Events

IEEE WIE conducts International Women Conference

IEEE International Conference for Women in Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship (ICWITE 2022) is being organized by IEEE WIE Bangalore AG along with IEEE Bangalore section between 1 and 3rd December 2022 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore […]

Technology

Fund of Funds for Startup India gets Rs. 7,385 crore

Govt commits Rs. 7,385 crore under Fund of Funds for Startup India Investment for 88 Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs); 720 startups supported by AIFs; Amount committed under FFS records a CAGR of over 21% since launch in 2016; Performing startups supported through FFS show valuation increase by more than 10 times with some achieving unicorn status
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Technology

Drone Technology

Looking into the unique advantages of Drone technologies in agriculture, the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has released the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for use of drones in pesticide and nutrient application in the public domain in December 2021, which provide concise instructions for effective and safe operations of drones. […]

Education

AIM, NITI Aayog & Snap Inc to drive AR Skilling

Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog today announced their partnership with Snap Inc. to drive Augmented Reality (AR) skilling among the Indian youth. Snap Inc. is a global camera company and Snap’s camera plays a transformative role in how people experience the world around them, combining what they see in the real world, with all that’s available to them in the digital world. […]

Technology

National Logistics Portal to be integrated with Unified Logistics Interface Platform

National Logistics Portal (NLP) to be integrated with Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) to make the Multi Modal Logistics Ecosystem more Efficient; ULIP will provide real time monitoring of cargo while ensuring data confidentiality with end-to-end encryption, comprehensive reduction in logistics cost – Dr Sanjeev Ranjan, Secretary, MoPSW […]

Technology

New materials that can make computers more efficient

Prof. Mayank Shrivastava from IISc Bangalore, a recipient of Swarnajayanti fellowship 2020-21, is working on applications of emerging materials that can help computers mimic functions that the brain can perform rapidly. It can help computers perform cognitive functions, identify people from a crowd, distinguish smell as well as learn and take decisions. […]

Technology

India US discuss on space radiation environment

Domain experts and students from India and the USA discussed issues ranging from characterizing the space radiation environment to astrobiology and the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools in it at the Indo-US Workshop on “Space Radiation Workshop: Radiation Characterization from Sun to Earth, Moon, Mars and Beyond” held from 24 – 28 January 2022.tec […]

Business

Goyal aims for 75 unicorns on the day of 75th Anniversary of Independence

“Let us aim for atleast 75 unicorns in the 75 weeks to the 75th Anniversary of Independence”: Shri Piyush Goyal; calls upon Startups to leverage ” Deep Tech ” to build solutions for local & global markets, – AI, IoT, Big Data, Data Analytics, Blockchain, Virtual Reality, 3D Printing, Drones, etc […]

Technology

Indian Army Launches in-House Messaging Solution

The Indian Army, today launched a contemporary messaging application named, ASIGMA (Army Secure IndiGeneous Messaging Application) which is a new generation, state of the art, web based application developed entirely in-house by team of officers of the Corps of Signals of the Army. […]

Education

Govt issues caution against Ed-tech Companies

Given the pervasive impact of technology in education, many ed-tech companies have started offering courses, tutorials, coaching for competitive exams, etc. in an online mode. In this background, the parents, students and all stakeholders in school education have to be careful while deciding on opting for online content and coaching being offered by a host of Ed-tech companies […]

Agriculture & Commodities

SOPs for use of Drone in Crop Protection released

Union Agriculture Minister releases Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for use of Drone in Pesticide Application for Crop Protection and for spraying Soil and Crop Nutrients; Drone Technology is useful for Agriculture and will benefit Farmers: Shri Narendra Singh Tomar […]

Technology

AIM, NITI Aayog & UNCDF announce first AgriTech cohort

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) rolled out their first AgriTech Challenge cohort for its ambitious innovative Agri-tech program that aims to help smallholder farmers across Asia and Africa to address their challenges in the aftermath of the pandemic. […]

Technology

Farmers to get a UID

Ministry of Agriculture& Farmers Welfare, Government of India is in the process for creating unique ID of farmers of the country. The unique identifier of the farmer will link the farmer profile with all the agricultural schemes, which have been availed by the farmer. […]

Technology

India-ITU Joint Cyberdrill 2021 commences

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have commenced India-ITU Joint Cyberdrill 2021. This Cyberdrill is intended for Indian entities especially Critical Network Infrastructure operators. It is a four days virtual event starting from 30 November to 3 December 2021. […]

Technology

NITI Aayog Pushes for Online Dispute Resolution

NITI Aayog today released the report ‘Designing the Future of Dispute Resolution: The ODR Policy Plan for India’, to scale dispute avoidance, containment and resolution online. The roll out of the stated recommendations in the reportcan help make India a world leader in using technology and innovation through Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) for effective access to justice for every individual. […]