls, Henrietta (Phase II), for Mauritius on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis, a formal statement by ...

As India celebrated its 72nd Republic Day on the 26 Jan 2021 with great galore and pride, the farmers during the tractor rally faced tear gas and lathi-charge from the Delhi Police. After a lot of discussions with the farmers’ unions, the Delhi Police had reached a consensus to permit farmers to hold a peaceful ...

Individuals who are on medication that affects their immune system are advised not to take Covaxin, the developer Bharat Biotech cautioned on Monday via a factsheet. The company strongly urged people to reveal to their immunization officers about any serious health-related conditions or allergies before getting the jab.  Bharat Biotech stated that people who are ...

For over 22 years, Google has been the most predominant web search engine in the world. Vivek Raghunathan and Sridhar Ramaswamy, former Google executives and IIT alumni, a start-up company is gearing up to take on Google with a new search engine called “Neeva”. ‘Neeva’ will be the first advertisement free search engine with absolute ...

Covishield vaccine: Three trucks carrying the Covishield vaccine left the Serum Institute of India building at 4:55 am IST, followed by a police escort vehicle to reach the Pune International Airport. The unloading started at the cargo terminal at around 5:30 am and they will be dispatched to 12 cities in India, The Hindustan Times reported.  The ...

Economists suggest PM Modi: On Friday, India’s top economists in a meeting with PM Narendra Modi suggested him to incorporate few economic reforms in order to put the economy back on the path of growth. The virtual meeting was held weeks ahead of the annual budget submission, scheduled for February 1. It was attended by ...

Tejas fighter planes: On Wednesday, India took one of the key decisions to strengthen its defences, by providing a go-ahead for the acquisition of Tejas fighter plane’s deal worth about Rs 48,000 crore. The deal for 83 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, to be purchased by the Indian Air Force, was approved by Cabinet Committee on ...

Sonia Gandhi slams centre: On Thursday, incumbent Congress President Sonia Gandhi condemned central government for handling of the country’s fuel pricing, which reached all time high in the very first month on the new year. She highlighted how the petrol prices, which have been going up frequently for the past several months, crossed even the ...

Avian flu outbreak: The Bird flu infection was identified in a few parts of India. As per recent reports, birds in enormous numbers have been mysteriously dying all across India. Bird influenza is a highly serious and infectious respiratory sickness in fowls brought about by the H5N1 flu virus, which can infect people too as ...