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स्प्रिंगर नेचर द्वारा शिक्षा मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार के सहयोग से आयोजित ‘इंडिया रिसर्च टूर 2025’ की औपचारिक शुरुआत 6 अक्टूबर 2025 को नई दिल्ली स्थित भारतीय सामाजिक विज्ञान अनुसंधान परिषद (ICSSR) में की गई।

इसकी शुरुआत के बाद से, यह टूर उत्तर प्रदेश के कई शहरों- ग्रेटर नोएडा, लखनऊ, कानपुर और वाराणसी का दौरा कर चुका है, जहाँ इसने विभिन्न संस्थानों के शोधकर्ताओं के साथ संवाद और सहभागिता स्थापित की।

यह टूर 7 राज्यों के 15 शहरों में 29 संस्थानों का दौरा कर रहा है। इसमें शोधकर्ता, नीति निर्माता और शिक्षा से जुड़े लोग शामिल हैं। इसका मुख्य उद्देश्य शोध को मजबूत बनाना, ओपन एक्सेस और ओपन साइंस को बढ़ावा देना, ई-बुक के इस्तेमाल को बढ़ाना, संपादकीय बोर्ड में नए सदस्यों को जोड़ना और शोध में विविधता व समावेशिता को बढ़ावा देना है।

पटना में चर्चा का मुख्य केंद्र बिहार के शोध संस्थानों की भारत के विकास एजेंडा में भूमिका रही। इसमें यह बताया गया कि कैसे कृषि, इंजीनियरिंग और प्रौद्योगिकी जैसे क्षेत्रों में स्थानीय शोध क्षेत्रीय चुनौतियों का समाधान करते हुए राष्ट्रीय प्राथमिकताओं को भी पूरा कर सकता है।

स्प्रिंगर नेचर इंडिया के प्रबंध निदेशक, वेंकटेश सर्वसिद्धि ने कहा,”आईआईटी, आईसीएआर, आईआईएम बोधगया और सेंट्रल यूनिवर्सिटी ऑफ साउथ बिहार जैसे संस्थान प्रौद्योगिकी, प्रबंधन और कृषि विज्ञान में अग्रणी हैं, और बिहार भारत की विकास कहानी में योगदान देने की बड़ी क्षमता रखता है। इंडिया रिसर्च टूर का उद्देश्य वैश्विक श्रेष्ठ प्रथाओं और स्थानीय विशेषज्ञता के बीच मजबूत संबंध स्थापित करना है। बिहार के शोधकर्ताओं के साथ सीधे संवाद करके हम सहयोग को बढ़ावा देना, ओपन साइंस को प्रोत्साहित करना और शोधकर्ताओं को ऐसे नवाचारों को विकसित करने में सशक्त बनाना चाहते हैं जो राज्य और देश दोनों के विकास में सहायक हों।”

इंडिया रिसर्च टूर 2025 के बिहार दौरे के दौरान, स्प्रिंगर नेचर ने पटना स्थित आईसीएआर रिसर्च कॉम्प्लेक्स फॉर ईस्टर्न रीजन में अपनी नई पत्रिका क्यूरियस जर्नल ऑफ एग्रीकल्चर एंड फूड साइंस (Cureus Journal of Agriculture and Food Science – CJAF) का शुभारंभ किया। यह जर्नल स्प्रिंगर नेचर की क्यूरियस जर्नल्स श्रृंखला का हिस्सा है और इसका उद्देश्य वैज्ञानिक प्रकाशन को अधिक समावेशी, पारदर्शी और प्रभावशाली बनाना है। सीजेएएफ शोधकर्ताओं को उनके कार्यों को प्रकाशित करने के लिए एक आसान और लेखक-अनुकूल मंच प्रदान करता है, जिसमें फसल विज्ञान, खाद्य प्रौद्योगिकी, कृषि जैव प्रौद्योगिकी, मृदा विज्ञान, पशु एवं डेयरी विज्ञान और सतत कृषि जैसे क्षेत्रों को कवर किया जाएगा। इस पहल से न केवल शोधकर्ताओं को अपने कार्यों को वैश्विक मंच पर साझा करने का अवसर मिलेगा, बल्कि भारत के कृषि और खाद्य विज्ञान के क्षेत्र में गुणवत्ता और प्रभावशाली शोध को बढ़ावा भी मिलेगा।

