Odisha biotechnology policy, 2024
The government of Odisha has approved the Biotechnology Policy 2024 to create a flourishing ecosystem for the biotech industry. This will further promote higher education, research & infrastructure development
Science And Technology
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Dutch scientists developing smart app to measure water pollution
Dutch astronomers and ecologists are working with Leiden University on a project, MONOCLE, that allows people to measure the quality of their water, simply by taking a photo with their smartphones.
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Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary
<p>Pterosaurs were winged cousins of the dinosaurs and lived from around 200 million years ago to 66 million years ago, when the last pterosaurs disappeared during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction that
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UCT student wins national award for waterless urinals project
Cape Town - The Western Cape's water woes have proved to be an unexpected opportunity for University of Cape Town (UCT) Civil Engineering graduate Tinashe Chipako to show off his research project on waterless
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Drones enable fast, accurate wildlife counts, study shows
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have great potential for surveying wildlife, especially species that assemble in large numbers and that are easily disturbed by human presence. Scientists creatively
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New AI can detect earthquakes sooner and reduce natural hazards
A team of researchers have built an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that can detect earthquakes faster than any other existing devices. Engineers from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute
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Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income: Volume XII- science for doubling farmers’ income (Ashok Dalwai Committee)
The twelfth volume of the Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) is discusses the status, role and approach desired from Science and Technology interventions. Various sciences include
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2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report
The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) of the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania conducts research on the role policy institutes play in governments and civil societies around
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Low cost ''earthen floor'' technology helps to improve the quality of lives in Rwanda
Their non-profit social enterprise Earth Enable ,based one hour from ,Kigali now helps to improve the quality of life for families throughout the country. Their aptly named “earthen floors” are made
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Rwanda scheme shows saving lives can be as easy as getting blood from a drone
An ingenious drone delivery service known as “Uber for blood” has slashed the delivery time of life-saving medicine to remote regions of Rwanda from four hours to an average of half an hour. A partnership
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Recycling sugar effluent in hybrid flow constructed wetland and reusing for agriculture
<p>As an agro-food industry, sugar industry contributes to about 12% of the world’s sugar production with annual production capacity of 23 million tonnes. The sugar industry is a major water user