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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

BRICS nations agree on innovation co-operation

BRICS Nations have unanimously agreed on an innovation co-operation at the 11th BRICS S&T Steering Committee Meeting. The proposal put forward by India would be considered at the BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Entrepreneurship (STIEP) working group for elaborating the...

Modern technology and Indian traditional knowledge combine to bring safe & healthy drinking water

Modern technology and Indian traditional knowledge of Ayurveda have been combined for a solution to disinfect water completely and also offer possible health benefits of natural oils. Disinfection of water is essential for removing pathogenic microorganisms that are responsible for...

High Performance Computing (HPC) and Information Communication Technologies (ICT) discussed at BRICS Working Group Meeting

Future directions of research collaboration among BRICS countries in the areas such as High Performance Computing (HPC) and its weather-climate-environment applications; application of supercomputers to drug design, artificial intelligence, and HPC based precision medicine and public health, particularly for...

Low-chilling apple variety developed by Himachal farmer spreads far & wide

A farmer from Himachal Pradesh has developed an innovative self-pollinating apple variety that does not require long chilling hours for flowering and fruit setting. This has spread to plain, tropical, and subtropical areas in various parts of India, where...

BRICS meeting deliberated on emerging issues in Biotechnology and Biomedicine

Experts deliberated on emerging issues in the various fields of Biotechnology and Biomedicine at the fourth BRICS Working Group meeting on the subject area. More than 60 participants, including researchers, academicians, and government officials participated from all five BRICS countries Brazil, Russia,...

DST funded start-up’s Electrochemical ELISA test would help rapid & accurate estimation of total antibody concentration of COVID19

A Bangalore-based start-up has developed a novel, point-of-care Electrochemical ELISA test that enables fast and accurate estimation of total antibody concentration of COVID 19 in clinical samples. PathShodh Healthcare, the start-up incubated at the Society for Innovation and Development (SID), Indian Institute of...

A women-led startup develops deep-tech for reliable low-cost internet services to rural areas

Astrome, a women-led startup, has developed an innovative wireless product that gives fibre like bandwidth at fraction of cost of fibre to help telecom operators deliver reliable low-cost internet services to suburban and rural areas. Reaching internet access to remote places in...

Startups can learn from experience and wisdom: DST Secretary

Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Professor Ashutosh Sharma emphasized that startups should have good balance between energy and experience at a fireside chat titled ‘Leadership series: Wisdom for Startups from Grownups. “Mentors play a big role, and startups and incubators...

Innovation Portal an excellent resource for students, entrepreneurs, MSME’s, Technology Business Incubators (TBI’s)

The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Health & Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicated an Innovation Portal, developed by National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India, an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST),...

Indian economy will be among the top economies in the world in the next few years: NITI AAYOG Vice Chairman 

Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog, Dr. Rajiv Kumar, emphasised that the Indian economy will be among the top economies in the world in the next few years using science, technology, and innovation in all sectors, bouncing back soon from the after...
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GeM Partnership with Sikkim: Boosting Digital Procurement Across India

The Indian government’s public procurement portal, Government e-Marketplace (GeM), has recently signed a landmark agreement with the Sikkim government....
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