CANARA XTRA New Delhi, Aug 09: In a major announcement, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has stated that his ministry will introduce import embargo on 101 items beyond given timeline to boost indigenisation of defence production. “The Ministry of Defence is now ready for a big push to AtmanirbharBharat initiative,” Singh tweeted. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]Read More
CANARA XTRA New Delhi, Aug 07: Soon a high-speed broadband connectivity for Andaman & Nicobar Islands will be reality through the undersea cable of nearly 2300 KM length between Chennai-Port Blair and Port Blair and 7 Islands. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and dedicate to the Nation through video conferencing the submarine Optical Fibre […]Read More
CANARA XTRA New Delhi, Aug 07: India continues on the path of COVID-19 management boosted by two significant achievements, continuously rising recovery rate among the COVID-19 patients and Case Fatality Rate that has remained much below the global average. While the former is at a record high of 68 percent, the latter has touched a […]Read More
CANARA XTRA New Delhi, Aug 03: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Serum Institute of India, Pune to conduct Phase II+III clinical trials of Oxford University-Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine (COVISHIELD) in India. This will hasten the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. India continues to improve the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) and maintain […]Read More
CANARA XTRA New Delhi, Aug 02: The Group of Ministers (GOM) on COVID-19 has agreed to the proposal of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare allowing the export of made-in-India ventilators. This decision has been communicated to the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) for further needed action to facilitate the export of indigenously […]Read More
CANARA XTRA New Delhi, Aug 01: The Case Fatality Rate in India stands at 2.15 percent today and it is lowest since the 1st Lockdown started. It has been continuously reducing from around 3.33 percent in mid-June. Along with the CFR been kept a low rate, the successful implementation of effective containment strategy, aggressive testing […]Read More
CANARA XTRA New Delhi, July 30: The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) received a major purchase order from the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) to supply 1.80 lakh face masks. As per KVIC, the IRCS masks will be made of 100 percent double-twisted handcrafted cotton fabric in brown colour with red piping. KVIC has especially […]Read More
CANARA XTRA New Delhi, July 29: The National Education Policy 2020 approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday has , emphasized mother tongue/local language/regional language as the medium of instruction at least till Grade 5, but preferably till Grade 8 and beyond. The union cabinet has approved National Education Policy 2020, paving way for transformational reforms […]Read More
CANARA XTRA New Delhi, July 29: India recorded 2.23 per cent Case Fatality Rate today which is the lowest since April 1st. Not only has the CFR been kept a low rate, the successful implementation of effective containment strategy, aggressive testing and standardized clinical management protocols based on holistic Standard of Care approach have in […]Read More
CANARA XTRA New Delhi, July 28: The Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH) has selected Bangalore based startup Acculi Labs to develop a COVID risk assessment profile called Lyfas COVID score. Acculi Labs is armed with ‘Lyfas’ a clinical-grade, non-invasive, digital functional biomarker smartphone tool for screening, early detection, root cause analysis, […]Read More