New Delhi: The Phase II/III clinical trials of Covaxin, indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, in the 2-18-year-olds will begin in the next 10-12 days, senior NITI Aayog member VK Paul announced Tuesday. The proposal was deliberated in Subject Expert Committee (SEC) (COVID-19) on May 11, the Health Ministry said last week. On May 13, India gave clearance […]
New Delhi : Former President Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday that he was not worried over the economic slowdown as “certain things” that are happening would have its impact. Mukherjee, who also served as the finance minister in the UPA government, further said there was nothing wrong in public sector banks needing capital infusion. “I […]
New Delhi: NITI Aayog said today that it is in discussions with the water resources ministry for establishing an authority to clean and rejuvenate the Yamuna river in the capital. Almost 60-70 per cent of the pollution in Yamuna comes from the Najafgarh drain alone and if that single drain could be handled, it is […]
Bengaluru: Sandbox Startups, the central government recognized technology business incubator in Hubballi, will move to its newly built infrastructure which will be India’s largest incubation center, on July 18, 2018. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, the chief guest, will inaugurate the state-of-the-art facility which provides incubation space for more than a hundred startups at any […]
Mangaluru: After the launch of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Opportunities and Learning (CEOL) in Mangaluru, the NITI Aayog will soon give the innovation hub tag to the premier technical institutions NIT-K, Surathkal and NMAMIT, Karkala. This was announced during defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s recent visit to the city to inaugurate CEOL. Apart from this, these […]
Mangaluru: NITI Aayog president V K Saraswath said that, in order to reduce crude oil imports to India, the government has to focus on increasing the use of methanol to meet the ever rising demand for fuel. Addressing the media in Mangaluru on Friday, he said that the NITI Aayog was in talks with research […]
