Building on the momentum of its recent Astronomy Club launches in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Meghalaya, Bharti Airtel Foundation has brought the initiative to the national capital with the unveiling of the Antriksh Astronomy Club at GGSSS Harkesh Nagar, New Delhi. Launched under the Foundation’s Quality Support Program (QSP), the club is equipped with a high-powered telescope and aims to nurture …
The Amazon Future Engineer program, launched in 2021, has successfully trained 3 million government school students and over 20,000 teachers across 272 districts in 8 Indian states. This was stated at the inaugural edition of Amazon Future Engineer program’s ‘Careers of the Future’ summit held in Delhi on Jan 21. The ‘Careers of the Future’ Summit 2025, brought together key …
From a women’s safety device, and an insulin cooling box, to a smart road repair solution, the top 25 finalists from Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) and Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) schools displayed innovative projects at the sixth annual Think Big Science Carnival, organized by Amazon. The event was held at the CIDCO Exhibition Centre, Navi Mumbai, where more than 2,800 students …
Bengaluru-based biotechnology startup CrisprBits Private Limited has inaugurated a CRISPR gene editing and diagnostics laboratory in Bengaluru. The new facility includes advanced infrastructure laboratory features with dedicated spaces for lyophilization (a process used to keep reagents stable at room temperature), cell and tissue culture, bacterial culture, molecular biology research, and cleanroom operations. Additionally, the laboratory includes a specialized gene editing …
Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have uncovered a huge expanse of quarry floor filled with hundreds of different dinosaur footprints. In a stunning find, the teams uncovered multiple enormous trackways, dating back to the Middle Jurassic Period (around 166 million years ago). The trackways form part of a huge ‘dinosaur highway’ and include footprints from the nine-metre …
The Space Technology Research Group (STeRG) at MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), Pune, has successfully launched its first-ever space payload, STeRG-P1.0. Launched aboard the PSLV-C60 in collaboration with ISRO, this pioneering payload marks a significant milestone for the university and contributes to India’s space exploration endeavors. This payload, developed entirely by students and faculty from the Department of Electrical and …
