The mission focuses on service delivery rather than mere creation of infrastructure.
Anika Chebrolu wins $25K prize for potential Covid treatment
14-year-old Anika has also been conferred the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist”
New Cloud Innovation Centre to focus on Citizen Services
It will bring together government stakeholders, startups, and local organisations to innovate.
This hand-held device can read cancer biomarker like blood sugar
The device would measure an antigen that indicates the degree to which cancer is present.
60-70 polluting power plants to be closed in the next two years
Power plants of Badarpur and Sonipat in Delhi-NCR have already been shut down.
Bharat Biotech & Washington Univ developing nasal vax for...
Bharat Biotech has entered into an agreement with Washington University’s School of Medicine.
Villgro wins national startup award under Incubators category
Villgro provides end-to-end intensive business support to early-stage social enterprises.
Genrobotic wins national startup 2020 award for Bandicoot
Bandicoot is the first manhole cleaning robot to eliminate need for human workers.
Bodhami wins national startup award 2020 in Special Category
Bodhami is an online personalized learning platform driven by AI.
Google Lens expands; can now help you identify things faster
If you are learning a new language, Lens can translate more than 100 languages.
National Science & Tech infra to be made available for...
The S&T infrastructure network would now reach out to more beneficiaries.
Grand Challenges 2020 brings together scientists and policymakers
Approximately 1600 people from 40 countries will participate in this annual meeting.
SnPC wins national startup award for its brick laying machine
Mobile Brick Making Machine, is the first of its kind which lays down bricks while on the move.
Taraltec wins national startup award 2020 for Urban Services
Taraltec Reactor, can be retrofitted to borewell hand pumps to provide safe drinking water.
Highway Delite wins national startup award in Tourism category
It offers real-time location-based verified highway services information .
Indian student gets patent for electric vehicle battery charging
Devansh is currently pursuing his law degree at the Jindal Global Law School.
New method to check on quake-resistant buildings
About 82 per cent of the Indian population lives in quake-prone zones.
Spelling mistake? Don’t worry, Google can manage
A new spelling algorithm uses a deep neural net to decipher misspellings.
Dhruva Space wins national startup award in Space category
Dhruva Space builds small satellite constellations for Earth observation.
Feeinsta Consulting wins national startup award in Tourism...
Feeinsta’s smart e-toilets have features like toilet seat with human body sensor.
Skyroot aerospace wins national startup award in Space category
Their Vikram launch vehicle is expected to be one of the most cost-effective in the world.
Embracing AI vital for future of work in India: Report
90 per cent respondents in a survey considered AI to be essential.
Nokia unveils thermal detection solution to fight Covid-19
Nokia uses a thermal camera to take individual temperature readings.
Staqu Tech wins national startup awards in Security category
Staqu is helping police forces across eight Indian states digitize records.
Scapic wins national startup award for Augmented Reality
Scapic building a cloud platform that allows brands to create 3D experiences.
Fabheads Automation wins national startup award for 3D printing
Fabheads has designed and manufactured a new series of 3D Printers named FibrBots.
Minionlabs wins national startup award 2020 for IoT
Using Machine learning and AI they bring about massive savings on electricity bills.
Planys Tech wins national startup award 2020 in Robotics theme
Planys specialises in smart underwater inspection solutions.
UptimeAI wins national startup award in Big Data theme
UptimeAI tweaks AI for the needs of engineers, helping predict performance issues.
GingerMind wins national startup awards 2020 – theme...
Their app Eye-D offers blind users location-based features and more, using only a camera .
Alstom’s e-loco cleared to run freight trains at 120 kmph
These electric locos will allow faster and safer movement of heavier freight trains.
Gov Tech-Thon launched to incubate new ideas in Govtech
Gov Tech-Thon 2020, a 36 hours virtual Hackathon, to be organised on 30 October 2020.
High-res air quality Early Warning System set up in India
The tech was developed in technical collaboration with Finnish Meteorological Institute.
Jackfruit365 wins national startup award in Food category
Jackfruit365.com is a startup to streamline the organized market for Indian Jackfruits
Bonayu wins national startup award in Life sciences category
BonAyu has developed topical thin films as an alternative to traditional ointments.
Wellthy Therapeutics wins national startup award in Health...
There were around 249 contestants overall in the healthcare category.
eSanjeevani telemedicine initiative gaining popularity
The last one lakh consultations were completed in a record time of 17 days.
Wearable sensor tech takes a huge leap; printing without heat
The sensors are capable of capturing temperature, humidity and blood oxygen levels.
Agreements in place for setting up a supercomputing grid in India
It will be a grid with more than 70 high-performance computing facilities.
Innaumation wins national startup awards 2020 in Health category
Aum Voice a device that helps throat cancer patients who have lost their voice.
FoodCloud wins national startup awards 2020 in Food category
Foodcloud.in is an online portal that connects foodies with home chefs and caterers.
BharatPe wins national startup awards 2020 in fintech category
BharatPe enables acceptance of UPI payments from over 150 payment apps in India.