Showing posts with label JANUARY - JUNE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 2024. Show all posts
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Friday, 12 July 2024

JANUARY - JUNE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 2024

JANUARY - 

NEW RESEARCH - 

* Researchers From IIT MADRAS And Mandi Have Metabolically Engineers Plant Cells To Increase Production In Anti Cancer Drug Camptothecin.

*  IISC BENGALURU Has Developed Heat Tolerant Vaccine SARS-COV-2 

* Indian Immunologist Limited Has Launched India's First Hepatitis A Vaccines Named HaviSure.


NEW TECHNOLOGY - 

* The Bengaluru Traffic Police Have Introduced ASTraM ( Actionable Intelligence For Sustainable Traffic Management ) To Enhance Traffic Management. 

*  Google Launched A New Feature CIRCLE TO SEARCH.



DEVELOPED - 

* Microsoft Launched An AI Odyssey To Train 100000 Developers In India In AI Tools And Application.


HISTORICAL - 

* Virarajendra Archaeological And Historical Research Centre Has Discovered Two Stone Inscription Of GRANTHAM And Tamil Dating 11th And 16th Century At Pazhnchervazhi Village Near Kangayam. 

* A 10000 Years Old Rock Painting Was Discovered In Satpura Tiger Reserves.

FEBRUARY - 

* IIT BOMBAY Emerged As Champion In Electric Vehicle Category In Formula Bharat 2024.

* For The First A Cancer Patient Declared Cancer Free By Using Indigenous CAR-T Cell Therapy in India.

*  C-DOT And Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur Signed An Agreement For Developing Prototype For 10 Gigabit Capable Symmetric Passive Optical Network (XGS-PON) Optical Line Terminal (OLT) And Optical Network Unit (ONU).

* India's First Tablet With Bharat GPT Launched By EPIC Foundation. 

* Coimbatore Based SODION Energy Has Launched India's First Indigenous Sodium Ion Battery For EVs.

* The Department Of Biotechnology (DBT) Has Announced The Completion Of 10000 Genome Project In India.


* US-India Business Council Has Launched Artificial Intelligence Task Force.


DEVELOPED - 

*  India's First Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Facility Developed By IIT Kanpur.

* A Research Group From Raman Research Institute ( RRI) Have Designed a New Image Correction Technique ( Algorithm) Capable Of Taking Better Image During Study Of Cold Atoms Or Atoms At Absolute Zero Temperature. 

* Researchers From IIT Pallakad Have Introduced A Method Where Energy Can Generate Through Urine.

*  Department Of Computer Science, Punjabi University Has Launched PURAN, An Innovative System Designed For Typing Experience Of GURMUKHI Script.

* The Food And Drug Administration ( FDA) In US Has Granted Approval Of The World's First Vaccine For Chickengunya, Known As IXCHIQ. ( Developed By Europe's Valneva) 

*  Hyderabad Based International Crops Research Institute For Semi Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT) Announced The World's FIRST Pigeonpea Speed Breeding Protocol. 

* Scientists At IISC Bengaluru Have Developed A Synthetic Human Antibody That Can Neutralize A Potent Neurotoxin Produced By The Elapidae Family Of Toxin Snakes.


DISEASE - 

* The Oregon State Of United States Reported Its First Human Case Of Bubonic  Plague After a Decade.


AWARDS- 

* India Wins The 9th GovTech Prize For AI Powered Government Services At World Government Summit 2024. 

* Professor Aditi Sen Dey Has Became the First Woman Scientist To Win G D Birla Award.


DISCOVERED - 

* Allied Forces During World War 2 A cave Was Discovered By Few Visitors In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Large Deposit Of Iron Ore Found In Karauli In Rajasthan.

* 4000 BCE Mesolithic Painting Uncovered In Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.

MARCH - 

* IIT MANDI And IIT PALLAKAD Have Developed A Marine Robot With Ability To Deal With Real Life Scenarios During Under Water Operations. 


* A New Disease Of Peas Discovered By Haryana Agricultural University Researchers.

