India-made transistor – The Hindu BusinessLine

Researchers at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc, have developed India’s first fully indigenous microwave power transistor based on a gallium nitride-on-silicon approach. These transistors are crucial for strategic applications such as radars, jammers, electronic warfare and telecom infrastructure, where they amplify radio waves during transmission. Most existing gallium nitride (GaN) transistors…

Rajasthan MLA arrested for accepting ₹20 lakh bribe to drop questions in Assembly

Bharat Adivasi Party MLA had allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹10 crore from the mine owner for dropping three questions related to some mining leases in Karauli district’s Todabhim block, which were submitted in the previous session of the State Assembly. File | Photo Credit: X/@MLA_jai_krishan In a first-of-its-kind action against a sitting legislator, the Anti-Corruption…

Chalavadi offers to take political retirement if Congress proves Savarkar’s role in Ambedkar’s electoral defeat

  Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on Sunday challenged senior Congress leaders that he would tender his resignation and also take political retirement if they can prove their allegations that it was not the Congress, but Veer Savarkar and Communist leader Shripad Amrit Dange who were responsible for the defeat…

One held for murdering son

The Neyyar Dam police arrested one man for allegedly murdering his son on Saturday midnight. The police identified the accused as Vijayan, 57, of Kunnathumala, near Amboori. He has been accused of stabbing his son Manoj, 29, using a knife. The incident is suspected to have occurred when the duo engaged in an argument over…

Delay in implementing road projects to decongest Thripunithura draws flak

Steps are under way to widen the bottlenecked Thiruvankulam Junction and the Mamala–Karingachira corridor, with the PWD having prepared an estimate in this regard. | Photo Credit: file photo Protesting against the undue delay in constructing, widening, and extending roads that pass through Thripunithura — and the resultant worsening of traffic hold-ups — the Thripunithura…

Delay in commissioning Kommaghatta substation hampers power supply in NPKL

Six months after construction was complete, the lone substation meant to power the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout (NPKL) remains non-operational due to the delay in its official inauguration. This setback is further compounding power woes for thousands of site owners who are struggling to access electricity to build homes in the layout developed by the Bangalore Development…