Two years since the Anti-Satellite (ASAT) test under Mission Shakti demonstrated India’s capability to shoot down satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), there is lot of focus within the country on space-based technologies and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is working on several of them, a senior defence official said on Friday.
UN Ambassador K. Nagaraj Naidu told UNGA that India will not only be vaccinating 300 million of its own frontline workers over the next six months but in the process has also supplied vaccines to over 70 nations.
The Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Indore, has developed a costeffective new asparaginase (enzyme that is used as a medication) drug (MASPAR) using protein engineering approach to treat Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), having less side-effects.
Apoorva Chintala is not only an undergraduate student at the University of Texas, Austin; she is also the CEO and co-founder of the tech start-up Clocr.
Co-founded by her serial entrepreneur father, Sree Chintala, who is the Chief Technology Officer.
Harsh C. Mariwala, chairman of Marico, was on Thursday named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020.
He will now represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award on June 10.
Prathap Chandra Reddy, founder and executive chairman, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, was felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dharker, who was in his mid-70s, was the editor of several publications including Mid-Day and The Independent and played a vital role in opening the Akashwani Auditorium in south Mumbai as an art movie theatre.
Noted journalist and author Anil Dharker, founder of Mumbai International Literature Festival and Literature Live! died here on Friday after a brief illness, a former colleague said.