- Name the initiative launched by Union Government to provide healthcare facilities in rural areas - Sehat
a telemedicine initiative 'Sehat' in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals to provide healthcare facilities in rural areas was launched by the Union government.
Under this scheme people will be able to order generic drugs and consult doctors through video link. The tele-consultation services will be delivered with support from Apollo and Medanta Hospitals in some areas via Common Service Centres (CSCs).
The sale of generic drugs through association with Health Ministry by setting up Jan Aushadhi Stores will be promoted by the CSC's and they will also provide diagnostic services
- Girish Sahni is assumed charge as Director General of CSIR
Girish Sahni assumed charge as the Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He will also serve as Secretary, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Union Ministry of Science & Technology.
Earlier, Sahni had been the Director of CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTECH), Chandigarh.
About Girish Sahni
- Sahni has contributed significantly in the area of protein cardiovascular drugs especially clot busters and their mode of action in the human body.
- His team was responsible for producing technology for India’s first indigenous clot bluster drug, natural streptokinase (under brand name STPase marketed by Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Ahmedabad).
- A novel life-saver thrombolytic drug (Clot-specific streptokinase), India’s first bio-therapeutic molecule which is not a Biosimilar was developed by his team.
- Recently his team has developed fourth-generation Anti-thrombotic clot busters, the first of its kind in the world.
Ananth Padmanabhan was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HarperCollins India. He has replaced P M Sukumar.
He will have the overall responsibility for all divisions of the business and will report to Charlie Redmayne, CEO of HarperCollins UK. While Krishna Naroor will have the responsibility for running the day to day Collins India education business.
Currently, Padmanabhan is working as a Senior Vice President of Sales at Penguin Random House having a experience of 20 years in the publishing sector.
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