इससे एक दिन पहले, इंडिया रिसर्च टूर बोधगया और गया के शैक्षणिक संस्थानों में पहुँचा। इस दौरान स्प्रिंगर नेचर के प्रतिनिधियों ने आईआईएम बोधगया और सेंट्रल यूनिवर्सिटी ऑफ साउथ बिहार के शोधकर्ताओं के साथ बातचीत की। इसमें प्रबंधन शोध के भविष्य, विभिन्न विषयों में सहयोग का महत्व और सामाजिक विज्ञान की भूमिका पर चर्चा हुई, ताकि भारत की विकास संबंधी समस्याओं का समाधान किया जा सके। साथ ही यह भी बताया गया कि बिहार के संस्थान क्षेत्रीय विकास को बढ़ावा दे सकते हैं और भारत की वैश्विक शोध क्षमता में योगदान कर सकते हैं।

यह भारत रिसर्च टूर का तीसरा संस्करण है, और यह देश के अनुसंधान के माहौल में ईमानदारी, सबको साथ लेकर चलने और नए विचारों को बढ़ावा देने के लिए एक देशव्यापी मंच बन गया है।

इंडिया रिसर्च टूर 2025 के मुख्य स्तंभ:
• ओपन एक्सेस और ONOS: खुली पहुँच और वन नेशन, वन सब्सक्रिप्शन पहल को बढ़ावा देना।
• अनुसंधान अखंडता और AI: अनुसंधान नैतिकता को मजबूत करना और प्रकाशन में AI की भूमिका पर विचार।
• विविधता और समावेशन: ‘हर रिसर्च, आवर फ्युचर’और ‘रिसर्च एंबेसडर प्रोग्राम’ के माध्यम से शोध में समावेशन को बढ़ावा।
• सतत विकास लक्ष्यों का समर्थन: ज्ञान का लोकतंत्रीकरण करके और पहुँच बढ़ाकर सतत विकास लक्ष्यों का समर्थन।
इंडिया रिसर्च टूर 2025 अपने बड़े पैमाने और उद्देश्य के कारण सिर्फ एक कार्यक्रम नहीं है, बल्कि पूरे देश में एक आंदोलन है। इसका उद्देश्य शोधकर्ताओं को मजबूत बनाना, ज्ञान सबके लिए आसान बनाना और भारत को विकसित राष्ट्र बनाने की दिशा में तेजी से आगे बढ़ाना है।

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The ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CIFRI) is currently developing a prototype drone capable of transporting up to 70 kg of fish and shrimp from production centres to markets. This initiative is being undertaken as part of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). In addition, a technical committee has been formed by the Department of Fisheries to establish standard operating procedures (SoPs) for drone applications in fisheries and aquaculture.

Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, George Kurian, informed the Rajya Sabha that PMMSY also promotes innovative technologies, startups, and pilot projects including the use of drones. Key activities such as surveillance, stock assessment, environmental monitoring, disease detection, and precision fishing fall under the scheme’s central sector components. With an investment of ₹20,050 crore across all states and Union Territories, PMMSY also includes social security measures like group accidental insurance for fishers, with premium contributions shared between the Centre and states.

The insurance coverage provided under the PMMSY includes Rs 5,00,000 against death or permanent total disability, Rs 2,50,000 for permanent partial disability, and hospitalization expenses in the event of accident for a sum of Rs 25,000. During the last three years (2022-23 to 2024-25) of the implementation of the PMMSY, the Central government has released a sum of Rs 54.03 crores for insurance coverage of 103.73 lakh fishers with an average of 34.57 lakh fishers annually, Kurian said.

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Hyderabad, 20 September 2024: Heartfulness in collaboration with The Commonwealth, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Govt. of Telangana, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) inaugurated ‘Rising with Kindness’, a three-day youth summit at Kanha Shanti Vanam, the headquarters of Heartfulness in the outskirts of Hyderabad on Friday. The annual summit which is aimed at inspiring the youth to inculcate kindness and compassion, is in the second edition this year and attracted over 10,000 students and youth from various streams of study from across the country. Hon’ble Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Labour and Employment Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya ji graced the event as the Chief Guest. Other dignitaries included Dr. Hamdan Al Shaer – Deputy Chairman of Zayed International Foundation for the Environment; Mr. Sushil Ram, Commonwealth Secretariat; Dr. R C Agrawal – Deputy Director General Education ICAR; Mr. Brijesh Dholakia, CEO Hari Krishna Exports; and World Champion Ms. P V Sindhu who was the Guest of Honour and joined the summit remotely. They were joined by Rev. Daaji – Guide of Heartfulness & President of Shri Ram Chandra Mission who also felicitated the honourable dignitaries and unveiled the banner of Rising with Kindness with them. Hon’ble Chief Guest Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya ji in the Divine presence of Rev. Daaji also planted a tree in the premises of Kanha Shanti Vanam. Four books viz, Sahaj Marg, The Heartfulness way, Designing Destiny and a Heartfulness diary were released in Korean language.

