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INSA Releases a New Book Reflecting India’s Journey in Science and Technology Post-Independence , April 2018 This book is a compilation of interesting stories on significant developments in the field of science and technology in the country, and their remarkable impact on society.
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November 2018
That Virus Alert on Your Computer? Scammers in India May Be Behind It , NY Times, November 28, 2018
How to Survive the Next Era of Tech (Slow Down and Be Mindful) , NY Times, Nov. 28, 2018
Five College Teams to Converge at Berkeley Lab for DOE CyberForce Competition , News Center, November 28, 2018
New H-1B visa lottery process may hit immigrants , Economic Times, November 26, 2018
A Next Step for GRETA: A Better Gamma-Ray Detector , Berkeley Labs, November 7, 2018
Can India Become the Next $10 Trillion Economy? That Depends… , Knowledge@Wharton, November 6, 2018
October 2018
Indian student creates algorithm to help you find parking space while you're driving , EdexLive, October 31, 2018
Spinal implant helps three paralysed men walk again , BBC News, October 31, 2018
Chocolate Benefits for Your Brain: Memory and Mood Improvement , UHN Daily, October 30, 2018
VIDEO: 5,000 Robots Merge to Map the Universe in 3D , Berkeley Labs, October 30, 2018
Indian Railways gets its fastest engine, travel time to decrease dramatically, October 28, 2018
From food security to nutrition security , October 15, 2018, Indian Express
Engineering access for all , Washington Post, October 8, 2018
Nobel Peace Prize for anti-rape activists Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege , BBC News, October 5, 2018
TCS doubles pay for fresh hires with new-age skills , Times of India, October 3, 2018
First woman Physics Nobel winner in 55 years , BBC News, October 2, 2018
From napkin vends to kids park, a Kerala health centre shines , The Indian Express, October 1, 2018
IMF appoints Harvard's Gita Gopinath as chief economist , Financial Times, October 1, 2018
September 2018
NITI Aayog, Intel and TIFR collaborate to set up a Model International Center for Transformative AI (ICTAI) , NITI Aayog, September 11, 2018
IISc team finds new approaches to kill TB bacteria ,The Hindu, September 26, 2018
Bhuvaneswari Gurumoothy, 2018 PES Wanda Reder Pioneer in Power, eNews Update, September 2018
Prime Minister Modi gets UN’s highest environmental honour , The Hindu, September 27, 2018
Winners of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2018 announced The Hindu, September 26, 2018
With genetic tweak, mosquito population made extinct , Yahoo.com, September 24, 2018
India conducts successful interceptor missile test at night , The Indian Express, September 23, 2018
Changing trends in childhood blindness in India , The Hindu, September 22, 2018
A bid to bring ‘romance back into farming’ ,The Hindu, September 22, 2018
Zoological Society of London honour for A.P. scientist , The Hindu, September 21, 2018
Engineering self esteem , Indian Express, September 21, 2018
India has 97% children enrolled in school, but teaching them basic skills is the next challenge: Report , First Post, September 20, 2018
NITI Aayog, Intel and TIFR collaborate to set up a Model International Center for Transformative AI (ICTAI) , NITI Aayog, September 11, 2018
These Are the 25 Most Attractive Startups in India as Per LinkedIn , Indo-Asian News Service, September 18, 2018
Anant Agarwal, MIT professor and edX CEO, wins Yidan Prize , Indo-Asian News Service, 18 September 2018
Digital assistants now deliver news , The Hindu, September 16, 2018
ISRO's Commercial Arm Launches Two UK Satellites, Will Fetch Rs 200 Crore , NDTV, September 16, 2018
Google doodle honours engineering genius M. Visvesvaraya, The Hindu, September, 15, 2018
A higher policy burden , Indian Express, September 14, 2018
How to use Google Play Family Library in India and everything else you need to know about it , Indian Express, September 14, 2018
Alumni bring English education to government schools , The Hindu, September 13, 2018
India’s first missile tracking ship is readying for sea trials , The Hindu, September, 12, 2018
Thousands of Scientists Publish a Paper Every Five Days , Real Clear Science, September 12, 2018
This US scientist’s tweets about the all-women crew of her Air India flight are going viral, Indian Express, September 12, 2018
IIT Bombay develops platform that can detect lung cancer from breath , The Indian Express, September 10, 2018
Facial recognition tech at airports to ease congestion , The Hindu, September 8, 2018
All vehicles carrying goods will have to sport the tag from Nov 1: State govt. , Business Line, September 12, 2018
Dak babu as bank-teller , Indian Express, September 10, 2018
Research crosses boundaries at IIT-Delhi, touches new horizons , The Indian Express, September 10, 2018
IIT Bombay develops platform that can detect lung cancer from breath , Indian Express, September 10, 2018
The Cycle-wala Guruji: Aditya Kumar, the man trying to educate as many Indians as he can , The Indian Express, September 10, 2018
Walk In, Bag It, Skip Out: India’s First AI Supermarket In Kochi Has Made Shopping Hassle-Free , Analytics India, September 2018
From starting digital classrooms to teaching inside a container and on the streets, September, 2018
Amazon’s Plan to Reach 500 Million Indians: Speak Their Language , September 4, 2018
India’s Indigenous approach to life BBC News, September 2, 2018
Drug target for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer discovered , The Hindu, September 1, 2018
August 2018
Asian-American Students Suing Harvard Over Affirmative Action Win Justice Dept. Support , New York Times, August 30, 2018
Aadhaar goes international: IIIT-B to develop digital identity system for Morocco , previewtech.net, August 30, 2018
Centre constitutes new scientific advisory body to the Prime Minister, Knowledgerino.com, August 29, 2018.
