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Bhopal, Feb 11 (IANS) The Public Works Department (PWD) of Madhya Pradesh will organise a workshop-cum-training programme for engineers and technical officers associated with the construction sector at Ravindra Bhavan in Bhopal on Thursday.Sharing information about the event, Madhya Pradesh PWD Minister Rakesh Singh on Wednesday said that around 2,000 engineers and technical officers from the PWD, the Project Implementation Unit, the Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation and the Madhya Pra…

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have developed a simpler and more efficient method to recover immune cells grown in the lab for T-cell–based cancer therapies.In immunotherapies such as CAR T-cell, T-cells (a type of immune cell) are taken from a patient’s blood and modified in large numbers in the laboratory and infused back into the patient’s bloodstream to help fight cancer.These cells, grown outside the body, must be collected gentl…

Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) NTPC Limited has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute (GCRI) for the upgradation of radiotherapy services, it was announced on Saturday.According to a Ministry of Power statement, NTPC’s Western Region–I Headquarters, Mumbai, signed the MoA. Under this CSR initiative, NTPC has sanctioned Rs 23.16 crore for the upgradation of radiotherapy services at the Siddhpur Satellite Centre of GCRI, Ahmedabad.“The support will be utilis…