CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) is working on re-purposed drugs and is trying to make Covaxin to combat COVID-19. Other than this, it is also doing innovative work to make comfortable face masks.

C Sekar and his team manually scrape and extract natural fibre from agricultural products such as banana stems, pineapple, aloe vera and hemp in a tin-roofed workshop in Anakaputhur, on the outskirts of Chennai.

According to the annual report of Welspun India for 2020-21, the company has set aside Rs 6 billion in the ongoing fiscal for completing expansion projects across its three business verticals.