https://www.manufacturingchemist.com/news/article_page/Production_of_pharmaceutical_compounds_through_microbial_fermentation/61614
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/key-drug-ingredients-govt-plans-revive-old-pharma-units-6278725/
The molecules that are of primary interest to the pharmaceutical industry are small molecules such as short peptides and low molecular weight organic molecules, larger molecules including proteins and nucleic acids (DNA, RNA) and macromolecules such as lipids and carbohydrate polymers, plus various combinations of product types, for example lipopolysaccharides, lipopeptides, peptidoglycan. Any of these product types could potentially serve as a drug’s Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API).
Microbial fermentation is the basis for the production of a wide range of pharmaceutical products, targeting practically any medical indication. Examples range from anticancer cytotoxic drugs and vaccines, anti-infectious disease antibiotics and vaccines, to hormonal disorder therapy and many other indications.
India imports almost 80% of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates from China, which is huge and needs be reduced.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/swachh-bharat-fund-5-years-abroad-6278701/

Swachh Bharat Kosh (SBK) has been set up to attract Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds from Corporate Sector and contributions from individuals and philanthropists in response to the call given by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 15th August, 2014 to achieve the objective of Clean India (Swachh Bharat) by the year 2019, the 150th year of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi through Swachh Bharat Mission.

In order to facilitate contributions from foreign sources, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) gave the Trust exemptions under the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act (FCRA) on the condition that “all foreign contributions would be received in an exclusive bank account only.”

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/frequent-western-disturbances-behind-thunderstorms-in-north-india-experts-5177309/

https://www.skymetweather.com/content/weather-faqs/what-is-western-disturbance/

WDs originate in the Caspian Sea or the Mediterranean Sea as extra-tropical cyclones. They gradually travel across the middle-east from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan to enter the Indian sub-continent.

Their effect sometime extends up to Gangetic plains and Northeast India. They are also responsible for bringing snowfall in the higher reaches of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Though WDs move across the Indian region throughout the year, they are in their peak during winter months of January and February. Their effect is minimal during the monsoon months in India.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1603895

India’s proposal to include Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican in Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory species was unanimously accepted today at the ongoing thirteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) in Gandhinagar.

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula. The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia.

Black Sea is a large inland sea situated at the southeastern extremity of Europe. It is bordered by Ukraine to the north, Russia to the northeast, Georgia to the east, Turkey to the south, and Bulgaria and Romania to the west.

Caspian Sea is the world’s largest inland body of water, variously classed as the world’s largest lake or a full – fledged sea. It is an endorheic basin (a basin without outflows) located between Europe and Asia. It is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast, Russia to the northwest, Azerbaijan to the west, Iran to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southeast.

Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on the west to Asia on the east and separates Europe from Africa. The countries surrounding the Mediterranean in clockwise order are Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

Red Sea is a narrow strip of water extending southeastward from Suez, Egypt, for about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) to the Bab el – Mandeb Strait, which connects with the Gulf of Aden and thence with the Arabian Sea. The six countries bordering the Red Sea proper are – Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Djibouti.