January 2021 - Page 6 of 11

Sports

Nikolai Snesarev appointed as middle- and long-distance coach of Indian athletics team

NewsTrack PlusJanuary 15, 2021

Government has approved the appointment of Belarussian coach Nikolai Snesarev as the middle- and long-distance coach of the Indian athletics team. The 72-year-old has been appointed till the end of...

National

Indian Army Demonstrates Drone Swarms During Army Day Parade

NewsTrack PlusJanuary 15, 2021

The Indian Army carried out a live demonstration of Drone Swarming capability using 75 indigenously designed and developed drones which executed an array of Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled simulated offensive...

Science

Researchers identify heavy metal pollution across Cauvery river basin in Tamil Nadu

NewsTrack PlusJanuary 15, 2021

New Delhi (India Science Wire): River pollution is a cause of concern in India as almost 45 rivers have at least two toxic heavy metals beyond the permissible limits. A...

Health & Fitness

Nasal COVID-19 vaccine could soon be a reality

NewsTrack PlusJanuary 15, 2021

New Delhi (India Science Wire): In a significant development, Bharat Biotech has sought Drug Controller General India's (DCGI) approval to conduct nasal COVID-19 vaccine trials in India. The company has...

Travel

Hisar Airport Inaugurated Under RCS-UDAN

NewsTrack PlusJanuary 15, 2021

First flight to the newly constructed Hisar airport in Haryana from Chandigarh was flagged off today under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN) of the...

Health & Fitness

Jan Aushadi Kendras record sales of Rs 484 Crore this Financial Year

NewsTrack PlusJanuary 15, 2021

In the financial year 2020-2021 (upto 12th January 2021), sales worth Rs. 484 Cr were recorded at the 7064 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras across all districts of the...

National

India’s First Indigenously Developed 9mm Machine Pistol

NewsTrack PlusJanuary 15, 2021

India’s first indigenous 9mm Machine Pistol has been jointly developed by DRDO and Indian Army. Infantry School, Mhow and DRDO’s Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune have designed and...

Tech

Technology to combat harmful emissions from DG sets

NewsTrack PlusJanuary 14, 2021

New Delhi : The air pollution picture of Delhi is quite gloomy. In a bid to combat this, a group of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT...

Science

Coastal India to witness unprecedented job loss due to heat stress

NewsTrack PlusJanuary 14, 2021

New Delhi (India Science Wire): In a recently published study in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, it is estimated that there would be a decline of 35% in work performance...

Health & Fitness

Novel coronavirus found in air samples: CCMB study

NewsTrack PlusJanuary 14, 2021

Airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus is possible under certain conditions, cautions a study undertaken by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). The research was conducted to determine...