Indias marine scientific research capability has received a boost with the commissioning of coastal research vessel (CRV) Sagar Anveshika. The vessel joins the fleet of three other vessels of the same class Sagar Tara, Sagar Nidhi, and Sagar .
Not just Covid-19, 2020 was year of scientific achievements: Harsh Vardhan ANI | Updated: Jan 09, 2021 16:25 IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 9 (ANI): Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that 2020 was not just the year of Covid-19 but also a year of scientific achievements.
His remarks came at the inauguration of Coastal Research Vessel (CRV) Sagar Anveshika at Chennai Port Trust. 2020 is year of Covid-19 but I call it at a year of science. It was not only about health professionals but scientists too rose to the occasion and solved all the challenges we faced. We were the first one in the whole world to isolate the virus, start genome sequencing months back and then storing the virus, he said.