Meta’s Llama Impact Grants programme launched in India
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Tech giant Meta on Thursday launched its Llama Impact Grants programme in India, to extend access to the opportunities of artificial intelligence (AI) to more organisations around the world. The Llama 3.1 AI model comes with 405B parameters and is the largest and most capable open-source AI model. The Llama […]
Experts urge IOC to sever ties with Coca-Cola for sake of athletes, planet
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Amid the ongoing Olympic games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) must cut its ties with Coca-Cola to protect the health of athletes, spectators, and the planet, urged public health experts on Wednesday. The experts from the public health organisation Vital Strategies, put forth their views in an editorial that will […]
NASA, SpaceX to send mission with over 3,500 kg cargo to ISS on Sunday
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) US space agency NASA and Elon Musk-run SpaceX are set to launch a cargo mission with 8,200 pounds (3,719.45 kg) of supplies, scientific investigations, and equipment to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The commercial supplies will be carried to the orbiting lab by Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft (NG-21) […]
2 aeroplane-sized potentially hazardous asteroids to pass by Earth
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Two asteroids 2024 NS1 and 2020 PN1 – about the size of an aeroplane – are set to pass by Earth on Friday, according to an alert by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, US. Asteroid 2024 NS1 is a 140-foot celestial space rock, classified as potentially hazardous due […]
IIT Delhi transfers 2 indigenous health technologies to industry
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Two indigenous healthcare technologies developed by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) researchers were transferred to industry, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said on Thursday. The technologies aim to detect prostate cancer and infectious pathogens early. DNA Aptamer for prostate cancer detection was transferred to Swapnil Sinha, […]
Delhi docs use e-CPR to give minor girl new lease of life
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) A team of doctors at a city hospital saved the life of a 11-year-old girl using the cutting edge e-CPR (extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation) method. The girl arrived at the hospital with severe chest pain that was misdiagnosed with a stomach issue at two different emergency rooms. Each visit resulted in […]
Children at high type 1 diabetes risk if fathers have the condition
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A team of scientists has revealed that a child is almost twice as likely to develop type 1 diabetes if the father has the condition than the mother. The study, the largest of its kind and published in the journal Diabetologia, suggests that exposure to type 1 diabetes in the […]
EAM Jaishankar calls for ‘effective’ code of conduct for South China Sea
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Sea Lines of Communication (SLOC) passing through the South China Sea are crucial for peace, stability, prosperity, and development of the Indo-Pacific Region, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar said at the 14th East Asia Summit (EAS) foreign ministerial meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on Saturday. He stressed that a […]
Netanyahu meets families of Israeli-American hostages in Washington
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) In what was his first meeting in the framework of the diplomatic visit to Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the families of the Israeli-American hostages held in the custody of Hamas, earlier on Tuesday, India time. “I am doing everything in my power to combine the necessary […]
Soon made-in-India tunable lasers to lower costs of quantum optics labs
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) India is soon set to have its own multi-channel tunable laser system technology platforms which will help in the sectors of medicine, remote sensing, geo-mapping, and space, the Ministry of Science & Technology said on Friday. This comes as India gets ready to take a “quantum” leap through its Rs […]
New humidity-driven membrane to help remove CO2 from air
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) An ambient-energy-driven membrane that efficiently removes carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air has been developed by UK researchers, revealed a study on Friday. While CO2 is the main contributor to climate change, as humans release about 40 billion tonnes into the atmosphere every year, separating the greenhouse gas from […]
GDP to grow at 7 pc for FY25, budget to focus on taxation reforms, new jobs: FICCI report
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Leading industry chamber FICCI on Thursday projected an annual median GDP growth forecast for the year 2024-25 at 7 per cent, adding that Union Budget 2024-25 should focus on taxation reforms, employment generation, innovation and sustainable development. According to the FICCI’s ‘Economic Outlook Survey’ results, median GDP growth is estimated […]
Explore new possibilities in healthcare, e-commerce & AI via CSCs: Jitin Prasada
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) In the changing era of technology and artificial intelligence (AI), common services centres (CSCs) can play the role of change-maker in the next 15 years, Jitin Prasada, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT and Commerce and Industry, said. Speaking at the CSC establishment day in the national capital, […]
Maintain hygiene, urges doctor amid rising cholera cases
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Hygiene is crucial to curb the cholera outbreak, currently seen in Kerala and Gujarat, said a medical expert on Sunday. Cholera is a waterborne bacterial infection due to the bacterium Vibrio cholerae that is transmitted from one infected person to another due to contaminated water or food, especially seafood. “Once […]
New space suit to help astronauts recycle urine into water during spacewalks
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) US researchers have developed a novel full-body space suit that astronauts can use during spacewalks and recycle urine into water. Since the late 1970s, NASA spacesuits have been designed with maximum absorbency garment (MAG) — the waste management system — which functions like a multi-layered adult diaper made of superabsorbent […]
Indian scientists develop tool to generate infrared star catalogue for Thirty Meter Telescope
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A team of Indian scientists has developed an open-source tool to generate an infrared star catalogue for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), which is a planned telescope proposed to be built on Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaii, the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Tuesday. The online […]
Record 26 Indian-origin MPs set to enter UK Parliament
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) A record number of 26 Indian-origin MPs are set to enter the UK Parliament after Friday’s General Election results, marking a significant increase from 15, five years ago. Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak, the first Indian-origin person to have served as the UK Prime Minister, leads the pack after having […]
Low rainfall & high CO2 can replace India’s biodiversity hotspots
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Even as greenhouse gasses are increasing unprecedentedly, it can decrease rainfall in the equatorial region as well as affect India’s biodiversity hotspots, according to a new study on Wednesday. The study showed that it will potentially replace India’s biodiversity hotspots consisting of evergreen forests in the Western Ghats, northeast India, […]
IVF does not increase risk of mental health issues in adolescents: Study
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Researchers have found that there was no increased risk of mental health or neurodevelopmental conditions for adolescents who were conceived using IVF (in vitro fertilisation) or other Artificial Reproductive Technologies (ART) compared to those who were conceived naturally, a new study showed on Saturday. Alexandra Martiniuk, Professor of Epidemiology at […]
Indian researchers develop method to produce hydrogen from methanol, paraformaldehyde mixture
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Researchers at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Tirupati, have innovated a method to produce hydrogen gas from a mixture of methanol and paraformaldehyde under mild conditions, the Ministry of Science & Technology said on Wednesday. This research, accepted for publication in the journal Catalysis Science & Technology, […]