The anticancer component of this mushroom variety has been thoroughly investigated by the institute.
| 20 May 2021 10:44 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: Scientists at the Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE) in Kutch have successfully cultivated the mushroom species cordyceps militaris, which has traditionally been used in Chinese and Tibetan herbal medicine.
The mushrooms were grown in 35 jars in a controlled atmosphere in a laboratory for 90 days, yielding 350 grammes. The mushroom is worth Rs1.50 lakh per kilogramme.
The institute, which has found it effective in treating even breast cancer, has chosen to offer low-cost training to entrepreneurs as a means of making a living by cultivating mushrooms on a laboratory scale.
Queue for remdesivir at Zydus hospital in Ahmedabad on Monday
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Monday pulled up the state government for the shortage of the antiviral drug remdesivir and the control on its supply, and ordered it to make the medication available for all, like paracetamol, during this surge in Covid-19 cases.
The judges asserted that they want results instead of getting into the unnecessary blame game over the behaviour of people, production and medicine stocks.
While taking up the issue of Covid-19 in a suo motu PIL, the bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Bhargav Karia said that the government should come up with policy on what is needed and when it is needed and to cut hoarders out. “The state can always find those hoarding and people selling medicines at higher prices and see that the strongest possible measures are taken against them,” the court said, to which the government said that this has been done.
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Tuesday suggested the state government to take “urgent and serious steps” to curb the situation and impose lockdown for 3-4 days to curb the rising Covid cases.
The bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice B D Karia summoned the top law officers of the government – advocate general Kamal Trivedi and government pleader Manisha Shah - and told them to convey the court’s concerns to the decision makers to take immediate steps.
After a brief discussion, the chief justice told the law officers, “You may please convey our concerns to the decision makers that urgent and serious steps need to be taken to check this (Covid-19 spread) otherwise things will go out of hand.”
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AHMEDABAD: A woman has accused her husband of throwing her out of the house after falling in love with their maid.
Alka Vyas, a resident of Parshwanath township, filed a complaint against her husband Mukesh Vyas and maid Hetal with Nikol police.
Alka told police that she fell in love with Mukesh and married him. They have a 15-year-old daughter Ayushi and 14-year-old son Vashisht.
She stated that when she was pregnant with Vashisht, they had employed Hetal, a resident of Bapunagar, as their maid to help her with the household work.
In her complaint, Alka said that Hetal and Mukesh began an affair and the two began harassing her mentally and even physically.