India’s latest communication satellite, GSAT-31 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours today. The launch vehicle Ariane 5 VA-247 lifted off from Kourou Launch Base, French Guiana at 2:31 am (IST) carrying India’s GSAT-31 and Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 satellites, as scheduled. After a 42-min flight, GSAT-31 […]
India will host the 24th edition of Technology Summit with Italy as the partner country. The two-day Technology Summit will be inaugurated on 29th October, 2018 by the Union Minister for Science& Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan and Prof. Michele Geraci, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Development, Italy. Valedictory […]
With ISRO spy case behind him, it is the quiet life that the scientist Nambi Narayanan desires. Nambi Narayanan has no inclination to join politics and has squarely denied that he has been approached by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to join the party and fight the election from Thiruvananthapuram. Terming the speculations as the […]
Aiming to foster growth for India’s nascent artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) ecosystem, NITI Aayog and Google have come together to work on a range of initiatives to help build the AI ecosystem across the country. A Statement of Intent (SoI) was signed to this effect by Anna Roy, Advisor, NITI Aayog and […]
Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu and Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Zhong Shan, co- chaired the11th meeting of India-China Joint Group on Economic Relations, Trade, Science and Technology at New Delhi today. Welcoming Zhong Shan, Prabhu said that the joint group between India and China is […]
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology today announced that the much awaited Smart India Hackathon 2018 – is scheduled to be held on Mar 30 & 31, 2018 simultaneously at 28 different nodal centers across India. With 27 union Ministries and Departments and 17 State Governments having joined this grand initiative, SIH2018 is much bigger […]
The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that the technology has to be used for the betterment of humanity. He was interacting with the Officer Trainees of Indian Telecom Service 2015 Batch who are undergoing Induction Training at National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research, Innovations & Training (NTIPRIT) at Ghaziabad, here today. […]
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed in New Delhi today the Joint Financial Partnership Declaration in the august presence of the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley with an objective to deepen the cooperation in support of Renewable Energy. ISA and EBRD have […]
Gaming giant Sony has officially launched the much-awaited PlayStation VR in the UK at a very attractive price of £349. The virtual reality gaming console provides its users with a rich, immersive and unmatched experience. Source: PlayStation.com The PlayStation VR headset consists of a 5.7” OLED (organic LED) screen which renders high contrast, high definition […]
Researchers at the University of St Andrews have developed a revolutionary technology which can identify several objects and materials in real-time, Phys.org reports. The objects are placed on a sensor-based device called RadarCat (Radar Categorisation for Input and Interaction). There are wide applications of the technology, ranging from helping blind people identify different objects, to automatic […]
