Kerala CM launched Super Fab Lab

The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the country’s first Super Fab Lab (Fabrication Laboratory) on Saturday, 25th January 2020 at the Integrated Startup Complex (ISC) of the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) and from Palakkad, he launched the facility through remote control where he attended a function at the Government Polytechnic College. This fab ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Topics: Chief Minister of Kerala • Government Polytechnic College • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Pinarayi Vijayan • Super Fab Lab • United States

Odisha government to partner with MIT-based Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

The Odisha government has decided to partner with Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) for targeted intervention in a set of social sectors including poorest of the poor through policy formulation and evaluations based on experimental research. The co-founders of J-PAL are Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. The Massachusettes Institute of Technology ..

Topics: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab • Abhijit Banerjee • Academic disciplines • Center for Global Development • Development economists • Economics • Economists • Esther Duflo • Fellows of the Econometric Society • MacArthur Fellows • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Randomized controlled trial

IIT-Bombay best-ranked Indian institute in QS World Rankings

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay), has emerged as best-ranked Indian institute globally at 152nd position in QS World University Rankings’ 2020. IIT-Bombay has been securing top position among all Indian institutes for past three years and in 2020 edition it has improved its rank by 10 moving up places from 2018 ranking. Key ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Harvard University • IISc Bangalore • IIT Bombay • IIT Delhi • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • OP Jindal Global University • QS Global University Rankings • QS World University Rankings 2020 • Stanford University • Times Higher Education

I. M. Pei, a pillar of modern architecture, dies at 102 in US

Ieoh Ming Pei, the globe-trotting, versatile, preeminent Chinese-US architect who created a distinct brand of modern building design with his sharp lines and exquisite structures, has died at age of 102 years. Background I.M. Pei was born on 26 April 1917, in Canton, China and in 1935 he came to United States with plans to ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: American Institute of Architects Gold Medal. • Bank of China tower • Harvard University • Ieoh Ming Pei • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Modern Architect • Museum of Islamic Art • National Center of Atmospheric Research • National Gallery of Art • National Medal of Arts • Presidential Medal of Freedom • Pritzker Architecture Prize • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame • The Louvre with a Giant Glass

Scientists build and flow first-ever silent airplane with no moving propellers or jet turbines

Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US have built and flown first-ever silent airplane with no moving propellers or jet turbines. At present, every aircraft have moving parts such as propellers, turbine blades and fans, which are powered by the combustion of fossil fuels or by battery packs that produce a persistent, whining buzz. ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Aerodynamics • Airbreathing jet engine • Aircraft • Airplane • Electrodynamic Thrust • Energy • FIrst silent airplane • Gas turbines • Ionic wind • Jet engine • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Mechanical engineering • Radio-controlled aircraft • Science and Technology • US • Vehicle