In Focus

#Sundar Pichai # Satya Nadella # Google # Microsoft'

India awards Padma Bhushan to Google's Sundar Pichai and Microsoft's Satya Nadella

JAN. 26, 2022 3 mins read

The award also went to Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran and the heads of India's two biggest Covid-19 vaccine makers - Cyrus Poonawalla of Serum Institute of India (SII) and Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech.

Science

#Ola # Ola car # Ola electric car # Electric vehicle

Ola to launch electric car? CEO Bhavish Aggarwal drops hint, shares Ola electric car design render

JAN. 25, 2022 2 mins read

Last year, Aggarwal stated that Ola's first electric car will be available in 2023. He went on to say that the firm wants India to become a global powerhouse for electric vehicles.

Technology

#Meta # AI # fastest supercomputer # supercomputer

New AI supercomputer to be world's fastest by mid-2022: Meta

JAN. 25, 2022 2 mins read

Developing next generation of AI will need powerful supercomputers capable of quintillions of operations per second

'Boost to 'Make In India'! Acer joins hands with Dixon to manufacture laptops in-country

Dixon Technologies is a homegrown contract manufacturer that makes smartphones, TVs, washing machines, light bulbs, and CCTV cameras. Its key customers are Motorola, Philips, Syska, Samsung, Panasonic.

Germany announces 1.2 bn euros for clean energy commitments to India

German Ambassador Walter Lindner said support for the development and the fight against climate change are among key focus areas of relations between India and his country.

TVS Motor to invest Rs 1,200 crore in Tamil Nadu over EV segment

The MOU was signed in the presence of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and TVS Motor Company chairman Venu Srinivasan at the Tamil Nadu Investment Conclave 2021 in Coimbatore.

Space

#NASA # LCRD

NASA set to launch a new Laser Test to speed up space communications

NOV. 23, 2021 3 mins read

The technology will be launched into space aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket during the Space Test Program Satellite-6 (STPSat-6) mission by the Department of Defense.

Space

#Elon Musk # Starlink India # space

Elon Musk's Starlink unit starts hiring in India

NOV. 19, 2021 3 mins read

Earlier this month, SpaceX's Starlink unit in India registered its business, company documents filed with the government showed, as it geared up to launch internet services in the country.

Environment

#NASA # Delhi pollution # Delhi # National capital # India # India # CM Kejriwal # Punjab #

No, it is not Diwali! NASA release its report on Delhi pollution, says 'stubble burning is real cause'

NOV. 19, 2021 3 mins read

While total fire counts have remained consistently high in Punjab, satellite data indicates that campaigns to get farmers to clear fields without using fire have proven more successful in Haryana.

Set a time to witness the longest partial lunar eclipse in over 500 years! Know the details

The lunar eclipse will start at 12:48 IST when the Sun, Earth, and Moon will come into alignment, forming a partial lunar eclipse, and will end at 16:17 IST.

Seventh edition of India International Science Festival to be held in Goa in December

The four-day festival will be inaugurated by Union minister Jitendra Singh at Panaji on December 10.

ISRO performs Collision Avoidance Manoeuvre, avoids Chandrayaan-2 collision with NASA's moon orbiter