Kolkata: Observing that there was lack of optimum use of science and technology for development, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday that the profile of science must be raised in India. "We did not use science and technology in our development processes as much as we should have," Manmohan Singh said at the Indian Science Congress Association meeting here. "We did not build local capacities that could meaningfully address problems...
08:07 AM, Jun 03, 2012
The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, declared the ISAT results 2012 on Wednesday at 2pm. Candidates who appeared for the test to be eligible for the B.Tech programme at the institute may view the results at http://www.iist.ac.in/isat2012/ online.htm. The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technologys IIST Admission Test-ISAT 2012 was conducted on April 21, 2012 in 22 cities across the country. However, when IBNLive tried...
02:33 PM, May 23, 2012
Beijing: China is planning to launch "100 rockets, 100 satellites" by 2015 as part of its ambitious space expansion programme. China has set a target of completing a space mission of "100 rockets, 100 satellites" between 2011 and 2015, according to a space official. On average, China will complete about 20 launch missions each year before 2015, Zhang Jianheng, deputy general manager of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp...
12:37 PM, Mar 11, 2012
New Delhi: In the race with China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has pitched for a Rs 5000 crore supercomputer for India. But the question is whether it will be enough to match China's prowess. "Over the past few decades, India's relative position in the world of science has been declining and we have been overtaken by countries like China," the Prime Minister said on Tuesday. India has 17 per cent...
08:40 AM, Jan 04, 2012
Washington: Some planets are just flipping backward. Of the more than 500 planets detected around stars besides our Sun, the vast majority appear to spin the same way the star does, scientists reported on Wednesday in the journal Nature. But some of these extrasolar planets spin in the opposite direction of the stars they orbit, astronomers found. These strange, backward-spinning planets are usually gassy giants called hot Jupiters, not rocky...
02:39 PM, May 12, 2011
New Delhi: Predicting the weather means calculating a thousand different possibilities. India has supercomputers to do that. But now, it wants one that is four times faster. Minister of State of Science and Technology Ashwani Kumar said, "We want to ratchet up our computing capacity from 70 terraflops to 300 terraflops." That is ten thousand times faster than your desktop Personal Computers. One teraflop means a trillion instructions solved every...
10:32 AM, Mar 09, 2011
New Delhi: Nine years from now, India will spend more money importing electronic goods than on importing oil. Despite massive demand for cell phones, laptops and other gizmos, very few are made in India. Most come from China or Taiwan. The government wants to boost domestic industry and create new jobs. Minister of State of Science and Technology Ashwani Kumar said, "We need 50 crore skilled jobs by 2020 or...
10:02 AM, Feb 21, 2011
Pathankot: Concerned over changes in weather pattern, the Centre has decided to import state-of-the-art super computer for accurate forecast which will help an estimated five crore farmers and fishermen. The super computer will alert the farmers who could take steps in advance to save their crops and also alert the fishermen to take safety measures before venturing into the sea, Union Minister of State for Planning, Science and Technology and...
07:35 PM, Feb 18, 2011
London: Ask anyone who has ever tried to squash a skittering cockroach - they're masters of quick and precise movement. And scientists are now trying to incorporate this feature in robots of the future. Proffessor Amir Ayali, zoologist at Tel Aviv University in Israel, says the study of cockroaches has already inspired advanced robotics. Robots have long been based on these six-legged houseguests, whose nervous system is relatively straightforward and...
06:29 PM, Feb 08, 2011
Washington: US has set in motion regulatory changes to lift the ban on India's frontline technology establishments ISRO and DRDO and their removal from the entities list could come soon, top American officials have indicated. A formal notification of US Department of Commerce for this is in advanced stage, they said. "These regulatory changes will begin the transformation of the bilateral export control policies to realise the full potential of...
02:04 PM, Jan 14, 2011
On Face The Nation, Sagarika Ghose asks, 'Can India produce a home grown Nobel winner in science and technology?' ...
08:06 AM, Jan 07, 2011
The Nobel prize is a recognition of earnest hard work put into research. ...
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04:38 PM, Aug 02, 2008
Sibal has asked FICCI to prepare a draft for the act by December 2007. ...
08:31 AM, Sep 11, 2007
Scientifica is a unique contest set to be the nation's biggest science and technology competition. ...
10:18 AM, Jun 04, 2007
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