Smartphone brand, vivo on Feb 9 announced the 10 National winners of its country-wide initiative – vivo Ignite, Science and Innovation Awards in New Delhi. The winning projects included most scientifically innovative and socially relevant projects: Early Detection Of Vocal Disorders Using Voice Analysis & Machine Learning, Converting Mould To Gold (Community Garbage Disintegrator), FWWA – Food and Water Wealth for Animals, Bloodice …

Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme of the Ministry of Education, an initiative ideated by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for celebrating cultural diversity through mutual interaction & reciprocity between people of different States and UTs so that a common spirit of understanding resonates throughout the country, has now added a new component called ‘Yuva Sangam’ to strengthen people to people …

Delhi-based Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP) has announced the opening of its new research centre – The Case Study Centre. The centre will serve as a hub for rigorous and cutting-edge policy research, driving innovation and thought leadership in the field of public policy with curated Indian content from the national, state and local government levels. The research centre …

Meta  on Feb 7 announced its partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for the G20 Stay Safe Online Campaign. As part of the partnership with MeitY, Meta will create and share helpful resources in multiple Indian languages through various channels, to spread awareness on how to stay safe online. The resources under the G20 Stay Safe Online …

The Young India Fellowship Introduces New Courses by Former Principal Scientific Advisor, K VijayRaghavan.  New course domains include Climate Change, Astrophysics, Classical Music and Anthropology.  New initiatives include Cross-listed Coursework, The Crossover Series and Alumni-in-Residence.  Only 100 seats are offered under the Programme which offers generous Scholarship At the YIF, Ashoka University’s flagship multidisciplinary diploma programme, Fellows study around 20 …

There is no getting away from the fact that challenges in life will continue to appear and one needs to embrace and face them instead of looking for ways to avoid them.  Seek counselling and a different perspective towards these problems is what one needs instead By Chetan Jaiswal- Founder & CEO- MyPeegu Substance misuse and escapism have unfortunately emerged …