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China launches world’s first fully electric cargo ship
China has launched the world’s first all-electric ship in Guangzhou in South China’s Guangdong Province, which can travel up to 80km with 2000-tonnes cargo after a two-hour charge....The world’s first hybrid electric tram powered by hydrogen fuel cells started in China
The world’s first hybrid electric tram powered by hydrogen fuel cells has started running in China to give big boost to green energy in public transport. The tram...Gitanjali Rao
Gitanjali Rao (born 2005) is an American inventor, author, and STEM advocate of Indian descent who gained international recognition for her pioneering innovations and her efforts to inspire...World’s first negative emissions plant that turns CO2 into stone opened in Iceland
The world’s first negative emissions plant that turns carbon dioxide (CO2) into stone has begun operations in Hellisheidi, Iceland. In it, the CO2 is captured from ambient air,...The National Agri-food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) signs MoU with Bonn food industries to promote coloured wheat
The National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) has signed MoU with Ludhiana based Bonn Food Industries to promote coloured wheat with antioxidant qualities beneficial for control of diabetes, cholesterol...CSIR Pune organisation developed an artificial leaf to create fuel from sunlight
The researchers at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Chemical Laboratory in Pune have developed an artificial leaf that absorbs sunlight to generate hydrogen fuel from...IIT Bombay and IIT Indore have developed biosensor to detect kidney disorders
The Indian Institutes of Technology, Bombay and Indore, have jointly developed a biosensor that makes it possible to detect kidney disorders in less than 8 minutes. The biosensor...IISc bengluru developes a highly sensitive nanometre-scale carbon monoxide sensor
The researchers at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru have developed a low-cost highly sensitive nanometre-scale carbon monoxide sensor by employing an innovative fabrication technique. It is known...IIT Kharagpur invented a low-cost dirt detector that alerts authorities when a place needs cleaning
The researchers at the IIT Kharagpur have developed a low-cost dirt detector that alerts authorities when a place needs cleaning. The Smart Hygiene Monitor (SHM) records levels of...Haryana government banned use Of Liquid Nitrogen in Drinks & food items
The Haryana government has officially prohibited flushing/mixing of liquid nitrogen with any drink or food article. The ban has been issued under the provisions of the Food Safety...
Half yearly review of nutrient-based subsidy rates approved
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs which is headed by PM Narendra Modi has approved a half-yearly review of the nutrient-based rates of phosphate and potassium fertilizers. Hitherto...
