An hour’s drive from Bengaluru brings me to what looks like a sophisticated pharma manufacturing facility. Professionally controlled delivery vehicles line up alongside the state-of-the-art, access-controlled building. Even the office …
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Needs to be kept in bright sunlight before reuse Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi have developed a virus-filtering, self-cleaning and antibacterial material that can be used …
TedX speaker, honorary PHD and Recycle Man of India are just some of the titles that rest lightly on the shoulders of Binish Desai, the maverick of India’s waste sector. …
In view of the current bird flu outbreak The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued guidelines on how people who handle live poultry should take special …
Wedding season is upon us, and even a pandemic — that requires us to stay home unless absolutely necessary and stay apart when together — cannot dissuade engaged couples, and …
Mankind Pharma’s Dehradun plant has around five hundred employees divided into three shifts, manufacturing tablets, capsules and injectables for export. Soumya Panda, Associate Vice-President and Site Head of the plant …
While the focus is understandably on providing frontline personnel with PPE to safeguard their health, we also urgently need to scale up our capacity for safely processing used PPE, which …
Focussed UV rays can decontaminate in just two minutes Indian scientists from IIT Tirupati (IITT) and IISER Tirupati have jointly developed the Portable Optical Cavity Sterilization Unit (POSCU), a hybrid …