This 3D-printed bionic eye may someday give sight to blind people , DNAIndia, August 29, 2018.
Uber Elevate may launch aerial taxi service in India , Times of India, August 29, 2018
PM Narendra Modi’s JFK moment spurs India to plan crewed space flight by 2022 , Hindustan Times, August 28, 2018
India-US likely to sign agreements on information security, geospatial cooperation , India Today, August 28, 2018
Global education options for Indian teenagers , Times of India, August 27, 2018
CARER signs memorandum of collaboration with NIRS, Japan , Trends India.net, August 23, 2018
IRCTC app ticket booking: How to make payments using PhonePe over UPI , Indian Express, August 17, 2018
Goa Board approves e-textbooks to reduce the issues related to unavailability of books , India Today, August 17, 2018
How to pave the way for more women to join the manufacturing sector , LiveMint, August 16, 2018
Telecom department to officers: Attend seminar on gender gap Indian Express, August 16, 2018`
An initiative to foster creativity and curiosity in schoolchildren , LiveMint, August 15, 2018
Amazon wants you to teach Alexa to speak in Hindi and other local languages , India Today, August 14, 2018
Dramatic Instability in International Higher Education , Inside Higher Ed, August 11, 2018
Using blockchain technology to build India’s economy , LiveMint, August 10, 2018
Opinion | English, an original idea for India LiveMint, August 10, 2018
Opinion: The need for digitizing land records in India , RealRupee.com, August 10, 2018
Rajan Anandan dreams of Indian startups that address Indian challenges , LiveMint, August 10, 2018
Ravi Venkatesan dreams of mass entrepreneurship in India , LiveMint, August 10, 2018
India’s impressive concept about nothing, BBC News, August 8, 2018
Tamil Nadu No 1 in PhD enrollments , Indian Express, August 5, 2018
Google to bring India-specific features on Google Maps soon , Fastmail.com, August 4, 2018
July 2018
5 participants, 5 gold: India shines at Physics Olympiad Times of India, Jul 30, 2018
‘Any simpler, and students will get 100%. JEE is designed to reject, not select… Need more institutes’ Indian Express, July 29, 2018
To Focus On Students' Emotional Well-Being, India Tries 'Happiness Classes' , Maine Public, July 28, 2018
Why Indian women don’t want to work Live Mint, Jul 11, 2018
4 Indian-origin persons in Fortune's 40 under 40 list of mos .. Live Mint, Jul 25, 2018
The tough road to academic excellence The Hindu, July 19, 2018
Rohit Prasad: The Indian engineer who is the brain behind Al , July 23, 2018
How widespread is WhatsApp’s usage in India? , Scroll.in, July 18, 2018
India Test Fires BrahMos Supersonic Missile Under ‘Extreme Weather Conditions’ , The Diplomat, July 16, 2018
National Testing Agency to hold NEET, JEE exams twice a year, says Union minister Prakash Javadekar , Scroll.in, July 7, 2018
Maharashtra has most robotics jobs in India , LiveMint July 5, 2018
Surging Hindi, shrinking South Indian languages: Nine charts that explain the 2011 language census , Scroll.in, July 3, 2018
Silicon Valley’s Giants Take Their Talent Hunt to Cambridge , New York Times, July 3, 2018
Great immigrant, great American , universityofcalifornia.edu , July 3, 2018
June 2018
The Digital Revolution Is Transforming Energy—Whether It Slows Climate Change Is Up to Policymakers , Council on Foreign Relations, June 26, 2018
Demand rises for ITIs, dips for engineering courses in Mumbai , Indian Express, June 17, 2018
Vitamin D armour for cancer , The Hindu, June 17, 2018
Childhood stress makes brain mature , The Hindu, June 16, 2018
Indians with advanced degree may have to wait 151 years for green card, says report , The Hindu, June 16, 2018
Treating latent TB of the uterus improves pregnancy outcomes in infertile women, The Hindu, June 16, 2018
In a first, WHO recommends quadrivalent influenza vaccine , The Hindu, June 16, 2018
Maharashtra Exploring Hyperloop To Reduce Mumbai-Pune Trip To 25 Minutes , NDTV.com, June 16, 2018.
