Shiva Shankar B, who secured the highest Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 9.93, receives the President of India Gold Medal and the Institute Gold Medal at the 8th annual convocation of IIIT-Dharwad. The medals and certificates were presented by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and Prof Rangan Banerjee, director, IIT-Delhi Dharwad: Urging graduates to align their…
CITIZEN-LED CLIMATE ACTION: THE GREEN INDIA CHALLENGE MODELHyderabad: Green India Challenge founder Joginapally Santosh Kumar said the India’s most urgent climate policy gap is the continued exclusion of heatwaves from the list of notified disasters under State Disaster Response Force SDRF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) calling for a broad citizen led climate action…
New Delhi: Exposure to crop burning and rising air pollution may be significantly increasing hypertension risk among Indians, according to AIIMS doctors.Citing studies conducted by AIIMS and IIT Delhi, cardiology expert Dr Ambuj Roy said that populations exposed to higher crop-burning pollution showed nearly 15% higher prevalence of hypertension, while every 10 microgram rise in…
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi celebrated Central Research Facility (CRF) Day 2026 on Wednesday, bringing together researchers, industry representatives, funding agencies and technology partners to showcase the institute’s scientific infrastructure and research collaborations.The event focused on advanced research facilities and highlighted ongoing work in areas such as biomedical research, nanotechnology, material sciences, environmental testing and…
People cover themselves on a hot summer day New Delhi: By late May, Delhi feels like a furnace. Roads shimmer under the afternoon glare, metro pillars radiate heat long after sunset, and even pockets of city forests seem to exhale warmth.Across northwest India, temperatures push past 45°C, bringing heatstroke warnings, water stress and exhausted streets….
Mangaluru: A faculty from NITK Surathkal has been featured in the globally curated list of ’50 Influential Thought Leaders in Civil Engineering-2026.’ The list was compiled by Jonno White of Australia and recognises leading international experts in infrastructure, climate resilience, and sustainability.Sreevalsa Kolathayar, associate professor in the department of civil engineering, is one of only…
New Delhi: With every flush in Delhi begins a long underground journey.In theory, sewage travels through sewers, reaches pumping stations, is treated at sewage treatment plants (STPs), and only then is safely discharged or reused.In reality, large volumes of untreated or partially treated waste still find their way into the Yamuna through stormwater drains, broken…
National Institute of Technology Karnataka Mangaluru: National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal has stated that a team of three 4th-semester BTech students from the department of electronics and communication engineering secured first place in the Bharat AI SoC Student Challenge. The competition was jointly organised by ARM, the Chip to Startup Programme, ministry of…
IIT Delhi launches industry membership programme for long-term research and corporate collaboration NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has launched an Industry Membership Program aimed at building long-term partnerships with companies through a structured and paid engagement model. The initiative will be implemented by the institute’s Corporate Relations Office to strengthen collaboration between…