In his keynote address, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Labour and Employment Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya ji said, “Meditation gives us stability, sustains us, shows direction for life. To be successful you need only two things 1. Study the lives of the successful people only these people can inspire us to be successful, learn from a successful man and channel your energies towards this. 2. Commitment and dedication. For Viksit Bharat, it is the responsibility of the both the Govt. and the youth in alignment with each other’s expectations. For Make in India projects and to support Startups we have built an ecosystem for research and development and international exposure. The Govt. of India will support the young researchers, startups, and help with loans for young startups. We have made a single-window platform ‘My Bharat’ platform in the last seven months and register with resume and access over 33 lakh Indian companies and international registered companies. This year’s budget is 100% youth-centric budget. The Govt. of India through PLI is making India ‘atma-nirbhar’. We were inspired during Covid lockdowns to make the APIs within in India through incentives for API manufacture within India. Youth must be enthusiastic and motivated and put the knowledge achieved for the development of the country with positivity. Workaholism and social service must be our thought-process. For the vision of the next 25 years for the country’s development, we are also aiming at bringing India to top 5 in the world in sports arena. We have created an ecosystem under the Keerti project for schools to empower students at schools to take up sports with international exposure as well and international participation. We also welcome to hear from our youth on their ideas and thoughts as a responsible Govt. Our aim is to progress holistically. It is the dutifulness of Rev. Daaji that this youth seminar has been organised for the youth.”

World Champion Ms. P V Sindhu who joined virtually said, “Meditation has been transformative for me. Meditation has been essential in maintaining clarity and silence in intense moments. It has helped in building mental strength and resilience, for all of which I thank sincerely Daaji. I appreciate our Hon’ble Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya ji for campaigning and boosting our overall performance in sports.”

Rev. Daaji – Guide of Heartfulness & President of Shri Ram Chandra Mission said in his address, “Rising with Kindness are the three very important words. What would be our lives like had it not been for kindness starting from our mother and family who spoilt us with all their love and kindness. Imagine our role in the lives of others. We can only embellish and make this existence glorious and worth living only if we are kind to each other and kind to oneself. Start by not hurting oneself. The ultimate purpose of life is to be happy as told by Lord Krishna himself. Happiness and consciousness are always related. To be happy, one must be at peace and for that harmony is required which can only be arrived at by remaining contemplative. A contemplative mind comes from and a focussed mind comes only through meditation. Mediation helps our mind go beyond the mind itself to overcome the dimension from which thoughts or inspiration descends. Kindness, love, compassion, courage are byproducts of tapping into the heart. Let’s contemplate on world with kindness, and world without kindness. With Kindness we rise. Without kindness we shatter. Emerge as the healthiest human race full of love and kindness.”

A Fireside chat involved Ms. Pragya Mishra, Lead, Public Policy & Partnership, Open AI; Ms. Neeti Goel Founder Wht Now Initiative – a Youth Forum against Cyber Harassment with Dr. Nivedita Shreyans, Director Youth Program Heartfulness Institute.

An interaction with Youth Presidential Award Winners from different states of India took place in the Main Meditation Hall where the winners reflected upon their experiences and acts of kindness.

Breakout sessions for youth were also conducted on ‘Habits of Happiness (Contentment), ‘Youth Leadership with the Commonwealth’, ‘Youth Leadership with the Commonwealth’, ‘Surviving Through Difficult Times’ , ‘Voice Training for Powerful Presence’ ; ‘Listening to My Conscience’; ‘Self-Management: The Power of Small Steps’ ; ‘Overcoming Comparison & Embracing my Unique Self’; ‘Managing Emotions – Anger, Passion, Fear’.

The evening sessions included meditation with Rev. Daaji and Q&A session with him.

The inaugural day of Rising with Kindness closed with a spectacular concert by noted vocalist Ms. Shibani Kashyap.

