New Delhi, December 13, 2021: Aniket Kanade, from Kendure village, a rain shadow area in Shirur block of Pune district with rainfed low earning agriculture activities, is now a pioneer fabricator of hand-tools & bullock operated agriculture tools for rural farmers in his village. He has become a changemaker of his community—thanks to his training […]
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Water Quality in lower stretches of the River Ganga found to be alarming: Study
New Delhi, December 12, 2021: Water Quality in the lower stretches of the River Ganga was found to be in an alarming situation by a team of scientists who developed the much-needed baseline of Water Quality Index (WQI) of the place. They reported a continuous deterioration of water quality. Rapid human pressure and anthropogenic activities has […]
UN grants observer status to International Solar Alliance in a historic decision
New Delhi, December 11, 2021: United Nations grants Observer status to International Solar Alliance. This is going to give impetus to “ One Sun One world one grid “. This will help in bringing equitable energy solutions to the world. In a congratulatory tweet Union Minister for Power and MNRE R.K Singh said that the historic […]
New indigenous smart technology system can automatically protect power grids from short-circuits
New Delhi, December 10, 2021: An Indian researcher has developed a unique innovation of a prototype of a smart system that can protect power grids from short-circuits by either automatically diverting the current into a parallel shunt (external resistance to bypass maximum current) or limiting a current surge by developing high resistance in the current […]
Effectiveness of COVISHIELD against the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2
New Delhi, December 8, 2021: SARS-CoV-2 has affected more than 200 million people causing more than 5 million deaths worldwide as per the WHO statistics. The rise in mutant variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus has led to concerns regarding vaccine effectiveness. Delta (B.1.617.2) variant is the predominant strain in India. The vaccination programme in India is […]
The mystery behind the high abundance of Lithium in some evolved stars traced
New Delhi, December 7, 2021: Scientists have found a clue to the mystery behind the high abundance of Lithium— a trace element on Earth, and a key component of rechargeable batteries, in some evolved stars. For more than four decades, Astronomers have known that a class of stars have an anomalous amount of Lithium on […]
Kerala based Sascan Meditech wins two prestigious awards at National level
New Delhi, December 6, 2021: A Kerala-based medical technology start-up Sascan Meditech has been adjudged the winner of Startup India Grand Challenge 2021 in the medical device category of the Government of India. Sascan Meditech, the start-up incubated at the SCTIMST-TIMed the Technology Business Incubator of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for MedicalSciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, an […]
Exploring ways of enhancing ocean alkalinity for removing atmospheric carbon dioxide
New Delhi, November 5, 2021: Arvind Singh, Associate Professor at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, a Swarnajayanti fellow of 2020-21, is examining the role of enhancing ocean alkalinity for removing atmospheric carbon dioxide to tackle global climate change problems. Increasing emission of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to anthropogenic and other processes is a […]
SWADESH, World’s First Multimodal Brain Imaging Data and Analytics, Developed at DBT-National Brain Research Centre, Haryana
New Delhi, December 2, 2021: DBT-National Brain Research Centre (DBT-NBRC) have recently developed project SWADESH, a unique brain initiative focusing on certified neuroimaging, neurochemical, neuropsychological data and analytics that are made accessible to researchers for managing brain disorders. SWADESH is the first large-scale multimodal neuroimaging database designed specifically for Indian population with big-data architecture and […]
ARCI signs agreement to support Indigenisation of Li-ion Battery Technology fabrication
New Delhi, December 1, 2021: A fabrication lab for Li-ion batteries will soon be set up in Bangalore in an attempt to boost up-scaling and commercialisation of the technology. International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), an Autonomous R&D Centre of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India and […]