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An effort to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship
New Delhi: The Office of Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India in partnership with Salaam Bombay Foundation and Pune Knowledge Cluster organized an outreach session showcasing innovative solutions developed by school children to ensure the safety of teachers and students when schools reopen across the country. The programme was a part of the Office of PSA’s Innovation…
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A women-led startup develops deep-tech for reliable low-cost internet services to rural areas
New Delhi : Astrome, a women-led startup, has developed an innovative wireless product that gives fibre like bandwidth at fraction of cost of fibre to help telecom operators deliver reliable low-cost internet services to suburban and rural areas. Reaching internet access to remote places in countries like India is difficult because laying fibre is too expensive. There is a need for wireless…
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ISRO to establish ‘Space Technology Incubation Center’ at NIT Rourkela
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to establish a ‘Space Technology Incubation Center’ (S-TIC) at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela to carry out research and product development in space technology and applications. This Centre will enable start-ups to build applications and products that could be used in future space missions. NIT will extend its state-of-the-art…
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S&T Minister inaugurates new facilities at CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal
New Delhi: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Bhopal-based Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (CSIR-AMPRI) has set up a new Centre for Advanced Radiation Shielding and Geopolymeric Materials and a new Analytical High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope Laboratory. The new Centre for Advanced Radiation Shielding and Geopolymeric Materials has been set up to take forward the research and…
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India and Norway to conduct marine spatial planning in Lakshadweep and Puducherry
New Delhi: India and Norway have agreed to jointly work in the area of marine spatial planning (MSP). This is a part of the Indo-Norway Integrated Ocean Initiative taken up under a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two countries in 2019. The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt.of India, will implement the programme through its National Centre for Coastal…
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Sublethal exposure study of lead (Pb) on black clams to provide early warning information on marine pollution
New Delhi: Black clam is one of the most important clam species contributing to more than 70% of clam fisheries in India. A research team in India has concluded that black clams (Villorita cyprinoides) can provide potential early warning information on marine pollution that can help environmental scientists to monitor and manage the overall fitness of the marine environment. In…
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AustralaSian COVID-19 Trial opens in India
New Delhi: AustralaSian COVID-19 Trial (ASCOT) has been expanded into India, with the first patients recruited last week to the first two sites, Christian Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana in Punjab and Sterling Multispecialty Hospital in Pune, Maharashtra. Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand, and some neighboring islands. ASCOT has partnered with the George Institute for Global…
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Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicates two new databases to the nation
New Delhi: Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, today dedicated to the nation two databases brought out by the Department of Science and Technology on `S&T Awards in India’ and `Indian origin academicians and scholars abroad’. The database on `S&T Awards in India’ is an attempt to build and manage…
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Dr. Harsh Vardhan to present awards on National Science Day
New Delhi: The Department of Science and Technology in the Ministry of Science and Technology is holding a function here on Sunday February 28 to mark the National Science Day, which is celebrated every year since 1987 in remembrance of Nobel Laureate Sir C.V.Raman’s path breaking discovery of Raman Effect in 1930. Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences…
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India hosts First Meeting of BRICS Finance and Central Bank Deputies
New Delhi : India hosted a Meeting of BRICS Finance and Central Bank Deputies virtually here today and was co-Chaired by Shri. Tarun Bajaj, Secretary Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and Dr. Michael Patra, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India. Other participants included BRICS Finance and Central Bank Deputies of Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa. India assumed the BRICS…
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