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New Delhi, 29^th August 2024 – Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), a leading vaccine manufacturer, has announced partnership with Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), Chennai, an Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Institute for the commercial development of a recombinant monovalent viral nervous necrosis vaccine for finfish developed by CIBA.

IIL ventured into aqua business in October 2022 by launching products for aquaculture health market dealing with pond management and fish or shrimp gut management and subsequently announced commercial development of fish vaccines with ICAR’s CIFE, Mumbai and CIFA, Bhubaneswar. India is the 3^rd largest fish producer in the global sphere and more than 65% of India’s fish is through Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture. The main constraint to aquaculture globally, however, is disease with an estimate that 20% of all cultured aquatic animals are lost because of infectious diseases, amounting to >10 billion USD in losses annually on a global scale.

Viral nervous necrosis (VNN) or viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (VER) is an acute viral disease affecting several species of marine, brackishwater and freshwater fishes. The disease causes up to 100% mortality in larval and early juvenile stages. Adult fish when infected, is asymptomatic, but can transmit the virus to the offspring through eggs and gonadal fluids.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr K Anand Kumar, Managing Director, Indian Immunologicals Limited said, “IIL is the first in India to get to fish vaccines. We are covering different kind of fishes (fresh water, brackish water, etc.) and culture conditions (pond, cage culture, etc.) and are aware of the challenges associated with being the first, having been in similar situations for many other livestock vaccines. We are working at multiple fronts in defining pathways for commercial development of fish vaccines in India“.

Dr. Priyabrata Pattnaik, Deputy Managing Director, Indian Immunologicals Limited added “IIL as a leading “One Health” organization is committed to developing vaccines for different fish pathogens with a long-term strategic objective of reducing use of antibiotics in aquaculture there by antimicrobial resistance in environment”.

Dr. Kuldeep K. Lal, Director, ICAR-CIBA said “viral nervous necrosis is a major threat for brackishwater aquaculture. The VNN vaccine developed by CIBA can prevent vertical transmission of the disease to the offsprings and prevent mortality in fingerlings. The vaccine can play a significant role in controlling the loss due to VNN in India and other Asian countries”.

Aquaculture in India suffers economic losses due to infections caused by several bacterial, viral, fungal, and other aetiological agents. Currently these infections are being managed by anti-infectives and other conventional measures with varying degree of success. With the rising concern pertaining on anti-microbial resistance (AMR) and chemical free food products both at global and domestic platforms, there is a growing need for better control measures against these infections. Currently there is no fish vaccines available in India on a commercial scale to prevent aquaculture infections.

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Government of India has encouraged organic farming in the country through the dedicated schemes namely Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY- Centrally Sponsored scheme, in all states & UTs) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development of North East Region (MOVCDNER -Central Sector scheme for North Eastern Region). Both the schemes aim at promotion of cluster/ Farmers Producer Organization (FPO) based chemical free, low response cost, sustainable organic farming and support farmers from comments procurement to market linkages. Organic Farming has also been supported under other schemes viz. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Network Project on Organic Farming under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Third party certification of organic farming is promoted by Agriculture Processed Food and Export Development Authority (APEDA), Ministry of Commerce.

Management Agricultural National Institute of Extension (MANAGE), Hyderabad conducted impact study for the scheme Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) during 2017. It is reported that there was 10-20% reduction in cost of cultivation (cost saving) and 20-50% increase in net returns to organic farmers. Price premium( up to 30%) was also observed in some clusters, which were nearer to large cities and had good linkages with large markets.

In the last 3 years, 115314 and 2050 number of capacity building trainings/ workshops conducted for the farmers in the country under PKVY and MOVCDNER scheme respectively, while the no. of farmers participated in the workshops are 14.93 lakhs and 82294 respectively. In U.P 2300 workshops were conducted and 31000 farmers participated. Apart from states, National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF), Ghaziabad, a subordinate office of Department of Agriculture Cooperation (DAC&FW) also conducts regular certificate course on organic farming (CCOF), trainings to farmers/ extension staff skill development training on Organic Growers & Vermicompost for promotion of organic farming and its techniques.

Under protected cultivation part of MIDH, help is also provided for creation of polyhouses which protects the plants from adverse climatic conditions and provides a proper amount of light, temperature, humidity, carbon-dioxide etc. to meet best yield with excellent quality. Since start of MIDH scheme i.e. from 2014-15 to till date an extra area of 2380.49 ha has been brought under Green house structures like polyhouses.

This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha .

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