Settled in the US, Sanjay Gupta, Manika Agrawal, Ankit Agarwal, Chaitali, Vikas Malik and Kavindra Taliyan formed a voluntary group called “CovidCare4U.Org” in Madison to help people and health care centres located in rural areas of India that provide free treatment to Covid-19 patients.
Month: May 2021
** CRPF DG Kuldiep Singh gets additional charge of National Investigation Agency
** Sari aficionados led by Kerala doc promote Chendamangalam in US
Dr. Chino Mannikarottu of Scripps memorial hospital, San Diego, USA, has always been enthusiastic about India’s classic apparel, sari. This time she mixes her passion with a social cause by promoting Chendamangalam fabrics for a photoshoot.
** DRDO develops forging technology for aircraft engine components
The near isothermal forging technology can produce all five stages of high-pressure compressor discs out of titanium alloy.
“The DRDO has established the near isothermal forging technology to produce all the five stages of high-pressure compressor [HPC] discs out of difficult-to-deform titanium alloy using its unique 2000 metric tonne isothermal forge press,” a DRDO statement said.
** Turkey sends assistance, recalls Gandhi’s support to liberation struggle
Turkish assistance consisted of 50 MT of medical supplies including 5 oxygen generators, 680 oxygen cylinders, 50 ventilators and 50,000 boxes of anti-viral medicine. The consignments were sent on board two A400M military cargo aircraft.
A statement from the Embassy of Turkey informed that Mr. Cavusoglu offered to send the assistance during the telephone conversation held on April 26.
** Last of the shaukeen Kayasth men
How my father Rajeev Rishi, a bon vivant and amateur chef, gave us life lessons through his food and left an indelible mark on Avadhi cuisine
** RT-PCR test: NEERI develops simple, fast method of swab collection and processing
The patient gargles the solution and rinses it inside the tube.
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has developed a simple and fast method of swab collection and processing for RT-PCR coronavirus test which could be used in rural and tribal areas.
Nagpur
** Former Anna University Vice-Chancellor M. Anandakrishnan no more
Renowned educationist M. Anandakrishnan died in the city early on May 29, after battling against COVID-19. He was 93.
He served as Vice-Chancellor of Anna University and was chairman of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
A Padma Shri recipient, he is survived by his wife Jayalakshmi Anandakrishnan and four sons – Ramu, Ravi, Satyan and Sridhar.
** MEA’s first directory of diplomats a record of Nehruvian era
Volume is rare to come across and is found only in limited number of libraries and in personal collections
In 1958, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru decided to publish a ‘Statement of Services of Officers of Branches A and B of the Indian Foreign Service’. The responsibility of editing the volume, which contained the biodata of all the diplomats who joined the ministry in the 1940s and the 1950s, fell on KPS Menon Jr. Finally, what emerged was a slim volume of 95 pages containing the details of careers and interesting developments involving many young officials who would shape India’s diplomacy in the subsequent decades. It also shows how Mr. Nehru planned diplomats to be a mix of diverse backgrounds and skills.
** Oral solution for ‘black fungus’ is now ready for technology transfer: IIT Hyderabad Researchers
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) have developed oral solution, which could be mass-produced now, to treat ‘black fungs’ providing huge relief to patients affected with it and doctors finding it hard to treat the patients due to the poor availability of the present medicine.
After two years of advancement of examination, the researchers are now confident that the technology can be transferred to suitable pharma partners for large-scale production.