Gradiant bets big on India, secures five contracts, including semiconductor fab
Water technology company Gradiant is expanding its India operations with five new design-and-build contracts across the semiconductor, printed circuit board (PCB) and solar manufacturing sectors, while planning to increase its India workforce by more than 40% this year. The Woburn, Massachusetts-based company — which designs, builds and operates water treatment systems for industries including semiconductors, […]
Students should be encouraged to develop scientific temperament, says Deputy Director of U. R. Rao Satellite Centre
Pilikula Development Authority in association with U R Rao SatelliteCentre and ISRO organised two-day World Space Week – 2026 programme at Pilikula Regional Science Centre from Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRAGEMENT Deputy Director of U.R. Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Bengaluru, C.S. Madhusudhan said on Wednesday that students should be encouraged to develop a scientific […]
ISRO scientists lead space awareness rally in Rajamahendravaram
Students, academicians, bureaucrats led by Scientists of the ISRO’s Satish Dhavan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota, on Wednesday took out a space awareness rally in in Rajamahendravaram on Wednesday to highlight India’s achievements in space science . The rally was held ahead of the two-day International Space Week celebrations scheduled to be celebrated in Anam Kalakendram in Rajamahendravaram […]
Tap space-tech start-ups’ capabilities for major projects of Indian space programme: G. Madhavan Nair
Former ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair says ISRO alone has the capability to achieve the aims of landing an Indian astronaut on the moon or building India’s space station. (File photo) The talents and resources of space-tech start-ups should be tapped for flagship initiatives such as landing an Indian astronaut on the moon and building […]
Keralam Government Launches ‘Revive-Navajeevanam’ Project to Combat Learning Difficulties in Primary Education, ETEducation
Education minister N Samsudheen Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam General Education Minister N Samsudheen has inaugurated the ‘Revive-Navajeevanam’ project, an initiative to address the learning difficulties faced by children in subjects like Malayalam, English and Mathematics at the lower and upper primary levels. Samsudheen, in a Facebook post about the state-level inauguration of the project, said that the […]
Bihar to Introduce Additional Regional Languages in Government Schools for Early Education, ETEducation
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary Patna: The state education department is working to introduce one additional regional language — Maithili, Bhojpuri, Bajjika, Magahi or Angika — for students of classes I to V in govt schools, education minister Mithilesh Tiwari said on Tuesday. The move is being planned under the National Education Policy, with the […]
In this Delhi studio, tintype brings chemistry into every portrait
In an age when a portrait can be made in a fraction of a second, Vibhav Kapoor, artist and assistant professor at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, spends several minutes making one photograph, much of the time spent negotiating with chemistry. In his Delhi-NCR studio, Mr. Kapoor works with tintype, a 19th-century photographic process in […]
Chemistry Nobel 2026 awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai. File. Source: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for the discovery of “non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis”, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday (October 7, 2026). The statement […]
From iPhone 17 to Voltas AC: 13 Best Deals in Flipkart Big Billion Days 2026
13 Deals Worth Buying Now, From iPhone 17 to M5 MacBook AirThe festive shopping season is here, and Flipkart Big Billion Days 2026 is bringing attractive offer prices across smartphones, laptops, tablets, televisions and home appliances. For consumers who have been waiting to upgrade, the sale could be the right time to make that purchase […]
Tamil Nadu may encounter El Niño differently from rest of India
A view of the Kothapatnam beach. In an El Niño year, India has recorded deficient rainfall and more incidence of droughts, on average. However, Tamil Nadu has reported a strikingly different pattern. | Photo Credit: Kommuri Srinivas/The Hindu The El Niño Southern Oscillation is a climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean that happens every two […]