External Affairs Minister of India, S. Jaishankar took a ride in a Made in India train during his visit to Mozambique in the country's capital Maputo. The Union Minister shared a video of his journey on Twitter and wrote, “A great green transport conversation with Mozambican Minister of Transport & Communication and Chairman, Mozambican Port & Rail Authority Mateus Magala. Talked about expanding train networks, electric mobility & waterways connectivity.” In the loco-hauled Made-in-India coaches, there are no longitudinal side berths; instead they have coupe-like IR Firs
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) to build a strong touchless biometric capture system for convenient use anytime and anywhere. According to a press release by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), UIDAI and IIT Bombay will first conduct joint research to develop a mobile capture system for fingerprints and a liveness model integrated with the capture system. Once built and operational, this system will allow easy fingerprint authentication such as face authentication. It
India’s first semi-high speed regional rail service has been named ‘RAPIDX’ by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC). The Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) will help connect urban nodes of the national capital region (NCR). As per the NCRTC, the 'X' signifies next-generation technology and new-age mobility solutions. “It also represents youth, optimism and energy,” NCRTC said. The brand name has been chosen as RAPIDX since it is easy to read and simple to pronounce in various languages. The green leaf symbol in the logo is the highlight of the brand’s aim
Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, is set to become the first Saudi Arabian woman to blast off on a mission to space this May. She is part of a private mission and will be joined by fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni, a fighter pilot; Peggy Whitson, a former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut; and John Shoffner, a businessman from Tennessee who will serve as pilot on the trip, the NASA officials said on April 6. The four-member crew will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule, marking the launch of private space company
The Indian Space Research Organization, joined by DRDO, successfully conducted the autonomous test landing mission of the reusable launch vehicle (RLV) on April 2 at the aeronautical test range in Karnataka's Chitradurga. The RLV took off at 7:10 am by a Chinook Helicopter of the Indian Air Force. The release of RLV was autonomous. Then using the Integrated Navigation, Guidance & Control system, the vehicle completed an autonomous landing on the ATR at 7:40 am. With that, ISRO successfully achieved the autonomous landing of a space vehicle. “The autonomous landing was carried out
US’ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has found a new method to convert waste plastic to fuel and raw materials that promises to help close the carbon cycle at mild temperature and with high yield. The new process is conducted at low temperatures and with high yield, bringing down the cost of recycling plastics. It combines cracking of plastics with alkylation catalysts to create gasoline-like fuel without unwanted byproducts. The research team reported their discovery in Science. There is a lot of potentially useful raw materials in used face masks, grocery bags and food wrap.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on March 26 successfully launched India’s largest Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3) rocket/OneWeb India-2 Mission with 36 satellites onboard from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. “LVM3 standing 43.5 metres tall and weighing 643 tonnes lifted off from the second launchpad rocket port carrying OneWeb's final installment of 36 Gen1 satellites,” said the ISRO officials. The launch was the second mission for Network Access Associates Limited, United Kingdom (OneWeb Group Company) under a commercial agreement with NewS
A 'smart bandage' that can help heal chronic wounds faster and provide real-time updates about its conditions has been developed at California Institute of Technology, US, promising better care to diabetics, as the lifestyle disease can interfere with the healing process and create wounds that will not go away and could become infected and fester. Made from a flexible polymer containing embedded electronics and medication, the badge can transmit data wirelessly to a nearby computer, tablet or smartphone. It can also deliver medication stored within bandage directly to wound site, and apply
The Department of Health Research and the Artificial Intelligence Cell of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have released the initial ethical guidelines for applying artificial intelligence (AI) in biomedical research and healthcare in India. According to a document drafted by the two organisations, AI for health considerably depends on data obtained from human participants and invokes additional concerns related to potential biases, data handling, interpretation, autonomy, risk minimization, professional competence, data sharing, and confidentiality. “It is therefore imperative
India's first cloned cow-calf of the indigenous Gir breed has been produced at the National Dairy Research Institute in Haryana's Karnal. The institute said the calf has been named 'Ganga' and that it weighs 32 kg and is growing well. The Gir cow breed is capable of producing 15 litres of milk every day. NDRI scientists produced the female cloned calf from the somatic cell of the tail of the indigenous Gir cow breed, which is a native tract in Gujarat and is popular for its docile nature, disease-resistance, heat-tolerance and high milk-producing qualities. The breed is also in high demand