Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several economic relief measures amid COVID pandemic including eight economic relief measures, of which four are absolutely new and one is specific to health infrastructure.

Addressing media in New Delhi, the Finance Minister announced 1.1 lakh crore rupee Loan Guarantee Scheme for COVID affected sectors. She said, of them 50 thousand crore rupees will be for health sector. Read More

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today said that COVID has strengthened Public-Private Partnership model in India’s healthcare system with a win-win situation for both.

Speaking at the 2nd Public Health Summit 2021 organized by CII here, he said that this partnership between Industry and Public Health Experts can work on different models such as health care and diagnostics delivery, vaccine development, R&D, telemedicine facilities for rural areas and digital delivery of medicines. Read More

Chairman of COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), Dr. Narendra Kumar Arora has said that the country will soon have the world’s first DNA-plasmid vaccine by Zydus Cadila which has been Made in India.

The other vaccine that the government can expect soon is Biological E – a protein sub-unit vaccine, he further informed that the trials of these vaccines have been quite encouraging and they are hopeful that this vaccine will be available by September this year. Read More

A Webinar on ‘The Element of Hope in the COVID Era: Oxygen’ was organised by the Indian Chest Society in association with CSIR-CMERI on 27th June 2021. Prof. Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, was the Chief Speaker for the Virtual Event.

He shared that the Human Body rejects a substantial portion of Oxygen during the process of Exhaling. During High Flow Oxygen Therapy, the Exhaled Oxygen can be trapped which in turn will decrease the Oxygen Load to a great extent. The CSIR-CMERI Oxygen Enrichment Unit (OEU) encompasses the functionality and goes beyond that of an Oxygen Concentrator. Read More

Government of India has been proactively working towards effective COVID-19 management by sustained strengthening of multi-level health and testing infrastructure, and through focussed Public Health Measures in active collaboration with the States. Union Health Ministry has from time to time alerted the State Governments on critical points in the trajectory of COVID-19 for implementing an effective Public Health Response under a “whole of government” approach.

Based on the recent findings of INSACOG, the Union Health Ministry has alerted and advised Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh regarding the Delta Plus variant of COVID19 being found in some districts in these States. Read More

Vaccines and COVID Appropriate Behaviour can help us fight the pandemic. Secretary, Department of Biotechnology; Director-General, ICMR and Director, NCDC have answered many questions about the Delta and Delta Plus variants of the SARS-Cov-2 virus.

Q. Why does a virus mutate?
Virus by its very nature mutates. It is part of its evolution. The SARS-Cov-2 virus is a single-stranded RNA virus. So, changes in the genetic sequence of the RNA are mutations. The moment a virus enters its host cell or a susceptible body, it starts replicating. When the spread of infection increases, the rate of replication also increases. A virus that has got a mutation in it is known as a variant. Read More

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated all those who are driving the momentum of India’s vaccination drive.

In a tweet, the Prime Minister said:
“India’s vaccination drive keeps gaining momentum! Congrats to all those who are driving this effort. Our commitment remains vaccines for all, free for all. सबको वैक्सीन, मुफ्त वैक्सीन।“ Read More

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated a Zen Garden and Kaizen Academy at AMA, Ahmedabad via video conference on 27th June 2021. Pointing to the similarities between ‘Zen’ and Indian ‘Dhyan’, the Prime Minister dwelled on the emphasis on inner peace along with outer progress and growth in the two cultures.

Indians will find the glimpse of the same peace, poise and simplicity in this Zen garden, which they experienced in Yoga through the ages. Buddha gave this ‘Dhyan’ this enlightenment to the world, said the Prime Minister. Similarly, the Prime Minister highlighted both external and internal meanings of Kaizen which not only emphasizes ‘improvement’ but ‘continuous improvement’. Read More

Delhi Pharmaceitical Sciences Reserach University has always promoted certain out reach programs for fitness and health. In 2016, Yoga Fitness center was started to provide 3 credit course for Yoga for students of Pharmacy and Physiotherapy in the University. Further, Certificate Course was started for general public.

On the eve of a day before International Day of Yoga, the Centre was inaugurated by the Honorable Chief Minister of Delhi, Shri Arvind Kejriwal. Initiated in collaboration with the government of NCT of Delhi, this center will conduct the course on Diploma in Meditation and Yoga Sciences. Read More

On International MSME Day, 27th June 2021, Swarnim Startup University,  American Corner, WICCI,  Yi organized a webinar on "MSME Day | With Right Policies, 2021 can see an MSME Boom in India".

Our Respected Shri. Padmin Buch, (Senior Advisor-Corporate Strategy & IPR, Ex-MD - GITCO, BoA of Accuprec) was the speaker. He delivered his expert knowledge in this webinar.

To watch the full event click on the link: 
https://fb.watch/6qvZB9qUGH/

We are happy to share that our article "Regulatory Perspective Of Testing Of Masks, Hand Gloves And PPE In The Midst Of Covid-19" is published in May – June 2021 Issue of the Magazine “Medical Plastics Data Service". Dr. Manish Rachchh, Director(R&D) & CEO of Accuprec Research Labs has given a detailed overview related to the topic.

Read the article here  Read More