New Delhi, May 18, 2021: Indian Railways has commissioned Wi-Fi at 6,000th Railway station. Indian Railway is continuing to extend the Wi-Fi facility at far flanged stations to connect the passengers and the general public with digital systems. With the commissioning of Wi-Fi at Hazaribagh Town falling under Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand state in Dhanbad […]
Category: Technology
Indian Navy Team Repairs Two Major Oxygen Plants in Andhra Pradesh
New Delhi, May 16, 2021: Teams from Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam achieved a major breakthrough in repairing two major Oxygen Plants at Nellore and Shri Kalahasthi bringing a major boost to the Oxygen Supply in the State of Andhra Pradesh during the ongoing Oxygen crisis. Based on a request from the State Administration, Eastern Naval Command […]
IIT develops portable tech-traditional eco-friendly mobile cremation system
New Delhi, May 14, 2021: Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar has developed a prototype of a moveable electric cremation system that claims to be using first of its kind technology that involves smokeless cremation despite using wood. It uses half of the wood otherwise required for the cremation and still is eco-friendly because of the technology […]
DCGI approves Phase II/III clinical trial of COVAXIN in the age group of 2 to 18 Years
New Delhi, May 13, 2021: The National Regulator of the country, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), after careful examination, has accepted the recommendation of Subject Expert Committee (SEC) and accorded permission to conduct the Phase II/III clinical trial of Covaxin (COVID vaccine) in the age group 2 to 18 years, to its manufacturer Bharat […]
Govt: No link between 5G technology and spread of COVID-19
New Delhi, May 11, 2021: Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Communications have taken serious note of the several misleading messages that are being circulated on various social media platforms claiming that the second wave of coronavirus has been caused by the testing of the 5G mobile towers. As per a press statement […]
COVID 19: Experimental Drone Flights for Vaccine Delivery
New Delhi, May 9, 2021: The Government is providing conditional exemption for experimental drone flights for vaccine delivery to assist the nation to fight COVID-19 pandemic. Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) & Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)have granted conditional exemption to the Government of Telangana for conducting experimental Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) […]
Telecom Department gives go-ahead for 5G Technology and Spectrum Trials
New Delhi, May 4, 2021: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, approved today, permissions to Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) for conducting trials for use and applications of 5G technology. Ministry of Communications also stated that the applicant TSPs include Bharti Airtel Ltd., Reliance JioInfocomm Ltd., Vodafone Idea Ltd. and MTNL. These TSPs have tied […]
Scientists working on SUTRA model for charting trajectory of COVID-19
New Delhi, May 3, 2021: Following is the statement of the scientists working on the SUTRA model: We, the scientists working on the SUTRA model for charting the trajectory of COVID-19, would like to clearly point out some facts related to predictions of our mathematical model, especially since some of these have been misunderstood and […]
New high-yielding and pest-resistant variety of soybean can help boost countrywide production
New Delhi, May 1, 2021: Indian Scientists have developed a high-yielding and pest-resistant variety of soybean. This newly developed variety called MACS 1407 is suitable for cultivation in the states of Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and North-Eastern states and its seeds will be made available to farmers for sowing during the 2022 Kharif season. […]
IIT Bombay shows how to solve Oxygen shortage problem
New Delhi, April 30, 2021: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has come up with a creative and ingenious solution to addressing the medical oxygen shortage needed for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in the country. The pilot project which has been tested successfully relies on a simple technological hack: conversion of PSA (Pressure […]