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1 | India's 1st Silicon Carbide manufacturing facility to be set up in Odisha | Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday graced the ground-breaking ceremony of India's first silicon carbide manufacturing facility to be set up in Odisha at an investment of Rs 620 crore. The project will be developed by RIR Power Electronics Limited, a leader in India's semiconductor power electronics technology at the EMC Park, Infovalley, Bhubaneswar. This development places India and the state of Odisha squarely at the forefront of the global power electronics market, an official said. Attending the event, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said, The establishment of RIR Power Electronics Limited's facility is another notable step in our ongoing journey to make Odisha a leading semiconductor hub in India. |
10-Sep-2024 | News in Details | |
2 | CISCoM, supported by DST-SATHI grant,inaugurated at IIT-H | A Centre for In-Situ & Correlative Microscopy (CISCoM), a one-of-its-kind centre in the country, focusing on cutting-edge microscopy characterisation, has been inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) on Sunday. The centre, supported by the DST-SATHI (Sophisticated Analytical and Technical Help Institute) grant, will enable real-time characterisation across multiple length scales for both fundamental and industrial R&D This initiative aims to bring together scientists from a broad range of scientific disciplines, including physical sciences, chemistry, biology, and pharmaceutical studies, to address common scientific goals that can only be addressed by using sophisticated microscopy techniques |
10-Sep-2024 | News in Details | |
3 | Researchers discover new species of genus Curcuma in Nagaland | Researchers have identified a new ‘cousin’ of the turmeric, thanks to a serendipitous discovery during a field trip in Nagaland. Belonging to the genus Curcuma (the ginger family Zingiberaceae), the plant, which stands 65-90-cm high with prominent yellow flowers at full growth, has been given the name Curcuma ungmensis after Ungma, the village in Mokokchung district where it was found. The international journal Phytotaxa has published a paper on the discovery by Mamiyil Sabu and V.S. Hareesh of the Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences, Kozhikode, Kerala, and P. Tiatemsu of the Department of Botany, Fazl Ali College, Nagaland. |
10-Sep-2024 | News in Details | |
4 | Indian Army And Indian Air Force Signs MoU With Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya | The Indian Army and Indian Air Force today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to enhance the skills and capability building of personnel in logistics operations. On this occasion, the Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh said that it is a monumental partnership to build a world-class and future proof logistics system and achieve self-reliance in defence sector. Speaking on the occasion, Railways Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that Vishwavidyalaya will serve as a vital partner in empowering the Armed Forces with cutting-edge logistics education, research and innovation. |
10-Sep-2024 | News in Details | |
5 | Nepal Becomes 101st Member of International Solar Alliance | Nepal has become the 101st country to join the International Solar Alliance-ISA as a full member. In a social media post, the Ministry of External Affairs said that Nepal handed over its Instrument of Ratification to the ISA in New Delhi today. The Instrument of Ratification was exchanged during a meeting between Nepal’s Charge d’ affairs Dr. Surendra Thapa and Joint Secretary (ED&MER) in the External Affairs Ministry, Abhishek Singh. |
10-Sep-2024 | News in Details | |
6 | Former EC Arun Goel appointed as India's new ambassador to Croatia | Former Election Commissioner Arun Goel will be the next Ambassador of India to Croatia. The Indian government announced this on Saturday. Goel is expected to assume charge shortly. It may be recalled that Goel (who assumed charge of EC in November 2022) resigned from the EC days before the announcement of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His tenure in EC was to end in 2027. Goel, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1985 batch belonging to the Punjab Cadre, did his post-graduation in Development Economics from Churchill College, University of Cambridge, England. |
10-Sep-2024 | News in Details | |
7 | Ginger family gets six new ‘dancing’ members from India | The ginger family has just welcomed six hitherto undocumented ‘dancing’ members from India. Two scientists from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Bhopal recorded six new species in the genus Globba belonging to the ginger (Zingiberaceae) family from the Eastern Himalayas and two northeastern States. The common name for this genus is dancing girl or dancing lady ginger. The IISER’s Vinita Gowda and Ritu Yadav described these new-to-science species in the latest edition of PhytoKeys, a peer-reviewed international botanical journal. |
10-Sep-2024 | News in Details | |
8 | India-US joint military exercise 'Yudh Abhyas 2024' begins in Rajasthan | The 20th edition of the India-USA Joint Military Exercise, Yudh Abhyas 2024, commenced today at the Foreign Training Node in the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan. This year's exercise will take place from September 9 to 22. Since its inception in 2004, Exercise Yudh Abhyas has been held annually, alternating between India and the United States. This edition features a significant expansion in both scope and complexity, with increased troop strength and advanced equipment. The Indian Army contingent, comprising 600 personnel, includes a battalion from the Rajput Regiment, supported by various other arms and services. The US contingent, with a similar number of troops, is represented by the 1-24 Battalion of the 11th Airborne Division, based in Alaska. |
10-Sep-2024 | News in Details | |
9 | Oil-rich UAE completes Arab world’s first nuclear plant | The United Arab Emirates has successfully completed the Arab world's first nuclear power plant, the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, the state-owned Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said in a statement. According to ENEC, the four-reactor plant will provide 25 percent of the electricity required by the hot, desert Gulf state, where air-conditioning is widespread—approximately equivalent to New Zealand's annual electricity consumption. It will also power major industries such as oil production, steel manufacturing, and aluminum production. |
10-Sep-2024 | News in Details | |
10 | Vinay Goyal to be State Mission Director of NHM | Vinay Goyal has assumed office as the State Mission Director of National Health Mission (NHM). He takes over from K. Jeevan Babu, who has moved to the Kerala Water Authority as managing director. A native of Haryana, Dr. Goyal, belongs to the 2016 IAS batch. He holds an MBBS degree from PGIMS Rohtak, a postgraduate degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and yet another postgraduate degree in Public Management from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has formerly held the posts of CEO, Thiruvananthapuram Smart City; Managing Director of Kerala Rapid Transit Corporation Ltd. (KRTCL); Director of Backward Classes Development department; Secretary, Kerala State Housing Board among others. |
10-Sep-2024 | News in Details |