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During Covid times, innovation is the key

India, Israel fighting virus better with tech, innovation
India, Israel To Conduct Joint Research For Rapid COVID-19 Testing

India, Australia jointly announce Special COVID-19 collaboration for scientific research

Karnataka has roped in experts and research scholars as interns to overcome uncertainties caused by Covid-19

Aarogya not enough, need high testing: ICMR; Study says to maximise impact of app-based approaches, they will need to be tightly coupled with health system responses

IIM-Kochi’s incubatee start-up designs robot arm for swab sample collection

Aarogya Setu, India’s contact-tracing app, goes open-source

Global tech companies to help Karnataka government in COVID-19 fight
NASSCOM develops data analysis tool to help in fight against pandemic

Whether this tool anyway will help to optimize sampling techniques based on testing capacity? Currently the government is taking random decisions like secondary contact pool testing or dropping sampling of asymptomatic cases!

Defence Research Body Develops ''Ultra Swachh'' For PPE Disinfection

Coronavirus | Researchers at IIT-Hyderabad develop low-cost test kit that can detect virus within 20 minutes

The researchers claimed that the alternative test method is not based on the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) — the method currently being used for COVID-19 testing.

The test kit has been developed at a cost of ₹550 and it can be reduced to up to Rs 350 when taken to mass production, they said.

“The low-cost test kit is easy to carry around and tests can be done at point of care. The testing method used is an alternative to the currently used method. We identified a unique sequence of conserved regions of COVID-19 genome,” Mr. Singh, who led the three-member team, said.

IIT-Ropar to install negative pressure chambers to contain spread of Covid-19

Fighting COVID-19: IIT Guwahati Students Develop Innovative and Low-Cost Products
IIT Guwahati Continues Developing Affordable And Innovative Products To Fight COVID-19

IIT Kharagpur students create innovative AI-based social distancing tracking device

Low-cost ventilators, affordable test kits to sanitsing drones: IIT innovations take commercial route to fight COVID-19
From Test Kits To Sanitising Drones: How IITs Helped In COVID-19 Battle

Ashwagandha compound may help cure Coronavirus infection: Research by IIT-Delhi, Japan’s AIST

Beyond The Lab: Firing up the innovation engine during coronavirus pandemic

M’luru doctor develops Covid Guard to monitor patients

5 Innovative Startups Making Offices More Secure Post COVID

Covid-19 Battle : Surreal Design Studio introduces innovative products to fight against the pandemic

Innovation and technology in the age of Covid-19

Maharashtra Farmer "Very Happy" After PM's Shout-Out Over His Innovation

Innovative disinfection & sanitization solutions by common people selected in NIF’s Challenge COVID-19 Competition (C3)

NASSCOM Report showcases increased IoT innovation in India

Beyond India’s Coronavirus Unlock 1.0: An age of innovation

Lift majors roll out innovative measures to help users beat Covid-19 challenges

Innovative Sanitisation Mechanism To Keep Delhi Cops Safe From COVID-19

Innovation, data top priorities for marketers in India: Report

Drones, contact tracing apps became more acceptable during coronavirus than ever before: India at UN

How Corona Crisis Sparked a Wave of Innovation

COVID-19 NPD: India’s research institute develops high protein and fibre foods for patients

3 clinical trials for virus cure begin at Naidu

Covid patient recovers via plasma therapy in Pune

New Research: How lockdown has impacted Indian farmers, their yields

Coronavirus | Health Ministry plans to study viral behaviour in corpses

COVID-19: Strides Pharma to conduct bio-equivalence study on favipiravir in India

COVID-19 cases to peak in India between June 21-28: Study

HCQ breakthrough: ICMR finds it’s effective in preventing coronavirus, expands its use

Google Research India project on Covid-19 may help policymakers design lockdown strategies in the future

Scientists at Genome India propose study of Covid’s genetic dimension

Females in India more prone to Covid death risk than males: Study

Health Ministry Says Loss of Taste and Smell Will Now be Considered Covid-19 Symptoms. Here’s Why

Mumbai: Is Covid-19 causing high sugar among patients?

Coronavirus: Patanjali CEO claims his company has found Ayurveda cure, gives 100% favourable results


Research & Innovations Issues

Startup Street: State Of India’s Startups Amid Covid-Hit Economy

Covid vaccine research in India at nascent stage, breakthrough unlikely this year: Experts

Women are majorly under-represented in COVID-19 research authorship


Research & Innovations Control Actions

HRD plans niche DTH channel focussing on innovation, entrepreneurship

C-CAMP helps commercialise 17 innovations fighting Covid-19, more in pipeline

Facilitating Research and Innovation: Establishment of 4 COVID-19 Bio Banks by the Department of Biotechnology

Govt initiates process for new science technology and innovation policy

COVID forces India to rethink sci-tech policy, Centre formulating STIP 2020

Covid-19: Global Grad Show to drive social innovation

Social innovation hub on anvil

This is what the issue! The government is developing skills in a city were cost of living is high. But exit-China MNCs want to go to a city were cost of living is low hence labout is cheap but skill level is high. Has the government already built one Skill Development Hub in Noida? If this is the way India will never attract those investment. Rubbish government!

We have to understand Chinese tactics. After developing a few city to a certain level it stopped its population growth further and focused on developng other cities' skill level so that cheap labours are available there.

Kochi: Maker village invites applications for innovation grants

UGC asks colleges, varsities to conduct COVID-19 study in neighbouring villages


Research & Innovations Suggestive Actions

A chance to rejuvenate India’s healthcare sector

How India can develop its health ecosystem into a dominant, post-Covid economic sector

Four strategies for rapid innovation during a crisis

"Innovation Should Be Given a Boost Through Tax Incentives"

We need to create an environment that fosters an innovation mind-set and a favourable ecosystem

Measuring the epidemic: Publicness, decentralisation of science and governance is needed

Why we need to study asymptomatics and mild COVID19 cases


Research & Innovations Private Actions

Marico Innovation Foundation Selects 3 Innovators For #Innovate2BeatCOVID Challenge
Marico Innovation Foundation responds to seriousness of COVID-19 pandemic with ‘Innovate2Beat COVID’
Harsh Mariwala, Bain's Amit Chandra want to foster India's innovation system

L’strategique LLP holds web conference on ‘Challenges of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Covid-19 Era’

Post Covid-19: SMEs new mantra – business model innovation, brand building and digital marketing

Tata Trusts-backed India Health Fund to promote start-ups developing means to fight diseases like COVID-19