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all stakeholders and Indian STI activities on a single online platform; helping efficient utilisation of resources; highlighting functioning of scientific organisations, laboratories and institutions; aggregating information on science funding, fellowship and award opportunities spanning from school to faculty level; pooling together conferences, seminars and events; and projecting science in India with its significant achievements. The ISTI web portal has been developed by Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous organisation of the DST.
In the critical times of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the web portal serves as a one-stop online information guide to bring together a collection of resources in response to COVID-19. These resources are generated by efforts made by numerous initiatives and schemes taken up by several departments and ministries of the Government of India and numerous institutions spread across the country. The content presented here relies on the best available scientific understanding of the disease and its transmission.
The web portal provides all information related to COVID-19, from presenting symptoms to vaccine science, distribution strategy, and preventive measures initiated for envisaged future waves. It contains content on fact-checks and myth-busters in question and answer format, contributions from the research fraternity, start-up spotlights, industry collaborations, communications and resources, reaching out to society and so on. A dedicated focus has been given to exhibiting funding opportunities catering to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Contact info:
kdgm@vigyanprasar.gov.in
Website link:
https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/
Press Information Bureau releases daily bulletin on COVID-19
Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India releases a daily bulletin on COVID-19, starting from the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak. The bulletin contains press releases concerning COVID-19, issued in the last 24 hours, inputs from PIB field offices, and fact checks undertaken by PIB. These bulletins are published in 14 languages: Hindi, English, Urdu, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Bangla, Kannada, Oriya, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam and Manipuri. The following data points are released on 08 September 2021.
VOL. IV ISSUE 10
VIGYAN PRASAR 40
COVID-19 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EFFORTS IN INDIA