- Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, the Union Minister of HRD(Human Resource Development) and Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Science and Technology started the Drug Discovery Hackathon (DDH2020) to recognize drug applicants against SARS-CoV-2 by in-silico drug discovery and follow up by chemical synthesis and biological testing