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Featured

Wearables and their impact on the health sector

Agriculture • Innovation

Drones are transforming agriculture in global south

Adoption rates in the Global South are growing but remain uneven.

Civic Tech • Environment

Watch Duty: A wildfire tracking app and its impact  

Watch Duty has become a model for nonprofit innovation.

Agriculture • Innovation

Agritech innovations transforming the farm sector

These innovations are transforming agriculture addressing global challenges like climate change.

Health

Medtech innovations that are making a social impact

From AI-Powered Autism diagnosis to smart sensors for Glaucoma monitoring.

Innovation

India’s startup ecosystem: In numbers

The entrepreneurial landscape, supported by more than 100 unicorns, is transforming innovation

Civic Tech • Innovation

India’s digital infrastructure: In numbers

6,15,836 villages are having 4G mobile connectivity in the country.

Health

AI helps scientists understand DNA’s 3D structure

The study, published in Science Advances, was led by MIT graduate students.

Environment

Making robots work smarter in sewers

This initiative has the potential to transform urban wastewater management.

Innovation

India plans its own foundational large language model

With focus on local data and context the model should reflect its diversity.

Environment

Turning farm waste into road material

Currently, vast amounts of organic waste from farms are discarded.

Environment

New optical sensor to detect Arsenic contamination

The sensor showed consistent performance when tested with samples.

Health

Researchers mimic biological processes with synthetic neurons

This is the first complete system using artificial neurons to sense touch.

Civic Tech

DeepSeek: How does it fare on misinformation index?

DeepSeek often incorporated the Chinese government's stance in its responses.

Civic Tech

OpenAI faces copyright lawsuit in India

This could influence the future legal landscape regarding copyright in India.

Environment

Carbon accounting firm Gravity raises funds to automate reporting

Many sustainability teams are currently overwhelmed by compliance tasks.

Civic Tech • Innovation

India moving towards One Nation One Time

The rules will also require government offices to display IST prominently.

Innovation

India now leads in mobile app downloads

India does not rank among the top countries for in-app purchase (IAP) revenue.

Energy

Global solar energy sector outlook for 2025

The report also points to a shift towards advanced solar technologies.

Health

Using smartwatches to track psychiatric illnesses

AI models trained on this data could predict ADHD and anxiety.

Innovation • Mobility

London cab drivers could help inform future of AI

Expert human planners use cognitive resources better than current AI systems.

Featured • Health

Using video gamer enthusiasts to fight cancer

Gamified citizen science and AI can drive advancements in cancer research.

Innovation

India sets a target of 10,000 GI tags by 2030

To date, 605 GI tags have been issued by the department.

Energy

India’s renewable energy journey and milestones

Solar remained the driver of India’s renewable energy expansion.

Civic Tech

eSankhyiki, India’s data portal crosses a new milestone

The platform empowers researchers, policymakers, businesses, and citizens.

Civic Tech • Innovation

IndiaAI shortlists 20 top teams for CyberGuard Hackathon

The hackathon leverages AI to drive efficiencies in fighting cybercrimes.

Innovation

SignGPT: A sign language AI model for the Deaf community

Globally, approximately 70 million people are Deaf or hard of hearing,.

Civic Tech

Using AI to make sense of Twitter-X bios

This research leverages LLMs to organize vast datasets of short text.

Innovation

AI can add trillions, but digital divide is a hurdle: WEF report

Despite rapid expansion of internet access 2.5 billion people remain offline.

Energy • Environment

Microsoft to restore rainforests and offset AI impact

This is to balance the increased emissions from Microsoft’s growing AI infrastructure.

Environment • Featured

India to digitise geo magnetic observation data

This digitization will provide insights into historical geomagnetic storms.

Civic Tech • Environment

Watch Duty: A wildfire tracking app and its impact  

Watch Duty has become a model for nonprofit innovation.

Environment

Making robots work smarter in sewers

This initiative has the potential to transform urban wastewater management.

Editor’s Pick

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  • Using AI in eye scans helps diagnosis of inherited diseases
  • Indian Council of Agricultural Research signs a MOU with Amazon Kisan
  • SustainCERT to launch world’s first climate impact verification platform
  • Uber bets big on sustainability
  • Just Climate announces $1.5 Billion industrial climate solutions fund
  • Can trust/distrust buttons be more helpful than Likes on social media?
  • Hubble Network raises funds for a bluetooth-enabled satellite network
  • Reading Practice builds reading skills with Google Play Books

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