BioVaram, Telangana govt join hands to set up CoE in Life Sciences
Hyderabad (PTI): Hyderabad-based biotechnology company BioVaram on Tuesday signed an MoU with the Telangana government to establish a CoE in Life Sciences, focusing on tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and cell and gene therapy.
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed during the ongoing Telangana Rising Global Summit, held on December 8 and 9, the company said in a statement.
Under the agreement, the state government will provide land within Bharat Future City, a proposed development on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
The government is also expected to offer funding assistance for building and operationalising the facility, the release added.
BioVaram has committed to investing Rs 250 crore to build a fully integrated innovation ecosystem dedicated to high-risk, high-impact translational research.
The proposed Centre of Excellence is expected to feature world-class infrastructure supporting AI-integrated development in key areas, including tissue engineering, advanced biomaterials, regenerative medicine, cell and gene therapy (CGT), AI-driven bioanalytics, and predictive platforms.
"India has to lead the world in innovation, and Telangana has to lead India. The BioVaram Centre for Excellence stands as a testament to what visionary collaboration between government, industry, and science can achieve," said K I Varaprasad Reddy, Founder of Shantha Biotechnics and Chairman & Mentor of BioVaram.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
