A BRICS trade fair will be held from August 16-18, roundtable on July 22 and the workshops will be held on July 16 and August 13.
Month: July 2021
** Gujarat engg students develop motorbike that runs on petrol and electricity, netizens say ‘good job’
VVP Engineering College students came up with the idea of a hybrid motorbike that can run about 40 kilometres with fully charged batteries.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Dr Maniar, dean of the Mechanical Department of the college, said that the reason behind coming up with the hybrid model was the skyrocketing fuel prices.
** Meet Sanjal who is in the news as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos flies to space
Born in Kalyan, Maharashtra, Gavande is a systems engineer at Blue Origin who always dreamt of designing aerospace rockets.
** Tracing the culinary journey of Chef Midhun Ayyappan
The Head Chef of Kuwait European Restaurant, Mithun’s culinary journey is worth documenting and emulating.
** Kochi e-com startup aims high, to build own delivery network across India
Kochi-based Jijy Philip and his friends Abilash Vijayan and Habeeb Rahman are the promoters of DiagunCart, an online store which endeavours in supplying trending and innovative products to the customers.
** YouTube to acquire Indian video e-commerce platform Simsim
** The medical futurists: Hyderabad techies launch AI tool to forecast number of hospital beds needed to tackle Covid
“Being forewarned is being forearmed. States can use this information to be Covid-ready, perhaps convert schools and colleges as hospitals to deal with emergencies,” say the team members, comprising Hyderabad-based working professionals Sateesh Kumar Talupuri, Shruti Galande, Mahita GM, Vasundhara Konanki, and Chiru Hasini Tondapu.
** Goldman Sachs opens office in Hyderabad, to hire 800 this year
Goldman Sachs, a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm, opened its new office in Hyderabad, on Monday, July 19, 2021. The office located at Salarpuria Sattva Knowledge City was inaugurated by IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao.
** Soon, Vellore’s spiny brinjal to get GI tag
The ‘spiny brinjal’ called ‘Ilavambadi Mullu Kathirikkai’ is up for the much-wanted GI (geographical indication) tag as officials of the Tamil Nadu Horticulture Department have initiated procedures for bagging the tag.
“The procedure for applying for the GI tag for spiny brinjal has begun as per the instructions of our Agriculture Production Commissioner,” says PA Mohan, deputy director (DD) of Horticulture, Vellore.