Vinisha Umashankar has also been shortlisted for the Prime Minister of India’s Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar 2021, the highest civilian award in India for students under the age of 18
Month: November 2020
** Tiruvannamalai teen gives a solar boost to ‘Iron Man’
A 14-year-old girl in Tiruvannamalai pondered over the complexity of this problem, and also came up with a cool solution.
** Adman Vishwajeet Singh Rana launches exclusive designer fashion label for men called Sons + Fathers
** L&T bags order from Tata Steel for supply of mining equipment
Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday said it has bagged one of its major orders from Tata Steel NSE -1.05 % to supply 46 units of mining equipment. “The order comprises 41 units of Komatsu HD785-7 (100-tonne dump truck), three units of Komatsu WA900-3E0 (9-cum wheel loader) and two units of Komatsu D275A-5R (410HP crawler dozer),” the company said in a statement.
** Indian Army establishes living facilities for troops deployed in eastern Ladakh
The Army said that apart from smart camps with integrated facilities which have been built over the years, additional state-of-the-art habitats with integrated arrangements for electricity, water, heating facilities, health and hygiene have been recently created to accommodate the troops.
** The army of women saving India’s storks
In Assam’s Kamrup district, Purnima Barman is known as the ‘stork sister’ – and her Hargila Army is on a mission.
** From Kodagu to New York and Paris: The jewellery designer who featured in fashion week
For Poonam Thimmaiah, jewellery designing began as a means to cope with personal tragedy and turned into a passion project and finally a full-time career.
Following the devastating tragedy of losing her baby, Kodagu’s Poonam Thimmaiah, now a New Yorker, embarked on a personal journey of change, which led her to pursue her keen interest in jewellery designing and sustainable art. Poonam, who started her own brand of jewellery – Maalicious – had her work featured in the New York and Paris fashion weeks this year, just a year after she established the company.
** Govt. allows ICRISAT to use drones for agricultural research
** India tops worldwide game downloads list in 2020
** College of Engineering Trivandrum gets patent for wall climbing robot
A working prototype is available at the Electronics and Communication Department of College of Engineering, Trivandrum