Stephen Hawking rests between Newton, Darwin at Westminster Abbey , Indian Express, June 16, 2018.
How digital technology is changing the face of marketing in India , The Hindu, June 15, 2018
What the End of Net Neutrality Actually Means , Knowledge.wharton, June 14, 2018
How Using Algorithms Can Worsen Inequality , knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu, June 12, 2018.
ISRO to Transfer Lithium Ion Cell Tech to Indian Electric Vehicle Industry, Gadjets, June 12, 2018
Indian Ministry of Science and Technology shares accomplishments over the last four years , Opengov, June 11, 2018
How Infosys became the darling of investors , Live Mint, Jun 12 2018
Switch to smart backpacks for the next trip out of town , Live Mint, Jun 15 2018
The story of creating an Indian network to connect blood donors and recipients , The Hindu, June 12, 2018
Now, polyethylene plastic with antibacterial properties , The Hindu, June 9, 2018
Speak your tongue , The Hindu, June 8, 2018
Aiming to cover 3 crore people, digital literacy scheme covers 57 lakh , The Indian Express, June 8, 2018.
Google pledges not to use artificial intelligence for weapons or surveillance , The Indian Express, June 8, 2018.
Move Over, China: U.S. Is Again Home to World’s Speediest Supercomputer , NY times, June 8, 2018
How India has reduced maternal mortality, and what challenges remain ,The Indian Express, June 8, 2018.
Google says over 8 million people use its free WiFi service at railway stations in India , Yahoo Finance, June 7, 2018
It's Time We Stopped Mahanadi From Becoming a River of no Return , The Wire, June 7, 2018
In Green Card Waiting List, More Than Three-Fourth Are Indians , NDTV, June 7, 2018
QS World University Rankings: IIT-Bombay displaces IIT-Delhi as India’s top ranked institution , The Indian Express, June 7, 2018
Microsoft’s ‘Seeing AI’ app for the visually impaired can now identify Indian currency , The Indian Express, June 6, 2018
Chennai developer reimagines the calculator, wins Apple design award , Indian Express, June 6, 2018
Why the War Against Plastics Must Be Unforgiving and Brook No Concession , Wire, June 5, 2018
The plastic problem, and some solutions , The Hindu, June 5, 2018
As prices crash, Ramanagaram farmers dump mangoes on the road , The Hindu, June 3, 2018
May 2018
Washing of hands is an instant self-administered vaccine , The Hindu, May 29, 2018
How Google Took Over the Classroom , New York Times, May 13, 2018
Maturing of the digital content ecosystem , Live Mint, May 17, 2018
A future where humans and machines work alongside, Live Mint, May 17, 2018
IIT Hyderabad trains girl school students to take up career in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, India Today, May 15, 2018
Sulabh Founder To Get Nikkel Asia Prize, Outlook India, May 14, 2018
Deep Dive: Lessons In Global Education, E-Commerce Daily News, May 14, 2018
A world in transition, The Times of India, March 11, 2018,
Researchers probe the effects of using CAD simulation on teaching..., Research Matters, May 11, 2018
Bitcoin to consume about 0.5 percent of the world's total electricity by 2018-end: Study, Firstpost.com, May 11, 2018
Now, get automatic refund in case of train cancellation, Indian Express, May 5, 2018
A simple way to improve a billion lives: eyeglasses, New York Times, May 5, 2018
Technology can help India leapfrog into inclusive growth: Bill Gates, The Hindu, May 4, 2018
Harvard: India will be world’s fastest growing economy in ..., Business Line, May 4, 2018
Indian researchers identify molecule that could combat chikungunya, Business Standard, May 4, 2018
ISRO's big scheme to send small rockets into space , Economic Times, May 4, 2018
Stephen Hawking’s final scientific paper explores the mysteries of the multiverse—but it’s not a big deal, Popular Science, May 3, 2018,
HPBoSE 10th result 2018: Girls outclass boys, 63% pass, know the toppers, Hindustan Times, May 3, 2018
Pre-schoolers to be assessed on behaviour, sharing habits: NCERT draft guidelines , Hindustan Times, May 2, 2018
Trump hails Kalpana Chawla as American hero , The Hindu, May 1, 2018
April 2018
Indian scientist-led team produces hydrogen fuel from sunlight, Business Standard, April 28, 2018
Nalanda 2.0 launches its signature initiative - "Building the University of the Future in India" PR Newswire, April 18, 2018