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Armed with ₹20,000 crore and a mission, India’s nuclear establishment seems all set to harness the in-thing — small modular reactors. Going by what the government is telling the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, the country could come up with five SMRs by 2033, en route to the…
The Department of Science and Technology has announced a programme, ‘Electric Vehicle Solutions led by Startups (EVolutionS)’, to accelerate EV component manufacturing in the country. The programme is meant to aid the selected startups in pilot demonstration, testing, validation of components and establishing industry connects for speedy translation of EV solutions to market. Startups in…
Dr Amit Vernekar and his PhD student Adarsh Fatrekar at CSIR-CLRI, Chennai, have created a next-gen nanozyme called Cu-Phen. This new type of artificial enzyme, a metallo-nanozyme, can precisely control electron transfer, which is essential for energy generation in cells. The breakthrough could support advances in medicine, sustainable energy, and environmental technologies. It is carefully…
Green hydrogen is costly (at best, $4 a kg); the two key drivers of costs — electrolysers and electricity — are the focus of research, but economics can’t quarrel with physics. There is only so much you can do to hammer down costs. Or so it was thought. A new pathway is opening to tame…
Imagine this: An adult human body, lying on a table. It is not alive — it never did have ‘life’. But it has all organs functioning — except the brain. It is not sentient; it can never feel pain or pleasure — it is “experientially blank”. A fully lab-grown zombie, produced for scientific experiments, including…
Cricket is a passion for most Indians. So is food. Imagine marrying the two — the brand engagement can go up 10X. This IPL season has seen two such combos from brands that are captivating fans. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has started Knight Bite, an exciting new long-term initiative that brings fans closer to their…
DELAYED TAKEOFF: Mangaluru airport awaits land acquisition to create a second ‘runway safety basic strip’ At Mangaluru airport, efforts to improve operational safety have received a fillip with a renewed push for creating an additional ‘runway safety basic strip’. A ‘runway safety basic strip’ is an area adjacent to the length of the runway that…
Indian arrivals in the US dropped 3.6 per cent in March and have remained flat in the first three months of CY 2025. Ongoing trade tensions and unease among students over tighter visa regulations are slowing down travel demand to the US. On an overall basis, overseas visitor arrivals (excluding Mexico and Canada) in the…
India has suspended – nearly ₹5000 crore worth of funding, as per some estimates – and other construction-related work on railway connectivity initiative in Bangladesh, citing ongoing “political turmoil” and “safety of labour”. The decision, which halts at least three ongoing projects and pauses survey work on five others, mostly disrupts plans to link India’s North…
In a key development in the corporate insolvency resolution process of debt-laden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL), the Expression of Interest (EoI) submitted by Asset Reconstruction Company India Ltd (ARCIL) has been rejected, making it the only disqualified applicant among the 26 entities that submitted bids late last month. According to sources close to the process,…
