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Indian Bar Association (IBA) is an association of lawyers who are united in the cause of bringing in transparency and accountability in Indian judiciary. The members of IBA share the common zeal of working towards maintaining the Rule of Law, in which the judiciary has a pivotal role to replay. IBA works relentlessly in its pursuit of preserving the sanctity of justice delivery system and to achieve this, IBA is actively involved in dissemination of legal knowledge and providing guidance and support to advocates and common men in their fight for justice.At the same time, IBA keeps a strict watch…

The Nature, a topmost science journal in the world has published a breakthrough research paper of Indian scienists recently, “A chickpea genetic variation map based on the sequencing of 3,366 genomes, led by Prof Rajeev Varshney, Research Program Director at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) on November 10, 2021. Since then, this research is making rounds in social media, newspapers, magazines, blogs, etc. Biotech Express has undertaken in-depth analysis of this research and interviewed Prof Varshney to know background, achievements and future plan of this work. To the best of our knowledge, in recent decades,…

• Prof Pandey is No.1 from India among 21 scientists. • 6,602 researchers from more than 70 countries and regions have been recognized this year. • Clarivate Identifies the One in 1,000 Citation Elite with Annual Highly Cited Researchers List. About Professor Ashok Pandey Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at the Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Executive Director (Honorary) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability – India. His major research and technological development interests are industrial & environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels…

Dr Rajesh S. Gokhale, a scientist of the National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi, has been appointed as the new secretary of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India effective from Nov. 1 2021. Biotech Express magazine congratulate Prof Gokhale on this new role and wishes more promotion of Indian Biotech sector through his efforts. Here are some facts about Dr Gokhale: Education Dr Gokhale (born 16/01/1967) did his graduation in B.Sc. Chemistry from Delhi University and M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Bombay, Mumbai, India in 1990. He then obtained his PhD from…

FABA in collaboration with FABA Bangladesh Chapter, FABA Academy, and University of Hyderabad (UoH) Aspire BioNEST conducted the Workshop on “Biosafety and Biosecurity in Microbiological, Biomedical Research, Diagnosis and Clinical Care” virtually on weekends and spanned a total of 7 days (22nd October to 6th November, 2021). Nearly 128 participants, from Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Morocco, and Nigeria participated in this workshop. Of these, 40 % were from various leading biopharma industries, including Indian Immunologicals Limited, Biological E. Limited, Curateq Biologics Private Limited, Integrated Cleanroom Technologies Private Limited, Hetero Biopharma Limited, Biosafe Lab India Private Limited, and Syngene International Limited. Altogether,…

A team of researchers from the School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad comprising Prof. P. Reddanna, Advisory Board Member of Biotech Express, Dr. Kumar Reddy and Dr. Nooruddin Khan and from Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences comprising Mr. Harshavardhan Bhuktar, Mr. Sharda Shukla and Prof. Manojit Pal have validated the 12R-LOX as the target for the development of anti-psoriasis drugs through a series of in vitro and in vivo experiments, including generation of 12R-LOX overexpressing transgenic mice and efficacy of 12R-LOX inhibitors. A recognized feature of psoriasis and other proliferative dermatoses is the accumulation in the skin of…

A new biotechnology centre has been set up in Kimin, a remote area of Arunachal Pradesh to help improve the socio-economic status of the tribal people in the State. It will aim at conservation and sustainable utilization of the local bio-resources using biotechnological tools. It will be supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. Inaugurating the facility – Centre for Bio-resources and Sustainable Development, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, noted that the Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has been providing special priority to the development of…

The disparity between the global distribution of Covid-19 boosters and first shots to people in developing nations is a “scandal,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing Friday. Inequitable vaccine distribution has hit Africa particularly hard, where just 6% of the continent’s population is fully vaccinated against Covid, the WHO’s Regional Office for Africa reported as of Oct. 28. WHO officials have for weeks criticized the distribution of boosters to healthy adults, calling on high-income countries to reallocate their surplus doses to immunize health-care personnel, the elderly and other high-risk adults across poorer nations. “Every day,…

Fully vaccinated people can contract and pass on Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 , in household settings, but at lower rates than unvaccinated people, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. Researchers led by Imperial College London, UK, found that vaccinated people clear the infection more quickly, but the peak viral load among them is similar to that seen in unvaccinated individuals, which may explain why they can still readily pass on the virus at home. The researchers noted that most COVID-19 transmission is known to occur in households yet there is limited data on the risk of…

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld its previous order temporarily blocking President Joe Biden’s vaccine and testing mandate for large companies, rejecting a Justice Department request to lift the freeze. In its order, a three-judge panel rejected the Justice Department’s arguments for lifting a previous order temporarily blocking the administration’s rule. A three-judge panel for the Louisiana-based Fifth Circuit said in a 24-page ruling that the Biden administration’s order exposes companies to “severe financial risk if they refuse or fail to comply, and threatens to decimate their workforces.” “On the dubious assumption that the mandate does pass constitutional muster, which we need not decide…