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SECTOR | 16 Aug 2025

NFR, IIT Guwahati team up to develop biodegradable alternatives to plastics

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The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) and IIT-Guwahati have collaborated to introduce biodegradable and compostable materials as a replacement for conventional plastic to ensure environmental sustainability, officials said. As a pilot initiative, NFR has introduced eco-friendly green bed-roll bags on its trains, replacing traditional plastic bags used for distributing linen to passengers. Developed at IIT-Guwahati's in-house research and development facility, the bio-plastic degrades in compost within a short time, according to an official release. It was formally rolled out on August 15 with around 40,000 such bags to be distributed across 25 trains originating from terminals in Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh, it said. The initiative not only enhances passenger convenience, but also contributes towards reducing landfill waste, lowering the carbon footprint and conserving natural resources, the release said. The collaboration with IIT-Guwahati, coupled wit

Jharkhand declares one-day state mourning following minister's death

Business Standard | 16 Aug 2025 2 more

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SECTOR | 15 Aug 2025

Fyllo bets on India-made sensors to cut costs, boost farm device sales

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Fyllo's breakthrough came with Nero Infinity, developed with IIT collaboration, replacing costly imported sensors with a PVC-based, electromagnetic-wave system based on the Standing Wave Ratio principle

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SECTOR | 15 Aug 2025

Bihar ties up with IIT Delhi to build AI-driven bridge, road design expertise

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This includes using drones equipped with high-resolution cameras and thermal imaging to detect defects like cracks and corrosion.

Education

SECTOR | 14 Aug 2025

Trump admin ordered to restore some withheld grant funding to UCLA

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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore millions of dollars in National Science Foundation grants it has withheld from the University of California, Los Angeles, saying they were made in violation of her earlier court ruling. US District Judge Rita F. Lin ruled late Tuesday that the NSF must reinstate the research grants that were suspended for reasons she had already ruled arbitrary and capricious, and gave the administration until Aug. 19 to show compliance or explain why it hasn't restored the money. It was not immediately clear how much funding could be returned to UCLA. The school's chancellor said last week that the Trump administration has pulled USD584 million in federal grants from various federal agencies. The judge's ruling applies specifically to NSF grants. UCLA's money as been frozen as part of a wider pressure campaign targeting universities that Trump says are out of step with his political agenda. University of California researchers challen

Education

SECTOR | 12 Aug 2025

Harvard University nears $500 million deal with Trump administration

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Negotiators for the White House and the university have made significant progress in their closed-door discussions over the past week

The Hindu Businessline Campus Connect and GLA University join hands to empower next generation of business leaders

Business Line | 12 Aug 2025

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SECTOR | 11 Aug 2025

IIT Madras launches free STEM training program for college faculty across India

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The programme will be provided in collaboration with the IIT-M incubated educational services company BodyBridge Education.

Education

SECTOR | 11 Aug 2025

Apart from Bhubaneswar, 4 cities to be developed as digital hubs: Odisha CM

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Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said that his government is making efforts to develop four more cities, apart from Bhubaneswar, as digital hubs and enabling the youths to equip themselves with AI, cybersecurity and several other emerging technologies. He also said the government is keen to bring development of the IT and electronics sector to Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur and Berhampur. The state government has signed four MoUs for research, running the O-chip programme, strengthening technical collaboration and startup networks in the state, an official said. An MoU was signed between the Department of Electronics & IT and IIT Bhubaneswar for research, pilot projects, policy inputs, and innovation ecosystem development during a two-day programme here, he said. Another agreement was inked between the state-owned Odisha Computer Application Centre and Semiconductor Fabless Accelerator Lab (SFAL) to run the O-chip programme, he said. The programme aims at creating an...

Education

SECTOR | 10 Aug 2025

Operation Sindoor was unlike any conventional mission: Army chief

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In his address at a function at IIT-Madras, he recalled the intricacies of India's decisive military action in May on terror infrastructure in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack

Education

SECTOR | 09 Aug 2025

In a first, IIT-Kharagpur appoints its first 'Dean of Student Well-being'

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Professor Arun Chakraborty will oversee mental-health initiatives, including round-the-clock access, AI tools, "campus mothers" and stress-management workshops

Education

SECTOR | 09 Aug 2025

Suspected gunman, cop dead in shooting near CDC and Emory University

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A suspected gunman and a police officer are dead after law enforcement responded to reports of an active shooter near the adjoining campuses of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University on Friday, authorities said. No civilians are believed to have been injured, but several rounds hit buildings on the CDC's sprawling campus, said Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum. The officer who died received gunfire during the shooting, DeKalb County Police Chief Gregory Padrick said. Officials earlier said that the officer was critically injured at the scene and taken to the hospital. CDC employees circulated photos from inside the buildings that appear to show numerous windows with bullet impacts in them. The shooter was armed with a long gun, and authorities recovered three other firearms at the scene, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the ongoing investigation. The gunma

Meteor that hit a home in Georgia is older than Earth, says scientist

Business Standard | 09 Aug 2025 2 more