Science & Technology News

Use of AI in the field of meteorological research

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques are being used to improve the prediction skill of weather, climate, and ocean forecasts at various institutes under the ministry. Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has established a dedicated AI and ML virtual center tasked with de ...

GPAI Summit 2023

Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit was inaugurated at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The summit from December 12 to 14, 2023 focusses on various critical aspects of AI, including responsible AI, data governance, future of work and innovation and commercialization.  ...

NASA and ISRO's joint satellite mission in 2024

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch a new space mission in collaboration with the US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The mission called NISAR set to be launched in the first couple of months in 2024. NISAR Space Mission NISAR ...

AI Safety Summit 2023

Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar is participating in the AI Safety Summit 2023 that is scheduled to be held at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire in United Kingdom (UK) on November 1-2, 2023.  Bletchley Park in B ...

Coal Ministry and MNRE to Promote Green Energy

Ministry of Coal and Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) have  decided to work together for promotion of green energy.  Ministry of  New & Renewable Energy will provide technical, policy & capacity building support and Ministry of  Coal will provide land ...

Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2023

The 7th Edition of Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2023 kicked-off on 27th October with inauguration by Prime Minister Modi at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.  Jointly organized by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Indian Mobile Con ...

MeitY, IBM To Accelerate AI, Semiconductor, Quantum Innovation

IBM has signed three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with three entities engaged with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to advance and accelerate innovation in AI, semiconductor and quantum technology for India. The three entties are IndiaAI, ISM and&nbs ...

Cutting-edge Quantum-technology backed Green Hydrogen Production Unveiled

A new high throughput quantum backed green hydrogen production technology could boost the green hydrogen production in bulk. The technology developed by the Green Keplerate Team from Banaras Hindu University, was inaugurated at the University in Varanasi, by Dr. Anita Gupta, Head of the Climate C ...

Bharat NCX 2023

The National Cyber Security Exercise 2023 ‘Bharat NCX 2023’ is being conducted as a hybrid exercise over a period of twelve days from 09 to 20 October 2023.  The ongoing Bharat NCX 2023 is the 2nd Edition of the National Cyber Security Exercise (NSCS). It aims to train senio ...

NeGD launches State Capacity Building Workshops Under Digital India programme

The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) has initiated State Capacity Building Workshops in collaboration with its knowledge partners. The aim of these workshops is to demystify the potential of Emerging technologies in improving service delivery and how to shape the policies and strategies to a ...

Indian Coast Guard Pollution-Control Vessel Samudra Prahari

As a part of India's ASEAN initiatives for Marine Pollution Response, the Indian Coast Guard Ship Samudra Prahari arrived at the port of Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, Indonesia, on 01 Oct 23.  Samudra Prahari is a specialized Pollution-Control Vessel,  This visit by Samudra P ...

India’s NavIC will now be supported by ‘Made in India’ chipsets

For the first time the chipsets or microchips which are capable of receiving and processing the signals of the indigenous navigational system NavIC will be designed and manufactured in India by an Indian company. Ministry of Science & Technology and Ministry of Electronics & Information T ...

MoU Between Indian Navy and IISC

A Memorandum of Understanding between Indian Navy (IN) and Indian institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru was signed at New Delhi for technical collaboration and joint research & development. The MoU is aimed to promote academic cooperation in the varied field on Engineering, enhance scientifi ...

Consultations with Key Industry Stakeholders on DPDP Act Compliance

Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, participated in the first Digital India Dialogue discussions on the recently enacted Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP)  in New Delhi. These discussions were held wit ...

Polyphenols for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Polyphenols (PPs) have the potential of combating Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The naturally occurring Polyphenols can reduce the societal burden of this debilitating neurodegenerative disorder. Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease is a widely prevalent progressive neuro ...

Semicon India 2024

Semicon conferences are organised in different geographies world-wide by SEMI . After the grand success of Semicon India 2023, held earlier this year in Gujarat, the global summit is set to return in September 2024.  The curtain raiser event for Semicon India 2024 will be held on Septembe ...

