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VAJRA Scheme: Government receives 260 applicants for visiting researcher programme
The Union Ministry of Science and Technology’s Visiting Advanced Joint Research (VAJRA) Faculty Scheme has received 260 applications from foreign scientists of whom 70 will be shortlisted. The scheme is meant to attract top international talent to country’s research and ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Government plans to create FarmerZone
The Union Ministry of Science and Technology is planning to create FarmerZone, a collective open-source data platform for smart agriculture by using biological research and data to improve lives of small and marginal farmers. It was announced by Department of ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2017
Fact Box: India's Contribution to Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) Project
Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) is the world’s biggest telescope which would facilitate astronomers to observe the intricacies of the universe from earth. Salient Facts Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) is a multi- million dollar project being developed by an international consortium of Five countries including ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2017
Union Government launches BIRAC AcE Fund to accelerate growth of entrepreneurs in Biotechnology
Union Government on 19 March 2015 launched Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) AcE Fund to accelerate growth of entrepreneurs in Biotechnology. It was announced by Minister of State (MoS) for Science and Technology (S&T) and Earth Sciences Y.S. Chowdary ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
NRDC, CCRAS inks MoA to commercialise ayurvedic medicines
National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) and Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) have inked Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to commercialise ayurvedic medicines and technologies developed at CCRAS. The MoA was signed by Director General of CCRAS Abhimanyu Kumar and ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
NASA's planet hunter spacecraft Kepler discovers 'Super-Earth'
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has discovered a exoplanet i.e. ‘super-Earth’ located 180 light-years from Earth as part of its new Kepler 2 (K2) mission. The discovered ‘super-Earth’ is dubbed as HIP 116454b. Key facts of ..