DEVELOPED- 

* Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram School Has Introduced AI Teacher IRIS.

* AI Semiconductor Power House Nvidia Unveiled The Flagship AI Chip The Blackwell B200.

* Google Deepmind Has Launched Its AI Game Agent Name SIMA.

*  Researchers At The School Of Biotechnology JNU, New Delhi Have Developed An Artificial Intelligence Based Tool To Predict The Level Of Metabolite Content In Neem Fruits.

INAUGURATION- 

*Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Laid Foundation Stone Of The First Ever Science Experience Center AND Biofuels Center In The Premise Of CSIR- Indian Institute Of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad.

* Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Has Launched India's Fastest And Indigenously Designed IP/ MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching ) Router. ( Bengaluru).2.4 TBS 

DISEASE- 

*  Scientists Of Chaudhary Charan Singh Agricultural University, Haryana Have Discovered WITCHES Broom The Diseases Affecting PEA. 

APRIL - 

DEVELOPED - 

* Microsoft And OpenAI Jointly Developed An AI Supercomputer Named STARGATE.

*  Indian Oil And Panasonic Will Make The Lithium Ion Cell .

*  Researchers From IISC BENGALURU Have Explore The WAY To Store Carbon Dioxide From Industrial Flue Gas In Excavation Soil And Chemical Wastes.

* Telecom Secretary Has Launched The Experimental Licence Module For 100 5G Labs At IIT Madras.

* HUME AI Company Recently Has Introduced The World's First Conversational AI With Emotional  Intelligence.

* Researchers At The INDIAN Institute Of Science (IISC) Have Designed A Sustainable Hydrogel  To Remove Micro Plastic From Water.

* Researchers At IIT Jodhpur Have Developed a Nano Sensor To Rapidly Detect Cytokines For Quick Diagnosis Of Several Health Conditions Like Sclerosis, Diabetes, Alzheimer's Diseases. 

* IIT MADRAS Launched India's First Mobile Devices Calibration Facility.

* IIT Rorkee And Univ LAB Technology Limited Jointly Developed A Biodegradable Ureteral Stent To Improve  Patient Comfort And Reduce Complications In Urology.

* India's First Hyperloop Prototype GARUDA VAHAAN Developed By IIT Madras. 


BOOK LAUNCHED - 

* IISC BENGALURU Press Released A Book Titled THE COMPUTATIONAL MEME: Computational Thinking In The Indic Tradition Book Author - Kanchi Gopinath And Shailja D Sharma 


HOST - 

* The First Session Of Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) Was Organized By Department Of Science And Technology (DST) In IIT Kanpur.

* IIT MADRAS Hosted PARIVAHAN, India's FIRST Ever Global Hyper loop Conference, 


INAUGURATION - 

* President Droupadi Murmu Launched The Indigenous Grown Gene Therapy For Cancer (CAR-T Cell Therapy) At IIT BOMBAY.

* IIT MADRAS Has Launched The Inaugural India Edition Of The Stockholm Junior Water Prize For High School Students ( Grade 9-12) .


AWARDS - 

*  Battery Smart Has Received The Infrastructure Champion Award From Shoonya INDIA.

* Tata Power Has Received The Shoonya Infrastructure Champion Award For Zero Pollution Mobility.

* Pavuluri Subba Rao, Founder Of Anant Technologies Has Received The Aryabhatta Award For His Contribution To Space Science.



DISCOVERY - 

* Paleontologists From IIT Roorkee Has Discovered a Colossal Snake Fossil In Gujarat (47 Million Year's Old) 

(Named- VASUKI INDICUS) Named After Lord Shiva.


APPOINTMENTS - 

* Pragya Mishra Has Been Appointed (First) For OPEN AI (Chat Gpt) in India.

MAY - 

APP/AI MODEL DEVELOPED - 

* Microsoft Recently Launched The Small Language Model Phi-3-Mini. 

