Sunandan Divatia School of Science (SDSOS) of NMIMS University has developed a mask that ensures protection from airborne human pathogens. The technology is now transferred for commercialization and marketing to Milton Group of Pharma Company Mumbai on 21st June 2021 done in the presence of the Chancellor of NMIMS University, Amrishbhai Patel and other university leadership. The unique mask is the …

In the major overhaul of union cabinet that took place on July 7, Dharmendra Pradhan replaced Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ as the union Education Minister and Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey as union minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). With him, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Annpurna Devi and Dr Subhas Sarkar were also appointed as the minister of state for Education. Rajeev Chandrasekhar …

Two Mumbai-based teens, Aasimm Khan and Sidharth Jain, have won the Imagine Cup Junior AI award, an initiative of Microsoft, for developing a non-invasive screening for skin cancer by using Artificial Intelligence. As a part of their award, each winner received a back-pack, Trophy and a certificate. Both Aasimm (17 years) and Sidharth (17 years) represented OMOTEC (On My Own Technology), a city …

Picture this. In a lower income family in a remote place of Assam, three siblings (all girls) who aren’t even adult lose both parents (daily wagers) to covid and they have only an old fragile grandmother left as the guardian, have no source of sustenance. In absence of any financial support, all three will have to give up studies and …

CBSE on July 5 finally came up with an assessment solution in the wake of Covid pandemic after it drew a lot of flak for having overlooked an alternative strategy in 2020-21 session. A  notification has now been sent to all concerned with an assumption that this year’s session may also get impacted by pandemic and therefore a plan has …

A National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat), for ensuring that every child in the age group of 3 to 9 years in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27 has been launched in the country. The National Mission under the aegis of the centrally sponsored …