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Bengaluru: For millions of people, the sudden, sharp pain of tooth due to sensitivity can turn a sip of cold water into a jolt. Now, researchers at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in collaboration with Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup Theranautilus, have engineered "CalBots" - magnetic nanobots that can seal the problem at its source.As per IISc, CalBots are 400-nanometre particles loaded with a calcium silicate-based bioceramic formula, designed to travel 500 micrometres deep inside dentin ...Read More >
BENGALURU: In what's unprecedented, the L1 quotation (lowest bid) by the consortium that won the 12 Earth Observation satellites project being implemented as a PPP by IN-SPACe, is Rs 0 (zero rupees). The consortium comprising Pixxel, PierSight, SatSure and Dhruva, which will bear the financial cost of the project, will invest more than Rs 1,2000 crore in the next four-five years.Confirming this, IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Goenka told TOI in a one-on-one interaction: "Obviously this was a competitiv ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 4 (PTI) Space start-up Dhruva Space is set to launch its first commercial mission, LEAP-1, by deploying payloads for two Australia-based firms using its indigenously developed satellite platform. The Hyderabad-based start-up will launch payloads from Australia's Akula Tech and Esper satellites aboard its P-30 satellite platform on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in Q3 of the current fiscal. AI payload Nexus-01 (Akula Tech) and hyperspectral imager OTR-2 (Esper) will fly on Dhruva's P-30 ...Read More >
India's semiconductor market is projected to more than double, reaching $100-110 billion by 2030, up from $45-50 billion in 2024-25. A government statement highlighted the urgency to build secure, diversified chip supply chains amid global reliance on Taiwan. India aims to become a trusted global hub, backed by ₹76,000 crore in incentives and over ₹1.55 lakh crore in industry investments. India's semiconductor market is expected to more than double to grow in the range of USD 100-110 billion ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Maharashtra government fears that increase in height of Alamatti reservoir in Bagalkot district of Karnataka from 519.60 meters to 524.256 meters would result in flooding of Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur districts owing to backwaters and there is no need for the Maharashtra government to fear flooding since its own expert committee led by retired Principal Secretary to Irrigation department Nandkumar Wadnekar ruled out flooding from the Almatti and Hipparagi reservoirs, stated Minis ...Read More >
India's Semiconductor Revolution -- Powering the Future of Electronics (Image: PIB) New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): India is undergoing a transformative journey in the semiconductor space, rapidly building an ecosystem that promises to position the country as a major hub in the global chip manufacturing and design value chain. What makes a phone smart? A computer processes millions of commands in a fraction of a second. A TV brings out the reality as it is happening right now. A satellite c ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): India is undergoing a transformative journey in the semiconductor space, rapidly building an ecosystem that promises to position the country as a major hub in the global chip manufacturing and design value chain. What makes a phone smart? A computer processes millions of commands in a fraction of a second. A TV brings out the reality as it is happening right now. A satellite collects data and sends signals across the world. It all comes down to that tiny thing ...Read More >
A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India is set to launch Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards. Dubbed NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), the pickup truck-sized spacecraft is scheduled to lift off at 5:40 pm (1210 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India's southeastern coast, riding an ISRO Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket. High ...Read More >
Scientists developed advanced models to trace both the path and thermal behaviour In May 2024, the remote Himalayan skies over Ladakh were unexpectedly painted with a rare celestial display, northern lights, or auroras, typically only visible much closer to the poles. Now, over a year later, astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have unveiled the remarkable chain of events that triggered this rare spectacle: a record-breaking solar storm caused by six massive, interacting ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 19 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday said they have busted a large-scale illegal religious conversion racket and arrested 10 people from six states. The probe began in Agra in March after two sisters -- aged 33 and 18 -- were reported missing. Investigations revealed that they were allegedly coerced into religious conversion and were undergoing radicalization, the police said. One of the sisters had also put a picture of a girl holding an AK 47 rifle as her profile pictur ...Read More >
