Tata Trusts and the Tata group have tied up with two top medical institutions, Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore and Care Institute of Health Sciences (CIHS) Hyderabad, to assist health care professionals augment skills in critical care in the management of Covid-19. The curated 22-hour on-line training programmes are meant for specific staff chosen by identified hospitals and are provided …

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC)  has announced that the LSAT—India test date would be moved by one month to help accommodate students preparing to sit for their remaining CBSE board exams scheduled between 01 to 15 July.  The online LSAT—India will now be administered starting 19 July, using the AI-enabled remote proctored online test delivery system to allow candidates to …

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee will conduct research on the identification of antivirals to treat SARS-CoV2. This development comes after a proposal led by Prof. Pravindra Kumar has been given a go-ahead by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB). The study will identify small molecule inhibitors to target key viral replication enzymes- RNA dependent RNA polymerase (nsp12), viral …

Bhavin Turakhia, CEO and Founder at Flock The way we worked may never be the same again. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed every aspect of our professional life — from our daily commute to office travel to our work environment to how we interact with our colleagues and peers. Of course, business is not running as usual. While a …

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) based incubatee start-up, ispAgro, has developed a functional prototype of a robotic swab sample collection arm which can be remotely controlled for safe and speedy swab sample collection process. The specializes in drone and robotics technology and is one of the many start-ups mentored by IIMK’s business incubator and entrepreneurship development center, LIVE.  The …

E-learning platform, Digital Defynd has recently launched over 1,000 free courses to help working professionals and students beat the Corona Career Crisis. The free courses have been released in tie up with well renowned global universities, including Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Princeton, Yale and many more. Professionals can choose courses from a variety of subjects right from business, finance, healthcare, digital marketing …