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New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI/SRV): KL Technology Incubators Foundation (KLTIF-TBI) at KL Deemed to be University has hosted Startup Carnival, a grand scale event that celebrates and encourages the spirit of entrepreneurship among Startups.

New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): To take forward the process of widespread consultation for the development of the new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) based on the National Education Policy, 2020, the Ministry of Education held a meeting with senior officials with counterparts from other ministries and organisations like the NCERT, Election Commission, ICAR and DRDO.

New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Saturday called for promoting startups in "carbon neutral" building construction and linking them with industry to help India achieve 500GW non-fossil energy capacity by 2030.

New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday directed to constitute a Joint Task Force to identify such raw materials or intermediates which are imported in high values and the country has the potential to produce these chemicals through value addition of by-products of petroleum industries or refineries.

New Delhi Apr 24 PTI Researchers at Gujarat Biotechnology University GBU are developing technologies to produce carbon-free fuel which can eventually reduce carbon emissions and contribute towards a green environment according to officialsWith the vision of making a green process concept the research group is working on whole-cell bio-catalysis WCB for the synthesis of green fuels and biopolymers The team claimed that the process is not only low-cost but also easily scalable on industrial sizeThe university has been established in partnership with University of Edinburgh UoE United Kingdom by the Department of Science and Technology GujaratThe progress of industrialisation and exponential growth in global usage of petroleum-based hydrocarbons has elevated the global carbon footprint The researchers of the newly established institute are working towards reducing carbon emissionsThe research has been published in several reputed peer-reviewed journals including Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining Biofpr and Chemical Engineering Technology besides a book titled Whole-Cell Biocatalysis Next-generation Workhouse for Green Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals Chemicals and BiofuelsCarbon burden is a major concern currently threatening future human sustenance and creating green technology with carbon-free alternative fuels is the only way out and WCB is a promising platform to achieve this mission Sudheer Pamidimarri associate professor GBU told PTIThe project started late in the year 2019 we got a few leads working with modern omics tools and are now getting ready to work on bench to execute the idea In this work we are going to implement novel metabolic-flux engineering tools for the first time to establish WCB to generate carbon-free fuels such as Bio-H2The targeted timeline of achieving this task on laboratory scale is by 2024 Further planning will be done for industrial scale-up he addedThe Synthesis of Green Fuels Bio-H2 project is being funded by the Department of Biotechnology DBT Government of India The synthesis of biopolymers Di-acids PHBs and amines among others using waste biomass will be a future focus of this research groupWith the concept of whole-cell biocatalysis the research group has developed a model that would reduce the cost of the process by at least 50-fold and have a promising application in industrial scale-upThe research group is also looking to engineer the whole-cell system to synthesize the Bio-H2 fuel from crude glycerol and lignocellulosic biomass-derived sugars PTI GJS GJS DIV DIV

New Delhi Apr 21 PTI Transportation is one of the areas where transition to electric vehicles and green hydrogen will be of critical importance for India to achieve carbon neutrality by 2070 a senior official said During a brainstorming session organised by the Department of Science and Technology here on Thursday leading experts discussed the need for research and development to promote electric vehicles EV and deliberated on a road map for EV technologies For India to achieve carbon neutrality by 2070 it would need de-carbonisation of the economy in a big way in several sectors Transportation is one of them where transition to EVs and green hydrogen will be of critical importance Dr Akhilesh Gupta senior advisor Department of Science and Technology said Appreciating the large participation from diverse stakeholder groups at the session he said the department has already undertaken considerable work in promoting research and development in the EV segment in the last few years Gupta who chaired the event also stressed on the need to continue such efforts PTI UZM UZM CJ CJ

Kolkata Mar 27 PTI West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday dedicated to the nation Supercomputer PARAM Shakti which will accelerate research and development activities in IIT KharagpurA supercomputer is a very fast computer used in advanced scientific applicationsInnovation and research are determinants whether a nation will continue to be on incremental trajectory or not It is time that we invest in quality education and make it available to those who do not possess the amenities Dhankhar saidThe supercomputing facility will accelerate research and development activities in multidisciplinary domains of computational and data sciences as it will provide large-scale computing power to the user community of IIT Kharagpur and other academic and research and development institutes according to a statementPARAM Shakti was developed under the National Supercomputing Mission - a joint initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Department of Science and Technology The governor also visited the Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge System at IIT Kharagpur which establishes the relevance of traditional knowledge systems in contemporary times in synergy with modern scientific knowledge IIT Kharagpur Director Prof Virendra K Tewari said the institute plans to celebrate its platinum jubilee after four years by being among the top 10 universities of the world in niche areas such as affordable healthcare precision agriculture and food nutrition and artificial intelligence PTI SUS NN NN

New Delhi Feb 25 PTI An IIT Delhi start-up has launched the worlds smallest wearable air purifier claiming it is as effective as an N95 face maskAccording to the start-up Nanoclean Global Naso95 is an N95-grade nasal filter It sticks to the users nasal orifice and prevents bacteria viral infection and pollen and air pollutionIt said the wearable air purifier which comes in four different sizes gives better protection than a generic facemask or a loosely fitted face mask The product has been tested and certified by national and international labs for its safety and efficiencyThe product can also be used by children as they are more vulnerable to air borne infections and air pollution a statement saidRajesh Kumar Pathak Secretary Technology Development Board said the product can be of great benefit to society and should be used by all age groupsHe also said the Technology Development Board a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology would like to support the start-up to take the product to the massesFormer AIIMS Director M C Mishra said air pollution is a much bigger problem than viruses Lung cancer remains the leading form of cancer and a product like Naso95 can effectively address the problem of respiratory illnesses in metro citiesDuring the pandemic the product can specially come in handy at places where one has to pull down a mask for the purpose of identification such as airports security checks etc he said PTI GVS TDS TDS

New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Correlations between waves in atomic systems or spin coherences are long-lived at ultralow temperatures, says a new study by scientists who have developed a new technique to measure it, as per the Ministry of Science and Technology.