*  IIT Patna Has Rewarded A Patent For Indigenously Developed light Weight And Compact Easy To Carry Inverter.

* IIT Guwahati Has Unveiled The Innovative 3D Printed Dummy Ballot.

*  Chennai Based Semiconductor Company MINDGROVE Launched  India's First Commercial MCU Chip.

* Microsoft Is Developing AI Language Model Called MAI-1.

*  PINE Labs Owned Fintech SETU Unveiled India's First Large Language Model Application SESAME. 

* Google Deepmind Has Unveiled The 3rd Version Of ALPHA Fold AI.

* IIT Gandhinagar Students Developed Fully Autonomous Driverless Vehicle.

* Made In India BALI Unmanned Surface Vessel ( USV) Has Developed By Mumbai Based Sagar Defense Engineering. 

* IIT Madras Has Built India's First Electric Flying Taxi, Prototype The ePlane e200. 



*  Open AI Launched New AI Model Called GPT4o 

* AMD Launched Its New Ryzen 8000 F Series Processor For Gaming Product.

* World's First 6G Service Launched In Japan.

* Bengaluru Based NextLeap Aeronautics Has Unveiled India's First Tactical Nano UAV Called Black DRONGO UAV. 


* Chennai Based Startup GalaxEye Has Been Successfully Tested Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) 

* The Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) In Collaboration With Hulladek Recycling Private Limited Has Introduced A New E-Waste Bin Initiative To Combat Electronics Waste And Promote Environment Sustainability.

* Bengaluru Based Startup NoPo Nanotechnologies Is Building Single Walled Carbon Naontubes ( SWCNT).

* Royal Global School, Assam Has Introduced North East India's First AI Teacher IRIS.

* 
Delhi Based Saurabh H Mehta Has Introduced India's First Biodegradable Pen Named NOTE ( No Offence To Earth) 


RESEARCH - 

* Researchers Have Discovered Specific Networks Of Neurons In Fruit Flies That Respond Selectively To Various Hues. 

* IIT Jodhpur Has Published a Ground Breaking Research On Air Pollution And Health Effects In Northern India. 

* Scientists From IISC BENGALURU Have Achieved A breakthrough By Strengthening The Space Bricks, Built By Using Lunar Soil Simulants (LSS) For Future Construction Of Habitat And Infrastructure On Moon.


AWARDS - 

*  NMAM Institute Of Karkala In Karnataka State Has Won The 9th Annual Boeing National Aeromodeling Competition.

*  iDEx Wins The 3rd Itech Award At Sanfransico.

* IIT MADRAS Has Been Awarded With STEM IMPACT Award 2024. 


MOU SIGNED - 

* IIT BOMBAY Has Signed MoU With Adani Green Energy Limited ( AGEL) For Innovation And Sustainable Development.

* Google Has Join Hands With Foxconn To Manufacture Pixel Smartphones, Drones In Tamilnadu.

* BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED (BHEL) Has Inked Technology Transfer Agreement (TTA) With Bhaba Atomic Research Center (BARC) For 50KW Alkaline Electrolyser System.

* The Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay ( IIT-Bombay) Has Entered a Strategic Partnership With The Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS) To Develop India's First Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager. 



NEW DISEASE - 

* Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis ( PAM) a Rare Infection Of Brain Caused By Naegleria Fowleri Commonly Known As Brain Eating Amoeba Has Been Detected in a 5 Years Old Girl In Malappuram, Kerala.


INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPED - 

* Scientists Led By Physical Chemist Rodney Ruoff At The Institute For Basic Science In South Korea Has Developed a Technique To Synthesize Diamonds At a Normal Atmospheric Pressure. 



NEW MEDICINE - 

* JNU Scientists Led By Shailaja Singh And Anand Ranganathan Have Developed a New Vaccine For Malaria. ( R21/Matrix-M Vaccines For Children) 


JUNE - 

RESEARCH - 

* Researchers At The Department Of Biochemistry, INDIAN Institute Of Science Bengaluru  Have Developed A Method For The Production Of Recombinant Protein. (Using Yeast Cell By Using Methanol) 

* Researchers From IIT Madras Discovered That Charged Water Droplets Can Break Minerals Into Nanoparticles In Milliseconds. 

