Relatives of a person who died after contracting COVID-19 mourn April 29 over the casket before the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi. (CNS/Reuters/Adnan Abidi)
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K taka health minister seeks IISc s support in tackling COVID-19 ANI | Updated: May 13, 2021 16:51 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 13 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday interacted with Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Director Prof. Govindan Rangarajan to seek premier science institute s support in tackling the second wave of the COVID-19 across the state.
According to the professor, various researches are being carried out by the scientists at IISc which include designing a more efficient oxygen concentrator and also a vaccine for COVID-19 that can be stored at room temperature upto 30 degree Celsius.
He informed that IISc has developed an oxygen concentrator of 10 LPM capacity which is being tested for its clinical validation at Bangalore Medical College, as per an official release.
Jagan calls for steps to improve varsities’ ranking at national level
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‘Replicate policies of top institutions, and talent should take precedence’
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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at a review meeting on higher education, at his camp office on Wednesday.
‘Replicate policies of top institutions, and talent should take precedence’
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday directed officials of the Department of Higher Education to draw an action plan to improve the quality of education in the universities and ensure that they are in the top position in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).
oxygen manufacturing plants in the state supply oxygen only to the State.
The CM told the media on Tuesday after an emergency Cabinet meeting to take stock of the
Covid situation that to tide over the shortage of oxygen, one of the proposals was to procure all the oxygen manufactured in the State to meet the growing demands of the hospitals. “I have already discussed the issue and am hoping for a favourable reply soon,” Yediyurappa said. The State Cabinet has also approved a decision to procure 5 lakh Remdesivir doses and 1 lakh oxygen concentrators from abroad. The State is also mulling over a plan to supply kits to every home isolated patient.
Central University in Arunachal Orders Gag on Students and Teachers ‘The university cannot afford to allow laxity in the name of dissent’
ITANAGAR: The Rajiv Gandhi University in Arunachal Pradesh finds itself in the midst of a tussle with a set of students over the lockdown measures it recently imposed. The administration has now issued a gag order against students and staff directing them to refrain from making negative comments about the varsity on social media.
The state’s only central university has been embroiled in controversy ever since the decision was taken to close down all campus hostels in the wake of the second wave of Covid-19. The decision was met with opposition from the RGU Research Scholars’ Forum, which requested the university administration to reconsider its decision. On April 28 members of the RGURSF also staged a rally demanding a rollback of the decision.