The Centre on Sunday asked private TV news channels to display four new national helpline numbers for the benefit of citizens as part of the COVID-19 awareness initiative.
Shirke broke the earlier world record held by the Australian physically challenged man Javier Stephens of driving 25,000 km in 2016.
He later created a new world record of driving a total of 1.26 lakh km.
He carved out his own niche in the longest aggregated car driving as a world record holder and was recognized by Limca Book of Records and Golden Book of Records.
Born as Prithvirajji on May 3, 1936, Pragmalji III was the eldest son of the erstwhile ruler of Kutch, Maharao Madansinhji.
Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have announced to provide unsecured loans of upto ₹5 lakh to individuals to meet their and family members’ COVID-19 treatment cost. This comes in the wake of the ongoing second wave of the pandemic that has swept across the country unleashing untold miseries on families across income groups.
An innovative farmer in Himachal Pradesh has developed a self-pollinating apple variety that does not need the required long chilling hours for flowering and fruit setting.
The Man Behind The Innovation
The inventive farmer who did this is Hariman Sharma, who hails from Paniala village of Bilaspur district in Himachal Pradesh.
His innovative apple variety – HRMN 99 – has inspired farmers in thousands in his region and also horticulturists of Bilaspur and other lower hill districts in the State, which earlier could never dream of growing apples.
Dr Srikumar Banerjee, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, passed away on Sunday at his Mumbai residence after suffering a heart attack. Banerjee, 75, had recovered from Covid last month.
The veteran nuclear scientist had retired as the secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy in 2012. Prior to the Atomic Energy Commission, Banerjee had served as the director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc).
In a study published in the journal ‘Current Research in Virological Science’, the researchers have described the shape and properties of the C-terminal region of non-structural protein 1 (NSP1) present in the coronavirus.
The company has received approval from FDA (Food and Drugs Administration) Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat (India), to manufacture and market Posaconazole API as approved medication for treating Mucormycosis in India, Bajaj Healthcare said in a regulatory filing.
The PMO has stated that children having lost parents to Covid will get free health insurance of Rs 5 lakh till 18 years, with the premium being paid from the PM CARES fund.