The Australian parliament on November 29 passed the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 (the Bill) that makes it obligatory on certain social media platforms such as Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, Reddit and X to take reasonable steps to prevent children under 16 years of age from having an account. Introducing a minimum age for social media gained popular …
The Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur, in collaboration with the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), have jointly organized a 3-day ASEAN-India Start-up Festival 2024 in Delhi from Nov 28. Over 100 start-ups including four each from 10 ASEAN countries have put up stalls to showcase …
Technology business incubator, Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT Bombay, recently hosted a summit, titled “Innovation Nation: Leveraging India’s Talent and Entrepreneurial Spirit in the Era of Disruptive Technologies” to commemorate its 20th anniversary. The highlight of the event was an engaging discussion on the role of academia-backed incubators in fostering entrepreneurship and innovation. Professor Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology …
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), in association with Thales, has announced the top six teams developing eco-friendly technology from the fourth cohort of the Carbon Zero Challenge (CZC 4.0), a nationwide contest to boost innovation in this sector. As part of Thales’s CSR and solidarity efforts in India, Thales supported this transformative eco-innovation and entrepreneurship challenge. The top six teams and …
Setting a target to reach 50,000 students through the Schools Engagement Program in the state of Andhra Pradesh in December 2023, University of Melbourne has announced not only meeting it but engaging 60,000 students engaged in Andhra Pradesh alone, with more than 70,000 students from over 150 schools across India reached through the program since 2020. The Schools Engagement Program …
In the short term, the initiative is targeting covering 10,000 School Teachers from 5,000 Schools across India in the next 3 months with the first batch of training scheduled to commence on 14th December 2024 IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation is partnering with BodhBridge Education, a company run by IIT Madras alumni, to offer Career Counselling Certification Training to School Teachers. …
