A 5G and 4G telecom technology stack developed in India will be rolled out in the country this year and the platform will be offered to the world from next year, Union Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday. Speaking at The Business 20 (B20), the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Vaishnaw said that only five countries in the world have end-to-end 4G-5G telecom technology stack, but now with the public-private partnership, India has developed its own technology, which has been tested to handle 10 million simultaneous calls.
Switzerland-based start-up Climeworks has claimed that it has captured carbon dioxide from the open air. The venture used direct-air capture technology and stored it underground in the first of its kind industry discovery. Climeworks AG has sold carbon credits to companies, including Microsoft and Shopify, in order to offset their emissions. The start-up has commercial carbon capture facilities in Switzerland and Iceland. It announced that it has sequestered carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using its facility in Iceland and stored the substance underground. The action was independently v
European officials and Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf inaugurated the European Union’s first mainland orbital launch complex in Arctic Sweden on Friday. The members of the European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's executive arm, were a visit to Sweden. The new facility at Esrange Space Center near the city of Kiruna should complement the EU’s current launching capabilities in French Guiana. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said small satellites are crucial to tracking natural disasters in real time and help guarantee global security, especially post Russia’s war in Uk
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a new process to convert two common types of plastic waste into biochar that can potentially be used as a soil additive. The process promises a solution to the problem of the massive plastic waste causing pollution of our streams, rivers and oceans, and affecting marine life severely. The method converts two common forms of plastic – polystyrene, which is used in styrofoam packing and PET, which is commonly used to make water bottles – into a highly porous form of charcoal, or char. The highly-porous biochar formed f
India successfully carried out a test launch of tactical ballistic missile Prithvi-II from a test range off the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Tuesday. The Prithvi-II Short Range Ballistic Missile (SRBM) missile, with a range of around 350 kilometres, struck its target with “high accuracy,” said the Defence Ministry in a statement. It said the “user training launch” successfully validated all operational and technical parameters of the missile. A well-established system, the SRBM has been an integral part of India’s nuclear deterrence. The training
A one-of-its-kind ‘Interactive Science Park’ being developed in Hyderabad will be ready by the end of January 2022. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is giving final touches to the park, located in the midst of guesthouses, hospitals and residential apartments, beside Medicover Hospital at Patrikanagar in Serilingampally. The park spread over three acres of land includes science theme-based facilities as well as charging points and Wi-Fi access and open interactive seating areas for individuals to work on their laptops. There will be a children’s play area, a caf�
India is ‘Number 1’ in terms of artificial intelligence (AI) projects, said Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella. He said that if the next big age is going to be AI, India has the required human capital, which is already doing innovative things. Nadella was speaking at the Microsoft Future Ready Leadership Summit in Mumbai early this month. He said that India is the second biggest contributor to the developer ecosystem, and will be the third largest economy by the end of this decade. Nadella added that AI is going to accelerate human creativity, human ingenuity and human product
Chennai-based space tech start-up, Space Kidz India will launch a satellite made by 750 government school girl students from across the country aboard an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launch vehicle this month. Space Kidz India selected 10 girl students from 75 government schools across the country for the mission. The selected students are predominantly from class 8 to 12. It is a first of its kind space mission with an ‘all women concept’ to promote women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Moreover, the programme utilises children from impoverishe
India’s first-ever coal gasification based Talcher fertiliser plant in Odisha will be ready by October 2024. Union Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya said this after reviewing the progress of work in the plant in Talcher. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was also present on the occasion. Dr. Mandaviya said that when operational, the Talcher fertiliser plant will help the country reduce its dependence on urea import. The plant is being built under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Five out of f
India’s digital competence will grow in 2023 and over the next five years, driven by technology, start-ups, semiconductors, electronics and computing, said Union Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Allaying any concerns over tech winter, the minister predicted spring for the country’s booming innovation ecosystem. “India as a market for consuming digital products and digital services is one of the biggest markets,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, adding that opportunities for digitisation continue to be "very strong". He exuded confidence that India's trillion dollar digital