New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Global Positioning System devices provided to fishers in Car Nicobar have enabled efficient, targeted fishing, steadier supplies of fish and improved nutritional intake of locals, the government said on Tuesday.A Coastal fisheries information hub has been established at Car Nicobar Island and a total of five GPS devices were provided to tribal fishermen while another five GPS devices were kept for common use, an official statement said.The initiative has led to a “s…
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Ahmedabad, March 1 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the ‘Gujarat SemiConnect Conference 2026’ with great fanfare in Gandhinagar on Sunday.The two-day conference, organised under the theme “Gujarat – India’s Gateway to Silicon”, aims to promote strategic collaboration between high-tech chip manufacturers and local industry. The conference was organised by the state government’s Department of Science and Technology.During the Conference, the Chief Minister held one-to-on…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Strong coordination between science and policymaking is essential to realise the vision of Viksit Bharat, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Indian Government Prof. Ajay K. Sood said on Saturday.He was speaking at the National Science Day Celebration–2026 held at Vigyan Bhawan, where the theme for this year was “Women in Science Catalysing Viksit Bharat.”Prof. Sood said sectors such as aerospace, defense, critical metals, advanced materials and digital communicati…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday extended his greetings to scientists and researchers across the country on the occasion of National Science Day, praising their dedication to innovation and nation-building. Taking to social media platform X, HM Shah said, “Greetings to all our scientists, researchers on National Science Day. Your quest lights our path shaping solutions for a better future. May this day renew our zest and resolve to innovate, build and craft dest…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended greetings on National Science Day and said that today “we celebrate the spirit of research, innovation and scientific curiosity that drives our nation forward.” PM Modi took to his social media ‘X’ and said, “Today, on National Science Day, we celebrate the spirit of research, innovation and scientific curiosity that drives our nation forward. This day commemorates the groundbreaking discovery of the Raman Effect by Sir C…
Gandhinagar, Feb 25 (IANS) Gujarat will host the third edition of the Semiconnect Conference on March 1 in Gandhinagar, bringing together global semiconductor chief executives, policymakers and industry leaders to discuss India’s expanding role in the global value chain.The two-day conference is being organised by the state’s Department of Science and Technology and the Gujarat State Electronics Mission (GSEM).The event is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for achieving self…
Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) India’s next agricultural revolution will be driven by artificial intelligence, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh said on Sunday, positioning it as the central pillar of farm policy, research, and investment architecture.Addressing the inaugural session of the “Global Conference on AI in Agriculture and Investor Summit 2026” here, he said that AI offers, for the first time, scalable solutions to structural challenges…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Union Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh on Sunday praised the consortium-driven innovation model pioneered by IIT Madras Research Park, saying it has enabled immediate and appropriate commercialisation of technology and is now being adopted by several other academic institutions and universities across the country.The Minister, who holds independent charge of the Science and Technology and Earth Sciences ministries and also serves in the Prime Minister’s Office, mad…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) India is set to take a major step in artificial intelligence with the launch of PARAM-2, a 17-billion-parameter multilingual AI model, at the upcoming India AI Impact Summit 2026. Developed under the BharatGen programme, PARAM-2 represents India’s push to build its own sovereign foundational AI models designed specifically for the country’s languages, governance needs and cultural realities.BharatGen is India’s national generative AI initiative, supported by the De…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Indian scientists at the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have developed a solar-powered energy storage device that can both capture and store energy in a single unit, marking a major step towards clean, self‑sustaining storage systems, an official statement said.Unlike conventional solar systems that require separate units for energy harvesting and storage, the new technology can do both functions, reducing cost and energy losses during conversion, it said.Th…