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The Eureka Moment Updated Mar 14, 2021, 6:08 pm IST The OMG effect of scientific discoveries is what Shweta Taneja hopes will inspire kids to take up research and push their capabilities Shweta Taneja India has always been known for its scientific discoveries. On the occasion of National Science Day 2021, on February 28, a one-of-a-kind book about the daring discoveries and ingenious inventions of India’s brightest scientists They Found What?/They Made What? by Shweta Taneja was released. The book, especially for children, talks about the emotions that discoveries bring the thrill Dr Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, who heads the Centre for Neuroscience at IISc, felt when she looked at a human brain through a microscope for the first time; and the joy that Dr Amit Agrawal at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay experienced when the microdevice he was building to split blood into plasma first started functioning, after years of work! ....
Share New Delhi: The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) today celebrated its 35th Foundation Day. “The Department’s role in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic is commendable. A special grant of Rs. 900 crore under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 has been allocated to the Department for the COVID-SURAKSHA towards development of vaccines against COVID-19”, speaker at the function pointed out. The function to celebrate the 35th Foundation Day of DBT was held through video-conferencing.Speakers highlighted that the Department is making tremendous efforts to make our country Atmanirbhar in the Biotechnology sector. “National Biomedical Resource Indigenisation consortium (NBRIC) being the classical example”, he said. “This platform aims to achieve self-reliance towards diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19 and beyond”, they added. ....