(Source: AP)India and the UK on Tuesday announced a Newton Fund research programme worth up to USD 80 million to jointly address global societal challenges. The Minister also launched the first annual USD 1 million Newton Prize, which will recognise the Newton Fund’s best science or innovation that promote economic development and social welfare of partner countries. Watch What Else is Making News“The future of science and innovation depends on collaboration and India continues to be a vital science partner for the UK. Jhonson, along with Union Minister for Science and Technology Harshvardhan, announced a number of new UK-India Newton Fund research programmes, worth up to USD 80 million, in areas including water quality, anti-microbial resistance and women and children’s health. “This takes the joint investment in research programmes through the Newton Fund in India to up to USD 200 million until 2021 (USD 104 million from the UK match funded by Indian partners) to jointly address global societal challenges,” an official statement said.

Source: Indian Express November 08, 2016 15:06 UTC