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India’s R&D funding, breaking down the numbers
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India’s R&D funding, breaking down the numbers

Science & Tech 14/03/24 11:29 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The announcement in the interim Budget for 2024-25, of a corpus of ?1 lakh crore to bolster the research and innovation ecosystem within the country, has sparked enthusiasm within the scientific and Read More...

On judges and bureaucrats joining politics
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On judges and bureaucrats joining politics

Science & Tech 14/03/24 10:52 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Recently a Calcutta High Court judge and a senior IPS officer in West Bengal resigned from their posts and joined political parties.' This has once again raised questions of propriety about indepe Read More...

Higher engagement, better learning
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Higher engagement, better learning

Science & Tech 14/03/24 10:40 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Annual Status of Education Report 2023 states that more than 86.8% individuals in the age group of 14-18 are enrolled in educational institutions, but one-fourth of them cannot read a Class 2-lev Read More...

India’s first indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor begins ‘core loading’
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India’s first indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor begins ‘core loading’

Science & Tech 14/03/24 10:12 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The vital second stage of India’s three-stage nuclear programme got a boost with the commencement of ‘core loading’ at the country’s first indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR Read More...

Artificial neural network
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Artificial neural network

Science & Tech 13/03/24 10:34 AM IST
by Mahesh

'ChatGPT is able to accept an input question from a user, make ‘sense’ of it, and answer accordingly.' LLMs are trained on a large corpus of text, where some words are randomly replace Read More...

RBI’s proposal for a disclosure framework to ascertain climate-related financial risks
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RBI’s proposal for a disclosure framework to ascertain climate-related financial risks

Science & Tech 13/03/24 08:30 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) presented draft guidelines on Disclosure framework on Climate-related Financial Risks, 2024.' According to the regulator, climate-related financial risks may emanat Read More...

India world’s top arms importer between 2019-23: SIPRI
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India world’s top arms importer between 2019-23: SIPRI

Science & Tech 13/03/24 08:19 AM IST
by Mahesh

'India remains the world’s top arms importer and its imports increased by 4.7 per cent between 2014–2018 and 2019–2023. ' Pakistan was the fifth largest arms importer in 2019&ndas Read More...

Hyodol, an AI social robot to help senior citizens beat loneliness
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Hyodol, an AI social robot to help senior citizens beat loneliness

Science & Tech 13/03/24 07:55 AM IST
by Mahesh

'South Korean company Hyodol has come up with a way to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to beat loneliness among elders with dementia — it has invented a ‘social robot’ priced at $1, Read More...

Nuclear waste
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Nuclear waste

Science & Tech 12/03/24 21:59 PM IST
by Mahesh

'In a fission reactor, neutrons bombard the nuclei of atoms of certain elements.' When one such nucleus absorbs a neutron, it destabilises and breaks up, yielding some energy and the nuclei of diff Read More...

Redeveloped Sabarmati Ashram
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Redeveloped Sabarmati Ashram

Science & Tech 12/03/24 21:50 PM IST
by Mahesh

'On March 12, marking the 94th anniversary of the Dandi March that began from the Sabarmati Ashram, Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed the ‘Ashram Bhoomi Vandana’, a symbolic laying of Read More...