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…
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…