A programme ‘Evolving role of women in science’ will be held at the seminar hall of Priyadarsini Planetarium, Kerala State Science and Technology Museum (KSSTM), PMG, on International Women’s Day on Saturday. Ashoke Sen, Padma Bhushan awardee and theoretical physicist, will be the distinguished guest at the event, organised by the Gender in Physics Working … Read more
Amit Malviya. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The BJP on Sunday (February 16, 2025) claimed that a U.S.-funded programme, now cancelled, linked to voter turnout in India is a pointer to the previous Congress-led UPA government allegedly enabling infiltration of Indian institutions by forces opposed to the country’s interests. BJP’s IT department head Amit … Read more
The handing over of waste bins made from recycled plastic as part of an initiative by Union Christian College, Aluva, to reduce the use of plastic was held on the campus on Tuesday. The eco-conservation programme involving volunteers of the National Service Scheme unit of the college was implemented in association with the firm Hamara … Read more
Norfolk Constabulary Gaynor Lord’s body was recovered from the River Wensum a week after she was reported missing in December 2023 A mother-of-three whose body was recovered from a city’s river after a week-long police search had recently watched a TV show about cold water swimming, an inquest heard. Gaynor Lord, 55, was found in … Read more
Mumbai: Artificial intelligence (AI) can detect precancerous lung nodules nearly three years before symptoms appear, according to a study conducted in Thailand using an AI programme developed in Mumbai. The paper, which was presented as a poster at the ongoing World Conference on Lung Cancer in San Diego, looked at X-ray scans of newly diagnosed … Read more
Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao at the launch of N-SPRITE Centre at NIMHANS in Bengaluru on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: special arrangement The Karnataka Health Department will collaborate with NIMHANS to chalk out an effective suicide prevention programme by involving various government departments, said Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao. Speaking after launching N-SPRITE Centre (NIMHANS … Read more
Around 3,500 students from Kozhikode district are to be enrolled into the Mind Blowers programme of the Kudumbashree Mission that aims to unlock the hidden talents and aptitudes in them so as to reorient their lives towards a successful career. The students will be mentored in the year-long programme organised in collaboration with the Bengaluru-based … Read more
New Delhi: An artificial intelligence-powered diabetes management programme aimed at empowering people in making informed decisions to reverse chronic metabolic diseases, especially during fasts, has received endorsements from experts who have termed it revolutionary. TWIN Health‘s Whole Body Digital Twin technology uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to create a “digital twin” of a person’s … Read more
Professional mediators can help reduce case burden on courts, said senior mediation trainer Gandha Sahu on here Friday. He was speaking at the valedictory function of a 40-hour mediation training programme organised by Amika Arbitration and Media Council (AAMC). Ms. Sahu said this was an era of mediators who can replace lawyers in finding amicable … Read more
New Delhi: The Centre may earmark half of the incentives it plans to offer to bidders under the advanced chemistry cell (ACC) performance-linked incentive (PLI) programme to support manufacturing of grid energy storage batteries, said officials. They said 10 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of the 20 GWh ACC battery PLI incentives being rebid will be for … Read more