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DBT draft development policy aims to make India global biomanufacturing hub
By Anonna Dutt
PUBLISHED ON JAN 30, 2021 01:59 PM IST
The draft suggests that the basic research be ready for the challenges of the future such as precision medicine, gene editing, epigenetics, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

What is Mission Covid Suraksha? All you need to know
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 26, 2020 09:42 AM IST
The mission aims at providing end-to-end passage to vaccines — from preclinical stage to manufacturing.

Marshland of sewage near Barapullah drain turns into urban forest
By Vatsala Shrangi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 06, 2019 04:07 PM IST
The initiative is the second part of the Union government’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Delhi Development Authority (DDA)’s project to clean the Barapullah drain.

Now, a Guinness record for ‘largest first aid lesson’
By Rajeev Mullick | Hindustan Times, Lucknow, Lucknow
PUBLISHED ON OCT 08, 2018 01:31 PM IST
Breathtaking feat: As many as 3,540 students of Lucknow come together under one roof to learn lesson on first aid.

Hurdle before autonomy: Only one out of 3 colleges in Maharashtra is graded
By Musab Qazi | Hindustan Times, Mumbai, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON SEP 25, 2018 05:40 AM IST
Although the government is pushing for autonomy for more colleges affiliated with state universities, National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) is yet to grade more than 70% of the institutes

Now, biofuel from Barapullah drain sewage
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON SEP 19, 2018 09:52 AM IST
Though this is a demonstration project, ICT scientists say its capacity can be increased to treat the entire Barapullah drain water.