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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
| RISING BHARAT | News Count (102266) | |
22721. Maruti Suzuki India shortlists 3 new startups under Mobility innovation initiative.
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Startups in Bharat
Hindi
India
Business Today
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- 1) Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday said it has shortlisted three new startups as part of its Mobility and Automobile Innovation Lab (MAIL) programme.
- 2) To promote innovation in the mobility space, the auto major said it has shortlisted Nable IT, Redbot and Sleave as part the fourth cohort of the MAIL programme
- 3) The three new startups will now engage with the company for paid projects, he added. MSI had launched the MAIL initiative in partnership with GHV Accelerator in January 2019.
- 4) The three new startups will now engage with the company for paid projects, he added. MSI had launched the MAIL initiative in partnership with GHV Accelerator in January 2019.
- 5) "The startups are poised to disrupt the consumer technology world. The company's MAIL initiative supports them by co-creating innovative business solutions," MSI MD and CEO Kenichi Ayukawa said in a statement.
22722. IIT-Grad’s Tiny Device Transforms Blood Vessel Surgeries; Can Prevent Amputations
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Innovations in Bharat
English
Gujarat
The Better India
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- 1) Shira Medtech, is a Ahmedabad-based healthcare startup founded in 2016 by Anand Parikh, a graduate of IIT-Madras. The device – Shira Clamp innovated by him is being used by 60 doctors and hospitals across India.
- 2) Shira Medtech, is hoping to reduce this through innovating a device that can prevent amputations.
- 3) “The light-weight device has clamps in such a way that it holds both the open-ends of the damaged blood vessel. The vessels, which are minuscule, become difficult to operate on. However, the clamps are designed so that it holds the arteries at an angle facing the surgeon. This makes it easier for doctors to perform the surgery,” says Anand.
22723. IIT Hyderabad Researchers Develops Alternative For Conventional Lithium-ion Batteries
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Innovations in Bharat
English
Andhra Pradesh
Bweducation
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- 1) Electrochemical Energy Storage (EES) Lab at IIT Hyderabad, under the supervision of Dr Surendra Kumar Martha (Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry) has developed a 5V Dual Carbon Battery utilizing self-standing carbon fibre mats as both electrodes (cathode and anode). This new model sets aside the requirement of toxic, costly and heavy transitional metals.
- 2) This more sustainable and low-cost Dual carbon battery may find potential uses in high voltage applications, sophisticated battery-run medical devices, regenerative braking systems in electric vehicles and stationary grid.
- 3) Energy economy based on renewable sources has been put forward as a way out to shrug off the dependence on fossil fuel. Rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are projected to meet future electric mobility, electric aviation, and stationary grid energy storage targets within 2030.
22724. Engineer develops self-propelled vehicle to clear railway tracks of human waste
Innovation and startups, ISRO/Defense/Water infrastructure/EV and other sectors
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Innovations in Bharat
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Madhya Pradesh
Mint
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- 1) An Indian engineer has developed a self-propelled railway track scavenging vehicle. The vehicle could put an end to manual scavenging still being used to remove human waste from railway tracks
- 2) The multi-functional railway track scavenging vehicle has been developed by Dr Sharad K. Pradhan, associate professor, department of mechanical engineering, National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR), Bhopal.
- 3) The newly developed self-propelled road cum rail vehicle equipped with dry and wet suction systems, air and water spraying nozzles, control system, and road cum rail attachment is multi-functional and easy to operate.
22725. NanoSniffer: IIT Bombay Incubated Startup Develops World's First Microsensor-Based Explosive Trace Detector
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Startups in Bharat
English
Maharashtra
SWARAJYA
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- 1) Nanosniff Technologies, an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay incubated startup, has developed world's first Microsensor based Explosive Trace Detector.
- 2) The home-grown Explosive trace detector device (ETD), called NanoSniffer, can detect explosives in less than 10 seconds and it also identifies and categorises explosives into different classes.
- 3) NanoSniffer has successfully passed Pune based DRDO’s High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) testing and has also been tested by the country’s elite counter-terror force National Security Guard (NSG), the Ministry of Education said on Friday (9 April)
- 4) It accuratedly detects all classes of military, conventional and homemade explosives including RDX, HMX, TNT, TATP, Nitroglycerin, Ammonium Nitrate and plastic explosives. The device gives visible and audible alerts with sunlight-readable color display.
