News on Science, Technology and Research in India
An University of Arizona researcher has uncovered how the world’s largest democracy created a culture that demands government transparency and what the rest of the world can learn from it.
Chennai, Dec 17 : Eighty fishing boat groups were Monday provided with 200 ISRO developed satellite enabled communication devices by the Tamil Nadu government, that will provide them real-time alerts on cyclone and weather updates.
New, engineless train is ready to hit the tracks for trials on October 29th. It is called Train 18, and has been conceptualised, designed and manufactured completely in India.
That is the first time we learnt about paddy that is flood-resistant.”. In due course, they came to know about paddy varieties that are drought-resistant and others that can grow in brackish water.
From conducting a test that can fit in a small pocket to a test that detects bacterial infections within minutes, India is now equipped with innovations to tackle the Antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Union minister Piyush Goyal along with the Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will dedicate to the nation on December 15 India’s first railway university and third such in the world after Russia and China, a senior official of the national transporter said on Friday.
Modi government is set to ink a deal with France-based European Information Technology corporation Atos on Saturday to procure supercomputers worth Rs 4,500 crore for academic and research institutions across India.
n a significant development for conservationists in India, a three-year survey in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley Wildlife Sanctuary has found photographic evidence of tigers residing 3630 metres above sea level in snow-clad peaks of the Eastern Himalayas, according to Times of India.
As artificial intelligence gathers momentum in India, enterprises across the globe view India as a prime market for AI. As we saw, in 2018, AI proved its practical applications across the domain and industry leaders and tech giants, looking to capitalise on India’s vast talent pool and startup ecosystem are setting up Centres of Excellence and AI-focused labs.
The Indian Space Research Organisation is working on a new technology where it will use the last stage of the PSLV rocket for space experiments. It will perform a technology demonstration of this new system when it launches the PSLV C44 rocket in January. The organisation will invite students and scientists to make use of this new technology