SVAMITVA Scheme wins the National Award for e-Governance 2023

SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) Scheme of Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) has been conferred with the prestigious National Award for e-Governance 2023 (Gold). The award has been bestowed on the scheme for application of emerging techno ...

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

Indian Government is exploring the options of collaborating with other countries and taking up indigenous development of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). SMRs are advanced nuclear reactors that have a power capacity of up to 300 MW(e) per unit, which is about one-third of the generating capacity of tr ...

SemiconIndia 2023

Semicon conferences are organised in different geographies world-wide by SEMI and called Semicon Europa, West & East in USA, Taiwan, Korea, Japan etc. where semiconductor industry is established, with the aim to maximise outreach of the technological advancements in the semiconductor domain as w ...

Lightweight and portable payment system

Catastrophic events such as natural calamities and war have the potential to render existing conventional payment systems temporarily unavailable by disrupting the underlying information and communication infrastructure.  Against this backdrop the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is developing a ...

Agri Ministry signs MoU with Pixxel Space to Develop Geospatial Solutions

The Union Agriculture Ministry has signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Pixxel Space India to develop various geospatial solutions, mainly for monitoring the health of crops and soil. The MoU  was signed on Monday in the presence of Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja. MNCFC (Ma ...

Airawat PSAI: India's Fastest Supercomputer

The supercomputer Airawat has been named in the 61st edition of the Top 500 Global Supercomputing List released recently. Airawat is India’s fastest supercomputer and largest AI supercomputing system.  Airawat PSAI ranks 75th among the world’s top 500 supercomputers.  ...

Union Cabinet approves Rs 6,003 crore Quantum Mission

The Union Cabinet of India has given Rs.6003.65 crore go ahead for the National Quantum Mission from 2023-24 to 2030-31. The National Quantum Mission aims to put India among the top six leading nations involved in the research and development in quantum technologies. National Quantum ...

Thales Data Threat Report 2023

The Thales Data Threat Report 2023 is an annual report on the latest data security threats, trends and emerging topics. It has revealed some concerning findings about ransomware attacks and cloud data breaches in India and globally. According to the report by gl ...

Indian Space Policy 2023 -

The Indian government recently approved the Indian Space Policy 2023, with a view to institutionalizing the private sector participation in the Indian space sector. The policy’s approval is a significant step towards transforming India into a major space power. The Indian Space Policy-2023 ...

Universal Acceptance Day: Creating more inclusive and connected Internet

National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) has organised a 2-day event (27-28th March) on Universal Acceptance Day to drive collaborative efforts for an inclusive and multilingual internet in India. NIXI is a non-for-profit company under the aegis of Ministry of Electronics and Information Techno ...

ISRO to conduct young scientist programme YUVIKA

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is organising a young scientist programme, Yuva VIgyani Karyakram (YUVIKA). This has being done to impart basic knowledge on space technology, space science and space applications to students of Class IX.  The registration for the programme has s ...

AIIMS Delhi, PGIMER Chandigarh and AIIMS Rishikesh designated as CoEs for AI

AIIMS Delhi, PGIMER Chandigarh and AIIMS Rishikesh have recently been designated as Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Artificial Intelligence by Ministry of Health. This has been done with a view to promoting creation and use of AI based solutions in healthcare.  Government of India has ...

NISAR Mission

India's space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has recently received NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) in Bengaluru.  The handover of the radar is a major milestone in strengthening US-India ties in space collaboration. The receipt of the radar by ISRO will en ...

Indo-France Joint Military Exercise Frinjex-2023

The maiden Joint Military Exercise FRINJEX-23 between Indian Army and French Army will be conducted at Pangode Military Station, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 07th and 08th March 2023.  It is for the first time armies of both the nations are engaging in this format with each contingent compr ...

          
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