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New Delhi: CSIR’s new entity, the CSIR-National Institute of Science communication and Policy Research (NIScPR)), New Delhi, organized a half-day online session on COVID-19 in children yesterday (04 June 2021). The session was focused on the recent second wave outbreak and the impact of COVID-19 on children, threats and necessary protocols required for the safety of children. The Chief Guest of the webinar was Dr. V. Vijayalakshmi; Additional Commissioner (Academics), KVS (HQ), New Delhi and the Guest speaker was Prof. Dr. R. Somasekar, Professor of Pediatrics, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hosptial (SBMCH), Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Executive Board Member 2021, Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP). The program was attended by about 150 delegates including several dignitaries, faculty members, researchers and scientists, and students from various schools through the link made available on Face Book by CSIR-NIScPR.
Awareness programme, competitions mark World Environment Day
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Women and children planting saplings on INS Agrani campus in Coimbatore to observe the World Environment Day on Saturday.
Activities ranging from digital awareness programme to observation of ‘no vehicle day’ marked the observation of the World Environment Day here on Saturday.
Indian Navy’s training establishment INS Agrani, Coimbatore, organised poster making, painting competition, slogan and essay writing for children based on this year’s theme ‘ecosystem restoration’.
A mass clearing of non-biodegradable waste like plastic-based materials was carried out inside the establishment. A sapling plantation drive was undertaken in various parts of the establishment and INS Agrani had committed to plant 100 palm trees prior to this year’s monsoon, said a release. The preparatory activities towards the plantation drive were conducted as part of the World Environment
K. Ramkumar
K. Ramkumar (43), a wildlife biologist from Tamil Nadu who died of COVID-19 on Tuesday, is remembered by conservationists as a person who dedicated his entire profession for the conservation of elephants and protection of corridors.
A native of Sirkali in Mayiladuthurai district, Ramkumar died at a hospital at Kumbakonam early on Tuesday.
A wildlife biologist attached to the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), he was central in securing the Wayanad corridor over seven years and was also working to secure another corridor in BRT-Sathyamangalam landscape, WTI remembered Ramkumar in an obituary.
“He was the backbone in mapping the first edition of the ‘Right of Passage’, the corridor book that has become the go-to reference for elephant conservation in India. He has authored several research reports,papers and popular articles, and is co-editor of ‘Right of Passage: Elephant Corridors of India (2nd Edition),” it said.
The role of small molecule NMR in medicinal chemistry
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Since its early days, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has played an important role in the pharmaceutical industry. NMR is traditionally used by medicinal chemists for structure elucidation of both synthesised molecules and active compounds isolated from natural sources. However, it can also be a valuable tool for reaction monitoring, the characterisation of solution conformations, the investigation of metabolites, hit-to-lead optimisation and quantitation.
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Virtual meet marks observance of Earth Day T.V. Sajeev, Senior Principal Scientist, Kerala Forest Research Institute, has said that all developmental projects should have the “Earth First” vision.
Handling a session on “Climate Change and Development of Kerala”, through Google meet on Thursday, Dr. Sajeev said that concerns related to the earth the global level were numerous.
Close to 75% of terrestrial environment and 66% of the marine environments were “severely altered” owing to anthropogenic activities. Hence, the world needed to look at the environmental viability of projects rather than just the economic viability, Dr. Sajeev said.
The programme was organised by the Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad district unit to mark Earth Day which fell on April 22.