Team Jhalwa Bois was a finalist at the Smart India Hackathon 2018.
Category - Civic Tech
Tech devices has increased empathy, says new report
59 per cent of Indians believe tech companies have the potential to address major social issues.
Gov Tech-Thon 2020 announces winners
FitForFuture team from Robert Bosch won the award for its prototype for automating vehicle fitness...
Using Machine Learning to identify suicide risk in Reddit posts
Researchers have analysed more than 800,000 Reddit posts and found rising suicide risk levels.
Gandhian Young Tech Innovation award winners announced
More than 700 entries were received under SRISTI-GYTI in 42 technology domains.
Tele-law, providing legal help through video takes off
It is designed to facilitate early detection, intervention and prevention of the legal problems.
Govt’s e-Invoice initiative is off to a great start
More than 495 Lakh e-invoices were generated on the NIC portal by 27,400 tax payers.
Telangana digitises land and property transactions with Dharani
Dharani will be a one-stop portal for all land and property related transactions.
New patent rules can help ease of doing innovation
The rules have further streamlined the requirements related to filing of Form 27.
Google removes three apps for kids on data privacy issues
IDAC alerted Google that the three apps were in violation of Google’s developer policies.
FB users can now approach Oversight Board against content removal
The oversight board was formed in May this year to offer a new model of content moderation.
E Dharti portal to make land transfers simple with digitisation
This measure will help in updating the records of land-owning agency as well as give titles.
Genrobotic wins national startup 2020 award for Bandicoot
Bandicoot is the first manhole cleaning robot to eliminate need for human workers.
Highway Delite wins national startup award in Tourism category
It offers real-time location-based verified highway services information .
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.
AI being used to fight fake news and disinformation
The research to develop a state-of-the-art early warning system on misinformation online.
Nominations for national sci & tech communication awards
It is to recognize outstanding work in communication of science and technology.
New initiative to onboard street vendors onto digital platforms
The plan is to empower street vendors with digital technology for better incomes.
Personal Data Protection Bill to come up during budget session
Data related to health, religious or political orientation, biometrics is classified as sensitive...
Using AI to track dreams around Covid theme
The research team crowdsourced sleep and stress data from more than 4,000 people.
Quarter of Indian online users still use weak passwords: Report
44 per cent have no idea on how to check whether their password has been leaked.