Indian Institutes of Technology
IIT Bombay teams up with Tata Memorial Hospital to launch gene therapy for cancer
05 Apr 2024
President of India, Droupadi Murmu, on Thursday launched India’s first home-grown gene therapy for cancer at IIT Bombay. The technology developed by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) jointly with the Tata Memorial Hospital, has already been successfully applied on a 64-year-old man, who also became the first patient to be cured using India's own CAR-T cell therapy.
IIT Madras develops mobile operating system BharOS
30 Jan 2023
BharOS, that can rival Android and iOS, is meant for privacy and security and has no default apps, which means that it won’t require people to use any pre-installed apps
IIT Kharagpur team develops affordable diagnostic technologies for remote, resource constrained areas
10 Jan 2023
IIT Madras offers computer science courses online, free of cost
09 May 2022
Educational Institutions, students and anyone who is interested in applying for these online Computer Science courses can take part by visiting the official portal at nsm.iitm.ac.in/cse/
50 IITians dump jobs for politics
23 Apr 2018
IIT-Bombay, IISc-Bangalore among top 10 BRICS universities
23 Nov 2017
Seven out of the top 10 universities, including top-ranked Tsinghua University, are from China, while 2 are from India and 1 is from Russia
IIT-Madras students set record with 45 robotic cleaners
31 Oct 2017
Each robot is fitted with a high RPM motor at the centre, with two rotating scrub pads that direct dust into the central suction mechanism, while a filter in the vacuum tunnel collects the dust
World's largest combustion research centre at IIT Madras
14 Oct 2017
National Centre for Combustion Research and Development will develop state-of-the-art capabilities in combustion research in three major application sectors - automotive, thermal power and aerospace propulsion, besides fire research and microgravity combustion
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Hariman Sharma lets apple travel to India’s warmer climes
10 Feb 2025
Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.
The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES
Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
27 Jan 2025
US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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