New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Union MoS for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh, on Saturday, called for a mission-mode national response against liver epidemic and the sharp rise in Type-2 diabetes in the country.The minister said a response must be driven by preventive healthcare and mass public awareness, adding that these diseases are now appearing at much younger ages than before.This changing disease profile, he said, demands a corresponding shift from curative healthca…
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New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) An Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)-supported digital portal to facilitate training in patent filing support and research paper writing assistance for researchers, students and innovators across the country, Union MoS Science & Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh said on Thursday.The new portal will serve as an important capacity-building resource for researchers and young innovators by providing structured support in scientific writing, publication processes…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The government on Tuesday announced to integrate Central scientific and innovation schemes with educational institutions in West Bengal that would help create a stronger pipeline for innovation, scientific learning and research-oriented talent development among the youth.Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, held an extensive meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in Kolkata.It was decided in the mee…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) A high‑level US industry delegation met with Union MoS for Science & Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh on Monday to discuss private investment and industry collaboration in India’s nuclear sector.Dr. Singh highlighted “significant scope for India–US collaboration in advanced areas such as micro-reactors, AI-enabled nuclear safety systems, scientific computing, nuclear energy modelling and institutional capacity building.”The interaction focused on India’s ambitious…
Mumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) The PARAM Rudra supercomputing facility has been inaugurated at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.The 3 Peta FLOPS high-performance computing (HPC) system has been developed and deployed under the Build Approach of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).PARAM Rudra is based on indigenously designed Rudra servers developed by the C-DAC and manufactured in India, reinforcing the government’s Make in…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The Inclusive Technology Business Incubators (i-TBI) established by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) across universities and higher educational institutions is strengthening the innovation ecosystem in universities, said Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology.He stated that the DST has set up 15 i-TBI in different parts of the country to “democratise innovation and entrepreneurship beyond metropolitan …