Harvesting Water from Air

Context in Current Affairs: A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) have developed a method for harvesting water from humid air. About the Method This method involves spraying a sponge-like porous polymeric material on a normal printer paper. As per the researchers, this method can also be used in underwater hulls ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: IIT Guwahati • innovation • Water • Water conservation • Water scarcity

Australia-India Water Centre inaugurated

Australia-India Water Centre (AIWC) has been inaugurated in a virtual event. This Water Centre is led by IIT Guwahati from Indian side and University of Western Sydney from the Australian side. Along with this, the centre has 21 partners from India and Australia. Australia India Water Centre (AIWC) Dan Tehan, Education Minister, Australia and Jal ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: Environment Current Affairs • International Current Affairs

Topics: Climate change • IIT Guwahati • India-Australia • Water conservation • Water security

Low Cost Technology anti-ageing Compound developed by IIT-Guwahati

The researchers from IIT Guwahati developed a low-cost method to produce anti-ageing compounds. The compound has been developed from a wide range of agricultural resources such as pulses, tea, berries, orange peels, parsley, onion and sea buckthorn. About the product The product does not use organic solvents as done by the other commercial industry. This ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Agricultural chemicals • agricultural market • Agriculture • Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 • IIT Guwahati • Natural Resources

Low Cost Covid-19 Diagnostic Kits developed by IIT Guwahati

In association with the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and RR Animal Healthcare Limited, at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, kits for diagnosing Covid-19 has been developed by using material that is available in the local market. 3 different types of diagnosis low-cost kits have been developed, they are Ribonucleic acid (RNA) ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: Assam • Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) • COVID-19 • Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) • IIT Guwahati • National Health Mission • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) • Reverse Transcriptase (RT) • Viral Transport Media (VTM) • World Health Organisation (WHO)

MSM-TAC approves installation of supercomputing facility at IIT Guwahati

The Technical Advisory Committee of the National Supercomputing Mission (MSM-TAC) has approved the installation of a Supercomputing facility with 650 TFLOPS, at IIT Guwahati, Assam. The installation of the supercomputing system has been started under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). It is co-ordinated by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Ministry of ..

Topics: IIT Guwahati • Supercomputers • Supercomputing in India