Dehradun: While earthquake prediction remains a major challenge for seismologists, emphasis is now being laid on the proper documentation of earthquake history. With this, it will be possible to precisely map the seismic centres, and preparations can be undertaken in such places. In an exclusive interaction with ETV Bharat, Prof. Javed Malik of the Department of Earth Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur disclosed that while a lot of the record of earthquakes got destr ...Read More >
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] July 17 (ANI): In a shocking incident in Madhya Nayanapalli village of Pakala mandal, a man named Giri allegedly murdered his wife and two daughters and then attempted to take his own life. According to police reports, Giri and his wife, Hemalatha, had two daughters. In a heinous act, Giri reportedly pushed his wife and daughters into a well. A family member stated that he received a call informing him that Giri had thrown his wife and children into a well. Wh ...Read More >
New Delhi (ABC Live): methane emissions from coal mines: The United Nations Environment Programme's International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), strongly supported by the Australian government, has launched a pioneering global project. Its goal is to improve the accuracy of methane emissions from coal mines. This is the first comprehensive effort to enhance tracking and reduce methane emissions from coal mining and steel production. Coal mining is a major methane source, releasing about ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Exploring scientific solutions to reduce human-elephant conflict across Karnataka, the forest department Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for landscape-level conservation of Asian elephants. Renowned ecologist and elephant expert from IISc, Prof Raman Sukumar, and Karnataka chief wildlife warden Prabhash Chandra Ray signed the commencement of the Rs 4.7-crore project, fully funded by the forest department.Admitting an incre ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 16 (ANI): EaseMyTrip co-founder Prashant Pitti has announced a Rs 1 crore commitment to tackle traffic congestion in Bengaluru using AI and satellite data, urging authorities and citizens to join hands in fixing the city growing traffic problem. In a detailed post on X, Pitti shared that he was stuck in traffic for over two hours while covering just 11 km late at night in Bengaluru. He said the worst part was being stranded at a choke point on the Outer Ring ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Non-fossil fuel sources now make up half of India's power generation capacity of 484.8 GW (gigawatt), a milestone the country has achieved five years ahead of the target set under its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) committed in the Paris climate agreement."In a world seeking climate solutions India is showing the way," renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi said in a post on X on Monday, crediting the progress to PM Modi's stewardship of "Bharat's green transformation tow ...Read More >
New Delhi: Inside a heavily guarded defense complex in Islamabad, two delegations met behind closed doors. Flags of Pakistan and Turkey stood side by side. No ceremony. No speeches. But the message was loud. A major defense agreement has taken shape between the two nations. One that involves cutting-edge drones, classified surveillance data and a quiet alignment of military strategies. The deal runs deep. Turkey will send Pakistan its combat-tested Bayraktar TB2 drones. Alongside them, the more ...Read More >
Prashant Pitti's announcement quickly gained traction online. As Bengaluru continues to reel under chronic traffic congestion, worsened by rapid urbanisation and a booming tech industry, EaseMyTrip co-founder Prashant Pitti has proposed a bold, tech-driven initiative to tackle the city's infamous choke points. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Pitti announced that he would commit Rs 1 crore of personal funds to identify and resolve the worst traffic bottlenecks in the city using artificial intell ...Read More >
Mumbai : Tesla's long awaited India debut finally took place with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurating its showroom in Mumbai on Tuesday. The Elon Musk-led car maker unveiled its Model Y compact all-electric SUV at its 'Experience Centre' in Bandra-Kurla Complex with the CM describing it as the "right city and the right state" for the launch."Mumbai stands for innovation and sustainability. In 2015, when I went to the US, I had my first ride in a Tesla, and then I thought we need such a ...Read More >
