New Delhi, November 10, 2021: Indian Astronomers have found a new method to understand the atmosphere of extra solar planets. They have shown that planets going around stars other than the Sun can be studied by observing the polarization of light and studying polarization signatures. These polarization signatures or variations in scattering intensity of light […]
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IREDA launches ‘Whistle Blower’ portal
New Delhi, November 9, 2021: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), a PSU under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) on November 2, 2021, launched a ‘Whistle-blower Portal’, as a part of ‘Vigilance Awareness Week 2021’. The portal was launched by Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), IREDA and Dr. […]
Grassroots innovator from Andhra Pradesh reviving dying art of making sustainable and children friendly wooden toys
New Delhi, November 7, 2021: C V Raju, a grassroots innovator from Etikoppaka village, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, is preserving the traditional method of making Etikoppaka toys, a proud heritage rooted in his village, by making vegetative dyes and developing technologies for increasing the shelf life of the dyes. He has developed a variety of contemporary […]
Low-cost process developed of synthesizing silver Nanowires at large scale
New Delhi, November 5, 2021: A team of Indian scientists and research students have developed a process for large-scale manufacturing of nano-materials (Silver nanowires) that can bring down the costs to less than one-tenth of the market price. Synthesis of one-dimensional nanomaterials like nanowires, nanotubes, and so on in large quantities is a technologically challenging […]
CSIR develops indigenous Mechanized Scavenging System for Sewerage Maintenance
New Delhi, November 4, 2021: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) demonstrated the CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur developed indigenous Mechanized Scavenging System successfully at the premises of the CSIR-National Physical Laboratory. Dr. Shaker C.Mande, DG,CSIR & Secretary, DSIR, Prof.(Dr.) Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, Prof. VenugopalAchanta, Director, NPL, Delhi,Ms Rupa Mishra IAS, JS, Ministry of Housing and Urban […]
DST Inspire Faculty Fellow develops algorithms to ensure efficiency of networked systems
New Delhi, November 3, 2021: Atreyee Kundu, a Department of Science & Technology (DST) INSPIRE Faculty fellow, has designed scheduling and control algorithms for networked control systems whose shared communication networks have a limited communication capacity and are prone to data losses. The paper written in collaboration with Prof. Daniel Quevedo of Queensland University of […]
Kerala farmer’s innovative technique can save senile cashew gardens from debilitating pests & frequent cyclonic storms
New Delhi, November 2, 2021: A woman farmer from Kannur district of Kerala has come up with an innovative practice to develop support roots in cashew trees to protect her senile cashew garden from devastating borer attacks and frequent cyclonic storms. The area under cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) cultivation in India is around 10.11 lakh ha, […]
Security ink based on nano-materials that spontaneously emits light can combat counterfeiting
New Delhi, November 1, 2021: Indian Scientist has developed a highly stable and non-toxic security ink from nano-materials that spontaneously emit light (luminescent) due to its unique chemical properties to combat the counterfeiting of branded goods, bank-notes, medicine, certificates, currency. Counterfeiting of branded goods, bank-notes, medicine, certificates, currency, and other important documents is very common […]
New non-toxic organic photocatalyst can efficiently capture CO2 and convert it into methane
New Delhi, October 31, 2021: Indian Scientists have designed a cost-effective metal-free catalyst to convert carbon dioxide or CO2 to methane by absorption of visible light. Ongoing research is making a significant effort to reduce CO2 into value-added products, methane (CH4) could be one of the value-added products with significant uses as the cleanest burning […]
Seminar on the PLI Scheme for Specialty Steel today
New Delhi, October 25, 2021: The Ministry of Steel is organizing a daylong Seminar on the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Specialty Steel on today at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi. Union Minister of Steel Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, and Minister of State for Steel, Faggan Singh Kulaste will be addressing the inaugural […]