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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India space mission: After launching UK satellites Isro will soon launch US satellite
In what is seen as an acknowledgement of its cost-effective technology, India's space agency will launch a US satellite using its polar satellite launch vehicle. "US will be the 20th country to sign
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Cern developing 'mini LHC' particle accelerator to treat cancer
Cern is developing a "mini Large Hadron Collider" to treat cancer through high-intensity beams produced by the 2m-long machine. The miniature linear accelerator (mini-Linac) will consist of four modules,
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World's First Ever Solar Batter Runs with Water
Scientists have made an important milestone when it comes to the world's first ever solar battery. The battery has now achieved a 20 percent energy savings over traditional lithium-iodine batteries, which
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India’s IPR regime: reconciling affordable access with patent protection
Even as India-US trade (in both goods and services) has progressed towards the $100 billion mark, 2013-14 witnessed the emergence of a number of issues which adversely impacted the climate for bilateral
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Magnetospherically driven optical and radio aurorae at the end of the stellar main sequence
<p>Aurorae are detected from all the magnetized planets in our Solar System, including Earth. They are powered by magnetospheric current systems that lead to the precipitation of energetic electrons into
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Africa: USAID Embraces Technology, Comes Up With Tech Challenge to Help Curb Wildlife Crime
USAID is sourcing innovative science and technology-based solutions to detect transit routes, strengthen forensic evidence, reduce consumer demand, and tackle corruption through the Wildlife Crime Tech
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The smog-eating TOWER: 'World's largest air purifier' building will suck pollutants from the skies to lock them inside jewellery
It's no secret that the air of some of the world's most highly populated cities is thick with smog and harmful pollutants. Now a team of Dutch designers have come up with an innovative solution to clean
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'Impossible' rocket drive works and could get to Moon in four hours
Interplanetary travel could be a step closer after scientists confirmed that an electromagnetic propulsion drive, which is fast enough to get to the Moon in four hours, actually works. The EM Drive was
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Nasa's SLS the world's most powerful rocket clears design review
A major design review of Nasa's Space Launch System (SLS) was completed last week clearing the stage for work on the world's most powerful rocket. When completed in 2018 it will launch astronauts in
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Tectonic framework and evolutionary history of the Bengal Basin in the Indian subcontinent
<p>The Bengal Basin evolved as a rift-controlled extensional basin along the NNE–SSW trending Basin Margin Fault coevally with the 85 East Ridge in the Bay of Bengal during the short-lived hotspot