A research group at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research headed by an Indian scientist, Dr. Manish Garg, has come up with a solution that overcomes the long-standing problem. Researchers have developed a new technique that combines scanning tunneling microscopy and ultra-fast laser pulses in such a way that both can play to their strengths, without their weaknesses playing spoilsport.
The MoU provides for developing potential scientific and technological cooperation and networking in advanced and emerging areas of Human Health between scientists and institutes/laboratories of CSIR and Institut Pasteur and its international network.
The exercise was conducted over a duration of 20 days with an objective to validate operational plans of the Western Naval Command and enhance Inter-Service synergy among the Indian Navy, IAF, Indian Army and Coast Guard.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati researchers have developed 3D printed urban furniture using construction material made from local industrial wastes. Traditionally, these structures were mold cast which requires more concrete material, labour, and formwork preparation. However, with 3D concrete printing, optimized designs are printed with 75 percent less concrete and without the need for mold.
A team of scientists at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, have developed an indigenous RT PCR Kit for the specific detection of the Omicron variant in collaboration with their industrial partner, Biotech Desk Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad. The kit has been named INDICoV-OmTM.
Addressing the nation on the eve of 73rd Republic Day, he said the twenty-first century is turning out to be the age of climate change, and India has taken a leadership position on the world stage in showing the way, especially with its bold and ambitious push for renewable energy.
Saab has been awarded a contract for providing AT4 single-shot support weapons to the Indian Army and Indian Air Force, the company announced on 20 January. The AT4 was selected by the Indian Armed Forces following a competitive programme, the company said.
Today both India and Saudi Arabia, as major regional players who share common security concerns about the region, are striving to be defense partners.
Under a deal signed in 2017, L&T supplied 100 K9s to the Indian Army. The howitzers were delivered ahead of schedule, with the last one handed over to the Army in February 2021. The guns were built by L&T at Hazira in Gujarat with technology transfer from South Korean defence major Hanwha Defense.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday predicted that the global economy will grow at 4.4% in 2022 and is expected to slow down to 3.8% in 2023. While releasing the latest projections for world growth, the IMF has revised India’s growth prediction for the current fiscal year ending on March 31 by 0.5% (from 9.5% earlier to 9% now) which still retains its position as the world’s fastest-growing major economy.
