Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed P7 Heavy Drop System which is capable of para dropping military stores up to 7-ton weight class from IL 76 aircraft. This system is fully indigenous and being manufactured by L&T who makes the platform system, parachutes ...

Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus has started human studies for its potential COVID-19 vaccine, as coronavirus infections continue to surge in the world's third worst-hit nation. In the human trials, Zydus will enrol over 1,000 subjects across multiple clinical study sites in India. ZyCoV-D, its ...

Scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) have developed a simple, low-cost, environmentally friendly, and sustainable super capacitor electrode derived from industrial waste cotton which can be used as an energy harvester storage ...

The Artificial intelligence (AI) will not only help to resolve complex global problems but can enable businesses make better decisions on a day-to-day basis if applied well. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points AI can be embedded into our day-to-day applications so the human ...

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad have started using computational methods to understand the factors and impediments in incorporating biofuels into the fuel sector in India. A unique feature of this work is that the framework considers revenue generation not only as an outcome of ...

A high-level Industry consultation roundtable for the formulation of the new Science, Technology & Innovation Policy STIP 2020 will be organised during 2 - 3 July 2020 over a virtual platform by the STIP 2020 Secretariat in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Science ...

The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) and the Goa University (GU) have successfully synthesized gold nanoparticles (GNPs) using psychrotolerant Antarctic bacteria through a non-toxic, low-cost, and eco-friendly way. Through a study, NCPOR and GU have established that ...

Scientists from the Institute of Nano Science & Technology (INST), Mohali, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology Government of India, have synthesized a novel inorganic-organic hybrid compound that can inhibit breast, lung, and liver cancer cells, opening up new ...

Secretary Department of Science and Technology (DST) Prof Ashutosh Sharma has launched the official Logo to celebrate Golden Jubilee Commemoration Year and also announced that since this is the golden jubilee year of DST, many activities like special lecture series of 15-20 lectures in the form of ...

A research team at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru has developed nanozymes that destroy the cell membrane of bacteria by directly targeting its phospholipids. The study conducted by the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology ...