January 07, 2021
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Punjab National Bank (PNB), the country’s second largest public sector bank, has announced an alliance with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and FIRST (Foundation for Innovation & Research in Science & Technology), to jointly establish the Punjab National Bank - IIT Kanpur Innovation Centre at the IIT campus.
An MoU for this purpose was signed at the PNB Head Quarters, Dwarka, New Delhi, in the presence of CH S S Mallikarjunarao, MD & CEO of PNB and top officials from the Bank, IIT Kanpur & FIRST.
Under this partnership, PNB and IIT-Kanpur will set up a “Fintech Innovation Centre (FIC)” as a vehicle to research and develop technological solutions to explore opportunities in the BFSI space, a release issued by the bank said.
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Key players in the chiral chemicals market are leveraging the use of biocatalyst developments to expand the scope of synthetic or artificial chiral chemical offerings.
DUBAI, UAE / ACCESSWIRE / January 7, 2021 / Fact.MR: The chiral chemicals market is set to grow at 16% CAGR between 2020 and 2030, according to a new study by Fact.MR. The growing demand for targeted pharmaceutical offerings and eco-friendly agrochemical products continues to be a key factor driving growth. While the long-term prospects of the market are largely positive, the coronavirus impact on the global chiral chemicals market is expected to be marginal. Numerous pharmaceutical companies are pushing to incorporate chiral chemicals in the development and production of varying drug formulations. This trend can be attributed to research efforts and better comprehension about the enantiomers and their effects on biological activities. This will create long-term lucrative opportunities for market players, says
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Cases of new UK mutant COVID strain go up to 73 in India
The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 73, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday.
These cases include the 58 which were announced by the ministry till Tuesday. The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus first reported in the UK now stands at 73, the ministry said.
All these people have been kept in single room isolation in designated healthcare facilities by respective state governments, the ministry had said on Tuesday.
JEE Advanced 2021: Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Thursday announced new dates for joint entrance exam (JEE) Advanced 2021. The entrance exam for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) for academic session 2021 will be held on July 3 this year. JEE Advanced 2021 exams, originally meant to be conducted in May-end, had to be rescheduled in view of the Covid-19 crisis. The JEE Advanced 2021 examination will be conducted by IIT Kharagpur. The minister said that the eligibility criteria of 75 per cent aggregate requirement for Class 12 board exam has been relaxed for the convenience of students amid the pandemic.
For admissions to IITs, apart from qualifying the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Advanced, the candidates are required to secure either minimum 75 per cent marks in class 12 board exams or rank among the top 20 percentile in their qualifying examinations.