NITM to take up multi-dimensional research on COVID-19
The Hindu
Belagavi-based ICMR facility signs MoU with BIMS and KIMS
Belagavi-based ICMR National Institute of Traditional Medicine (NITM) will take up multi-dimensional research on COVID-19 in association with two government medical colleges of North Karnataka. On Tuesday, ICMR officers signed memoranda of understanding with Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences and Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences. NITM Director Debprasad Chattopadhyaya said that the MoUs were signed to undertake collaborative activities such as training programmes for scientists and clinicians for skill development and competence building to benefit public health at large, allowing ICMR researchers to work in BIMS and KIMS for clinical research and those from BIMS and KIMS to work at ICMR-NITM for laboratory research.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.