staff reporter durg, all india council for technical education (aicte) has given affiliation to m tech courses run by chhattisgarh swami vivekanand technical university (csvtu), bhilai. recently, csvtu has received recognition
The state higher and technical education department has issued a Government Resolution (GR) on Friday declaring approval to set up such centres of excellence in the ten institutes spread across the state.
Black Fungus declared epidemic in J&K
While India has witnessed no respite from the COVID-19 pandemic, a countrywide outbreak of Black fungus infections among survivors and patients has added to the coronavirus-related death toll. With the shortage of drugs making treatment of the fungal infection which is also known as mucormycosis very difficult, Liposomal Amphotericin B (LaMB), a drug developed by B. Srikantha Annappa Pai has emerged as a lifesaver.
The medication, whose development was spearheaded by Pai way back in 2010-11, is saving lives across the country, and the researcher says that he is grateful for it. So who is Srikantha Annappa Pai and how does the drug engineered by him benefit sufferers of mucormycosis?