Kanpur: The Noon river in Kanpur Nagar underwent a remarkable revival from its previously barren condition under the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's 'One District-One River' programme.The successful restoration of the Noon has become a model across Uttar Pradesh. The river, once essential for agriculture and community activities in Bilhaur, Shivrajpur, and Chaubepur, severely declined due to unauthorised constructions and accumulated silt blocking its flow.District magistrate Jitendra Pratap Si ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 15 (PTI) Karnataka Minister Eshwar Khandre on Tuesday said the state government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to use modern technology for conserving elephant corridors and habitats, aiming to reduce rising human-elephant conflict and protect crops of farmers living near forest fringes. The Forest Department, in collaboration with the IISC, is set to implement a five-year collaborative project titled "Landscape-Level Manage ...Read More >
Scientists from the USA and Bremen have investigated how and why people suffer "death by GPS"-and what this actually means. Ultimately, the study aims to make navigation systems safer and help prevent such tragedies. Classic examples of deaths caused by GPS include tourists who stubbornly follow the instructions of their navigation device and end up falling into the ocean or dying of thirst in the desert-hence the nickname "death by GPS." It's also worth noting that navigation often relies not ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday praised King George's Medical University (KGMU) for its pivotal role in responding to the Covid-19 outbreak, marking the beginning of the state's timely and effective pandemic response. "It was here that testing for the first 100 suspected Covid-19 patients began, making it the first institution in Uttar Pradesh to initiate the tests," said the CM, who was in KGMU to inaugurate and lay the foundation of seven major projects worth Rs 941 crore. Th ...Read More >
Varanasi, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a heartfelt confluence of faith and science, residents of Varanasi gathered at the temple in Ardali Bazar on Monday to perform a special 'yagya-havan' for the safe return of astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla. The ceremony, marked by devotion and patriotic pride, saw priests chanting Vedic mantras as flames of the sacred fire rose towards the sky -- mirroring the celestial heights from which Shukla is now returning. Photos of the astronaut were plac ...Read More >
Panaji: Scientists have mapped the troubling forest structure dynamics in Goa, revealing a steep decline in forest health in a study. They have called for an urgent need for ecological safeguards. The study used over five decades (1973-2022) of satellite data and spatial modelling to quantify forest cover loss, fragmentation, and its cascading impacts on ecosystem services in the central Western Ghats region -- an ecological treasure trove that includes Goa. "Total forest cover declined by 3.7 ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's highlighting of the foreign media's bias against India's interests points to a larger issue: modern warfare is no longer confined to missiles and drones; it is now also about the information battle. India did a marvellous job through Operation Sindoor, which, in recent memory, few operations have demonstrated such precision, with targeted strikes on Pakistani military assets and no harm to civilians or civilian infrastru ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 : Noting that Indian strikes during Operation Sindoor were a message about its capability ... New Delhi [India], July 12 : Noting that Indian strikes during Operation Sindoor were a message about its capability not just to Pakistan, but to the world, a leading international security expert has said that New Delhi demonstrated not just capability but showed the will to strike with precision and restraint. In a video interview with ANI, warfare scholar and expert John ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Isro has successfully completed the development of the Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, marking a milestone in the programme's progress. The qualification test programme concluded with a full-duration hot test of the SMPS that lasted 350 seconds. "The test, conducted on July 11, validated the propulsion system's integrated performance for an off-nominal mission profile involving a service module-based mission abort. The system perfor ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand)[India], July 11 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday underscored the pivotal role of Common Service Centres (CSCs) in transforming rural India into a digitally empowered society. Speaking at the CSC Day 2025 celebrations in Dehradun, he lauded the efforts of CSC operators. He honoured outstanding Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs), highlighting their contribution to bridging the digital divide in the state's remote regions. Also Read | Maharash ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday addressed the convocation ceremony at IIT Madras, delivering a fiery defence of 'Operation Sindoor', India's cross-border air assault on Pakistan in retaliation to the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22 in which 26 innocent civilians were killed. Doval said the mission caused extensive damage to Pakistani military installations, specifically airbases. He said India hit 13 spots, including nine ter ...Read More >
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