* Researchers At IIT MADRAS Have Come Up With Non Hazardous Bio pesticide Using Aza ( Azadirachtin) A Natural Compound, Found In Neem.

* CSIR-IIT Scientists Have Spotted The Potential Of Chlorella Growth Factor (CGF) a Protein Rich Extract Derived From Microalgae Chlorella Sorokiniana, Which Have Various Food Ingredients Application.

* IISC Researchers Have Developed A Novel Remediation Process For Removing Heavy Metal Contaminant Like Arsenic From Ground Water.

* IIT ROORKEE Has Discovered IITR08367 Boosting Fosfomycin Against Drug Resistant Acinetobacter Baumanii, 

( The Team Led By Prof. Ranjana Pathania) 


LAUNCHED - 

*  Bengaluru Airport Launched India's First Biometric Enabled Self Bag Drop Facility.

* GARUDA AEROSPACE Has Inaugurated India's First Exclusive Drone Showroom In Chennai.

* The World's First Self Powered Carbon Capture And Air Purifying Pilot Project Was Launched At AIIMS Delhi.

* Nokia Has Unveiled The World's FIRST Cellular Call Using Immersive Voice AND Audio Services (IVAS).

* Scientists From BARC, Tata Memorial Of DAE, ACTREC In Collaboration With IDRS Lab Have Developed AKTOCYTE- a Transformative Step To Cancer Care (Commercial Launch).

* Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) Has Launched The Self Baggage Drop In Facility.


DEVELOPED - 

* TCS Has Introduced FIRST Gen AI Platform WisdomNext.

*  IIT Madras Developed The Universal Battery Charger For The Electric Vehicle 

* CSIR- Indian Institute Of Chemical Technology ( IICT) In Collaboration With Premier Explosive Ltd. Has Developed An Indigenous Process To Prepare CL-20 ( CHINA LAKE 20) A High Energy Material Primarily Used As Explosives .

*  Center For High Energy Physics IISC Have Discovered A New Series Representation For The Irrational Number Pi.

* IISc Has Designed a Device To Make Infrared Light Visible. 

* Professor V Srinivas Chakrabarthy, Department Of Biotechnology, IIT Madras Has Developed The Bharathi Script To Unify Indian Languages.

( The Named Given After Poet Subramania Bharathi) 

* IISC Bengaluru Has Developed a Non - Linear Optical Mirror Stack Device To Increase / Up Convert The Frequency Of Short Infrared Light Into Visible Range. 

* Researchers From IISC Bengaluru Have Designed A 3D Hydrogel Culture That CAN help Track How Tuberculosis Bacteria Infect Lung Cells.

* Researchers IISER  Tirupati Developed An Efficient Method Of Hydrogen Generation From Methanol And Formaldehyde Combination Developed For Hydrogen Economy.

*  IIT KANPUR Has Launched a Technology in Animals Health, Titled Lateral Flow Immunoassay Strip And Method For Detection Of Mastitis In Bovines, Developed By Dr Siddharth Panda, 

* Researchers From IISC Bengaluru Have Developed An Enzymatic Platform That Can Efficiently Transform Naturally Abundant And Inexpensive Fatty Acids To Valuable Hydrocarbon Called 1-alkene As Biofuel 


MOU SIGNED - 

* ) IIT KANPUR And AVPL International Have Joins Hand For The Co Development Of Cutting edges Drone Equipment With Advanced Technology.



* C- DAC and AICTE Signed MoA To Create An Ecosystem For Human Resources Development In High Performance Computing And Allied Areas.


DISCOVERY - 

* Researchers Have Discovered a New Genus Of Gomphonemoid Diatom Found In The Water Of Eastern Ghats.

( The Species Is Named As INDICONEMA)


A NEW GECKO SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ASSAM

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