Page 29 - Covid Special Issue

89. COVID-19 Vaccination (E)
90. COVID-19 Vaccination (H)
91. COVID-19 Vaccine Approval and Dry Run (E)
92. Question Hour COVID-19 Phone in Programme With Dr. Aditya Aggarwal
93. Question Hour COVID-19 Phone in Programme With Dr. Vaishhali Bhardwaj
94. Question Hour COVID-19 Phone in Programme With Dr. Swati Maheswari
Contact info: kapil@vigyanprasar.gov.in
Website link:
https://www.indiascience.in/
Vigyan Prasar published ‘Bye Bye Corona’ for making people aware
of COVID-19 in an engaging way
World’s first scientoon book on COVID-19 titled “Bye Bye Corona”, written by ‘scientoonist’ Dr Pradeep Srivastava, former Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, was released by Ms. Anandiben Patel, Governor, Uttar Pradesh. The book is published by Vigyan Prasar. Dr Nakul Parashar, Director, Vigyan Prasar, and Nimish Kapoor, scientist and head of publication division, Vigyan Prasar, are the chief editor and editor of the book, respectively.
The book is an attempt to show that how common man can be made aware about SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 disease with the help of colourful, interesting and eye-catching Scientoons. Awareness is the best tool for prevention, which in turn is the best way to save us from this pandemic.
Website link:
https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/bye-bye-corona/
TIFAC released White paper on ‘Focused Interventions for ‘Make in
India’: Post COVID-19’
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology, Health and Family Welfare and Earth Sciences on 10 July, 2020 released a white paper titled “Focused Interventions for ‘Make in India’: Post COVID-19” prepared by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), at Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.
Dr Harsh Vardhan congratulated TIFAC for bringing out this White Paper document at a right time when India is gearing up for boosting economy with a new Mantra ‘Local Solutions to Global Challenges - Policy and Technology Imperatives’. “The road to national economy recovery would traverse through measures like Policy support to unconventional strategies, leveraging into new international partnerships in important sectors of Agriculture, Electronics, Health, ICT and Manufacturing
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