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India, France ink agreement to collaborate for Gaganyaan mission

India and France have signed agreement to collaborate for ISRO’s first human space mission Gaganyaan to be launched in 2022. Both countries have also announced working group for...

September 8, 2018

Dataset Search: Google launches new search engine for scientific community

Search engine giant Google has launched Dataset Search, a new search engine for scientific community that will help them make sense of millions of datasets present online. It...

September 7, 2018

India, Bulgaria sign MoUs on civil nuclear cooperation, S&T, investment & tourism

India and Bulgaria have signed four MoUs in fields of Civil Nuclear cooperation, investment, Tourism and establishment of Hindi chair at Sofia University. Both countries also signed program...

September 6, 2018

Japan to conduct world’s first test of space elevator

Japanese researchers from Shizuoka University will conduct world’s first experiment to test small prototype of space elevator in space by using two mini satellites. The test equipment will...

September 6, 2018

34 per cent of Indians insufficiently active: Lancet Study

According to recent study published in Lancet Global Health journal, at least 34% of India’s population is insufficiently active. The levels of insufficient activity were higher among women...

September 6, 2018

GM mustard DMH-11 trials may get nod for field-trials

Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) will soon convene special meeting of Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) to decide on field-trial approvals for transgenic mustard...

September 6, 2018

Drug-resistant superbug spreading in hospitals: Study

Researchers from University of Melbourne, Australian have found that superbug resistant to all known antibiotics and can cause severe infections or even death is spreading undetected through hospital...

September 4, 2018

Department of Biotechnology inks MoU with IAE on Enhancing Innovation for Clean Energy Transition

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under Union Ministry of Science and Technology has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International Energy Agency (IEA) for enhancing innovation for Clean Energy...

August 31, 2018

Call for Code initiative: IBM partners with Indian IT companies to build global solutions for disaster management

Global IT giant IBM has partnered with Indian IT companies  for its ‘Call for Code’ initiative that aims to build global solutions for disaster management.  Indian IT companies...

August 30, 2018

Gaganyaan Mission: ISRO unveils plans for India’s manned space flight mission

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) unveiled details of its first indigenous human space mission dubbed as Gaganyaan to be launched in 2022. The mission was announced by Prime...

August 29, 2018

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