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IITians rally in fight against Covid through technology, fundraising
Students, alumni and faculty from the country’s premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are rallying to help the country tide over the Covid wave, especially helping solve the oxygen shortage that has left many parts of the country gasping for breath. Faculty and researchers from IITs have come up with ways to produce more oxygen. …
2021: Technology platforms will bear the brunt of the free speech debate
2021 will be year when the appeal and scalability of the Atma Nirbhar apps’ ecosystem is tested, especially in the social media space. Synopsis The year 2020 also saw a global debate brewing over platforms and their content moderation practices, specifically around hate speech and the scaling up of misinformation in the wake of the …
Government announces technology push, boost to private sector in defence
NEW DELHI: The government has announced a technology push for private sector participation in the defence and space sectors and plans to link up the startup ecosystem with the nuclear sector, as part of the larger reforms to boost the economy in a post-Covid-19 world. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced separate budgetary provisions for …
20 technologies that could change your life in the next decade
The decade that’s knocking on our doors now — the 2020s — is likely to be a time when science fiction manifests itself in our homes and roads and skies as viable, everyday technologies. Cars that can drive themselves. Meat that is derived from plants. Robots that can be fantastic companions — both in bed …
How a number of initiatives are breaking the language barrier in teaching science
“Is it true that this flower is very poisonous?” a WhatsApp message in Kannada, accompanied by the picture of a flower dripping sap along with dire warnings typical of such forwards, enquired of Kollegala Sharma. Questions like these are not unusual for Sharma, a scientist at the Central Food Technological Research Institute in Mysuru, since …
Sterlite Tech is betting big on technology boom driving India’s optical fibre market
For Sterlite Technologies, the last 12 months have been rocky at the bourses. Even while recording a 60% top line growth and 68% jump in profits, the stock has lost nearly two-thirds of its value. This took down the company’s market capitalisation from Rs 13,249 crore as on September 26 last year to Rs 6,506 …
