Bhopa:25/2/25:Union Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw joined through video conferencing on the second day of the ‘Global Investors Summit 2025’ organized in Bhopal. On this occasion, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw congratulated the HLBS family for the new plant on the auspicious eve of Mahashivratri. He also announced that by 2025, the first ‘Made in India’ semiconductor chip would be ready for production. Madhya Pradesh’s Rapid ...

Newdelhi:4/2/25:The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has announced the TruthTell Hackathon challenge in collaboration with the India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA). The Hackathon is part of the Season 1 of Create in India Challenge (CIC) of the inaugural World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025. The challenge is a pioneering initiative aimed at developing AI-powered solutions to combat misinformation in live ...

Newdelhi:21/1/25:Chairman, TRAI Mr. Anil Kumar Lahoti, inaugurated the South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council (SATRC) Workshop on Spectrum, today in the presence of  Mr Masanori Kondo, Secretary General of Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT).  This three-day workshop will be attended by delegates representing SATRC member countries, Working Group Members, Industry experts, delegates representing many government departments, etc.  The workshop is organized by Asia ...

Newdelhi:14/1/25:The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has offered technological support at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj being held from January 13 to February 26, 2025, with the integration of Bhashini for multilingual accessibility. ‘Digital Lost & Found Solution’ Here is how Bhashini’s language translation ecosystem will help those attending the world’s biggest spiritual conglomeration through the ‘Digital Lost & Found Solution’: ...

Cuttack:12/8/24:In a pioneering step toward climate-smart agriculture, scientists from the ICAR-National Rice Research Institute (NRRI) have developed a groundbreaking solution to one of the environment’s pressing concerns—methane emissions from rice fields. The innovative breakthrough involves the isolation and application of methane oxidizing bacteria, known as methanotrophs (named MT-22), which have shown remarkable results in reducing methane emissions, a potent greenhouse ...

Newdelhi:7/4/24:In just 20 days, since the announcement of elections and the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) becoming operational, the Suvidha platform received an impressive 73,379 permission requests from political parties and candidates, of which 44,626 requests (60%) had been approved. Nearly 11,200 requests had been rejected which is 15% of the total requests received and 10,819 applications were cancelled as ...

Newdelhi:29/3/24:The cVIGIL app of the Election Commission of India has become an effective tool in the hands of people to flag election code violations. Since the announcement of General Elections 2024, over 79,000 complaints have been received as of today. Over 99% of complaints have been resolved and close to 89% of these complaints have been resolved within 100 minutes. ...

Bhubaneswar:11/2/24: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the new facility of Cognizant, one of the largest professional services company in the world. Cognizant is a $ 19.4 billion, US-based multinational company recognised as one of the world’s leading IT services providers to engineer modern businesses that improve everyday life. The company is part of NASDAQ-100 and employs more 350,000 ...

Bhubaneswar:11/12/23: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the Ernst & Young new technology hub in Bhubaneswar. Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, strategy, transaction, and consulting services. Its new hub in Bhubaneswar is its 15th city of presence in India. It showcases the firm’s commitment to the State’s growing economic prowess and business landscape. Inaugurating the ...

Roorkee:8/12/23:  In a significant move to accelerate digitalization in coal mines a team of robotics researchers from IIT Roorkee conducted tests in the opencast mines of Chhattisgarh-based Coal India subsidiary, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. The team from IIT Roorkee is currently working on developing drones for coal mines under its project, “Design and development of an intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle ...