India issues high-risk vulnerability warnings for Apple devices
India’s cybersecurity agency CERT-In today sent out a warning about a 'high' severity flaw that allows remote code execution attacks on a wide range of Apple products. The warning has been issued for several Apple products including iPhones, iPads, MacBooks running on various operating systems, Apple Watch and other devices.
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India announces USD 1.2 bln investment in AI projects
India has approved an ambitious and comprehensive national-level AI mission with a budget outlay of Rs.10,371.92 crore to cater to increasing demands from the country’s rapidly expanding AI start-ups and research ecosystem including Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), built through public-private partnership.
Indian scientists discover new catalyst for energy-efficient hydrogen production
Indian scientists have identified a new catalyst that can efficiently oxidise urea and lower the energy demand for the generation of hydrogen by urea-assisted water splitting, thereby making way for improved production of green fuel.
Green hydrogen plant in stainless steel inaugurated in India
India's first green hydrogen plant in the stainless steel sector located in Hisar, Haryana, was inaugurated today with the objective of cutting carbon emissions by nearly 2,700 tonnes per year.
India successfully tests 'Very Short-Range Air Defence System' missile
India has conducted two successful flight tests of the Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile which can neutralise enemy aircraft, drones, and helicopters.
Indian scientists discover wound dressing material from banana fibres
Scientists at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, have transformed banana pseudo stems, which are often considered agricultural waste, into an eco-friendly wound dressing material.
Modi announces names of Gaganyaan space mission astronauts
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, today announced the names of four Indian Air Force officers who will be the astronauts in the country’s first manned mission to space, which is expected to be launched next year.
Researchers develop first India-specific AI model to determine age of foetus
Indian researchers have developed a country-specific model to precisely determine the age of a foetus in a pregnant woman in the second and third trimesters.
February 11, 2024
India successfully tests hypersonic testing capability
In a major boost to India's space and defence sectors, the country’s first Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Test Facility was successfully established and tested by the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur.
February 6, 2024
Indian scientists design new technique to better study absolute zero atoms
Indian scientists have designed a new image-correction technique capable of getting better images during the study of atoms at absolute zero temperature. The technique can get rid of 50% unwanted interference fringes in the images, which are important for understanding the intriguing quantum mechanics governed properties of atoms at cold temperatures better.
February 1, 2024
India tables interim budget of Rs 47.66 lakh crore
FY25’s interim budget is 6% higher than the previous year
February 1, 2024
India launches environment-friendly in-orbit propulsion system
India has successfully tested an environment-friendly propulsion system demonstrating in-orbit functionality on a microsatellite launched by a rocket, aligning space missions with the environment.
January 31, 2024
Indian scientists discover environment-friendly alternative to hard chrome plating
Indian scientists have claimed to have found a new technique of synthesizing thin hard surface coatings by high-velocity air fuel spraying. According to them, this has the potential of an environment-friendly and safer alternative to hard chrome plating used in car parts, tools, and kitchen utensils.
January 20, 2024
NASA's laser bounces off India's Vikram moon lander
A spacecraft of NASA, orbiting the moon, sent laser beams which successfully bounced off a tiny mirror-based instrument on board the lander that is now on the lunar following India’s landmark moon mission last year.
January 13, 2024
ISRO captures supernova in space
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said its maiden X-ray polarimetric mission has captured the energy emanating from the explosion of a star which is called supernova.
January 6, 2024
India's national space agency tests futuristic fuel cell power system
A futuristic fuel cell-based power system was successfully tested by India's national space agency. As per ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), this new power system could help build a proposed space station while holding prospects of wider human applications.
November 13, 2023
IFFI Film Bazaar selects Bangladeshi filmmaker’s documentary amongst top 10 films
Bangladeshi director Tasmia Afrin Mou’s mid-length Bengali documentary film, “Amar Nanur Bari” (Where My Grandma Lives), is about the destruction of water bodies in the name of development. It is amongst the ten works chosen for the much-awaited list of Film Bazaar of the 54th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held in Goa from November 20.
October 28, 2023
India moves to curb onion exports
It raises minimum export price of onion by four times to $800 a tonne
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