The Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation honoured winners for their exemplary efforts in the field of humanitarian and social work at the 46th edition of the Jamnalal Bajaj Awards early this month. The details of the awards for this year (2024) are: Award Category Awardee Name and Title State/Country Award for Constructive Work Girija Nandan Jharkhand Award for Application of Science & Technology for …
Wasfi Bilal placed 2nd while Shubham Khorwal placed 4th at the BRICS Esports Championship, Moscow In a historic moment for Indian esports, Wasfi “YoshiKiller” Bilal secured a silver medal at the BRICS Esports Championship for Tekken 8, held November 9-10 at the VK Arena in Moscow. Competing against elite players from Brazil, Russia, South Africa, China, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and …
The ISB Institute of Data Science (IIDS), in collaboration with the Cyber Peace Foundation and supported by Google.org, recently concluded its Hackathon at the Hyderabad campus of the Indian School of Business (ISB). The event brought together 28 teams to address critical challenges posed by the proliferation of AI-generated misinformation and deepfakes. “This Hackathon showcased the remarkable talent and ingenuity …
CM Rise Vinoba School of Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh), a government school, has been announced as the winner in the ‘Innovation’ category of ‘World’s Best School Prize, 2024’ by London-based T4 Education on Oct 25. Schools from multiple countries like the US, UK, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Kenya and Thailand were in contention for this award in the ‘Innovations’ category, apart from …
The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) Volleyball Foundation Festival in Bhubaneswar, India, made history on 4 October 2024, breaking the Guinness World Record for the most players in a volleyball exhibition match, bringing together 430 players in a single game. This extraordinary achievement shattered the previous, long-standing record by a remarkable 136 people, with the previous record standing at …
The Museum of Solutions (MuSo) has become the first Indian museum to win the ‘Hands On! Children in Museums’ Award. The winner received a cash prize of 7500 Euros. Additionally, it will hold for one year a bronze statue of Miffy, the world-famous children’s character created by Dick Bruna. The sculptor is Marc Bruna, Dick Bruna’s younger son. With this …
