The Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched the LEAP AHEAD initiative. Read More …
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LEAP AHEAD initiative
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Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) in collaboration with Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Wadhwani AI) Read More …
Time-out in cricket
The veteran Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews has become the first player in international cricket, Read More …
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)
A two-step PCR-based assay of a small region of the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria Read More …
2nd World Local Production Forum (WLPF)
The Indian delegation led by Shri Bhagwant Khuba, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Read More …
Malaiyaha Tamil
Various groups in Sri Lanka, including political parties, have been holding events to commemorate the Read More …
Stand-by arrangement (SBA)
India abstained from Pakistan’s stand-by arrangement (SBA) loan request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Read More …
Project Kusha: India’s own Iron Dome
The Indian Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) recently cleared the procurement of the Indian Long Range Read More …
Asteroid Dinkinesh
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew past its first two asteroids as the spacecraft found that the Read More …
ENCORE: ECI designed in-house software for election management
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has designed in-house software for complete Candidate and election Read More …
Major ‘White Hydrogen’ Deposit Found In France
Scientists looking for fossil fuels beneath the ground of northeastern France have discovered large reservoir Read More …
Payment Aggregator-Cross Border (PA-CB)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has brought under its direct regulation all entities facilitating Read More …
AI Summit participants sign Bletchley declaration
Twenty-eight governments including India signed the “Bletchley declaration” on the first day of the artificial Read More …
Curcuma kakchingense
Researchers in Manipur have discovered a new flowering plant species in Kakching district and have Read More …
Asia Pacific Road Accident Data (APRAD) base project
The report titled ‘Road accidents in India -2022’ was released by the Ministry of Road Read More …
Carbon nanoflorets
The scientists from IIT Bombay have synthesise a carbon nanostructure that was “blacker than black”. Read More …
Ferritic-Martensitic (FM)
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Read More …
Lewis model
Sir Arthur Lewis was was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1979. Read More …
Penny Drop Verification
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has made ‘penny drop’ verification mandatory for Read More …
Hostile Activity Watch Kernel (HAWK) system
The Karnataka Forest Department, along with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), has launched the Hostile Read More …
Tropical Deep-sea Neutrino Telescope (TRIDENT)
Scientists in China are building the world’s largest “ghost particle” detector 11,500 feet beneath the Read More …
Pliosaur: Lorrainosaurus keileni
A partial skeleton of Lorrainosaurus keileni was excavated in 1983 in the Marnes de Gravelotte Read More …
National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL)
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah addressed the ‘National Symposium on Read More …
Isabgol (Psyllium)
With the launch of the National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL), the cooperative will act as Read More …
Betelgeuse star
Scientists now have established why the red supergiant star Betelgeuse turned dim between 2018 and Read More …