Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities 2018, with the objective to leverage IT skills among youth with disabilities and also to spread awareness about the application of Information and Computer Technology (ICT) in enhancing the quality of life of persons with disabilities especially in Asia-Pacific region, was held from 9 to 11 November 2018 in New Delhi, in which 96 youth with disabil...
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Mera School Digital School
Mera School Digital School programme, unique initiative by Union Minister for Rural Development, Mining and Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar, aimed at turning 100 Government Schools ‘Smart’ in the first phase in Gwalior District of Madhya Pradesh, was launched with 100 Digital Classrooms in 75 Rural Government Schools by Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu on 29 Septem...
India & the Energy Sector
At India Energy Forum by CERAWeek Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India’s significant positioning in the oil and gas market while interacting with the global leaders of the energy sector on Monday 15 October 2018 in New Delhi. Modi noted that the oil market is producer driven; and both quantity and prices are determined by the oil producing countries. Though there is en...
Global Warming Report Warns Climate Change Catastrophe
Special report on impacts of global warming at 1.5°C by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), launched after approval at a final plenary of all 195 countries in Incheon in South Korea on Saturday 6 October and released on Monday 8 October 2018, has a warning by world’s leading climate scientists that there is only a dozen years for global ...
Scientists for alternative solutions to Biodiversity Treaty
Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), an international legally-binding treaty with its overall objective to encourage actions that will lead to a sustainable future, has three main goals of conservation of biodiversity; sustainable use of biodiversity; fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources; and is often seen as the key internati...
Telemedicine Nodes for Emergency Medical Support to Soldiers Posted in High-Altitude
Telemedicine Nodes for Emergency Medical Support to Soldiers Posted in High-Altitude
Telemedicine, one of the unique applications of Space Technology for societal benefit, will now enable medical consultation between soldiers deployed at the Siachen glacier and medical echelons or levels of medical care in the rear, as an MoU has been signed ...
Organic Farming for Sustainability, Food Safety, & Biological Diversity
Organic farming is gaining prominence in India due to the fact that the more organic and natural the produce - the safer and healthier it is, for us and for the environment. Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh visited on Sunday July 29, 2018 Lawsohtun organic farm at Shillong in Meghalaya, which is spread over 4 hectare belongs to Lawsohtun Far...
India’s First Bio Jet Fuel Powered Test Flight by SpiceJet
India saw its first ever Biofuel-Powered Bombardier Q-400, the turboprop aircraft named Haldi take off, when SpiceJet flight, with 20 officials from several regulatory agencies, including DGCA, and five crew members on-board, took 43 minute from Dehradun to Delhi on Monday August 27, 2018, using this sustainable alternative. The flight was powered by a blend of 75% air turbine fuel and 25% bioj...
Hydropower Generation in India: Effects of Climate Change
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar research team, led by Vimal Mishra, which included Syed Azhar Ali, Saran Aadhar and Harsh Shah from Department of Civil Engineering, has thrown important insights on the impacts of observed Climate Variability and Projected Future Climate Change on Stream-flow and Hydropower Production in India. As per their obse...
Exercise Pitch Black Hosted by Royal Australian Air Force
Exercise Pitch Black, a biennial three week multi-national large force employment exercise, conducted from Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base in Darwin and RAAF Base in Tindal, aims to foster international co-operation between participating partner forces through the development of capabilities such as intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance, was held from 24 July to 18 August 2018 in ...