- 5) NanoSniffer is a 100 per cent Made in India product in terms of research, development and manufacturing. The core technology of NanoSniffer is protected by patents in the US and Europe.
22726. IIT Kharagpur researchers develop essential oil extractor to economize betel leaf production
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Innovations in Bharat
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West Bengal
The Times Of India
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- 1) Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) announced that they have found a novel betel leaf oil extraction technology that they claim is more efficient.
- 2) The extractor is capable of saving 44% of the time and 30% of the energy requirement while increasing the oil yield by more than 16%, as compared to the current processes and apparatus popularly used, they said.
- 3) Proshanta Guha and his research group from IIT Kharagpur’s Agricultural and Food Engineering Department.
22727. Varanasi news : स्टूडेंट ने तैयार किया 'एंटी कोरोना बैग', स्कूल में सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग का कराएगा पालन
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Innovations in Bharat
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Uttar Pradesh
NBT
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- 1) वाराणसी के पुष्कर सिंह ने स्कूल में सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग का पालन कराने के लिए 'एंटी कोरोना स्कूल बैग' तैयार किया है। ये बैग छात्रों से सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग का पालन कराने के साथ ही गुम हुए बच्चों को परिवार से मिलाएगा।
- 2) आर्यन इन्टरनैशनल स्कूल के 11वीं में पढ़ने वाले साइंस के स्टूडेंट पुष्कर सिंह ने पीएम मोदी के मेक इन इंडिया और आत्मनिर्भर भारत अभियान से प्रेरित होकर इस स्मार्ट बैग को तैयार किया है। एनबीटी ऑनलाइन से बातचीत में पुष्कर सिंह ने बताया की ये स्मार्ट स्कूल बैग स्कूल कैम्पस के अलावा बाहर भी कोरोना वायरस से बचाव के लिए दो गज की दूरी का पालन कराएगा।
- 3) पुष्कर ने बताया कि इस स्मार्ट बैग में अल्ट्रासोनिक सेंसर लगाए गए हैं। जो बैग को पीठ पर टांगने के साथ ही ऐक्टिव हो जाते हैं। सेंसर के ऐक्टिव होने के साथ ही जैसे ही कोई भी दो गज के दायरे में आता है। बैग का अलार्म बजने लगता है जिससे इसको इस्तेमाल करने वाला व्यक्ति अलर्ट हो जाता है।
- 4) पुष्कर ने इस बैग पर खास तरह का बारकोड लगाया है। जो बच्चों के गुम होने पर घरवालों तक पहुँचने में उनकी मदद करेगा।
- 5) पुष्कर ने बताया की इस स्मार्ट बैग में नार्मल स्कूल बैग के अलावा,2 अल्ट्रासोनिक सेंसर,3.7 वोल्ट की चार्जेबल बैट्री, अलार्म सिस्टम,पूस स्विच और बारकोड लगाया गया है। महज 2 घण्टे तक इस स्मार्ट बैग को चार्ज कर 5 दिनों तक इसका इस्तेमाल किया जा सकता है।
22728. Google to invest up to $1 billion in Bharti Airtel
Make in India / Atmanirbhar
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Investment in Bharat by companies of other countries
English
India
Indian Express
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- The investment includes a $700 million equity investment in Airtel at a price of 734 rupees ($9.77) per share and up to $300 million towards implementing commercial agreements, including investments in scaling Airtel's offerings
- Alphabet Inc’s Google will invest up to $1 billion in Bharti Airtel in a move that could help bolster the Indian telecom operator’s digital offerings, the companies said
- The investment includes a $700 million equity investment in Airtel at a price of 734 rupees ($9.77) per share and up to $300 million towards implementing commercial agreements, including investments in scaling Airtel’s offerings, the companies said.
22729. CSIR to mentor, adopt around 300 school innovation labs
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Startups in Bharat
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Delhi
Mint
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- 1) The 36 science research laboratories of India under the CSIR umbrella will mentor, influence and hand-hold 295 school innovation labs created through the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).
- 2) CSIR will nominate top research scholars and scientists to mentor each of these students' innovation labs, called Atal Tinkering Labs, and act as resource persons
- 3) AIM and CSIR will also conduct a series of webinars for students on various topics related to scientific and technological concepts, ideas or societal issues.
- 4) The CSIR adoption comes months after ISRO decided to adopt 100 such student labs to spur scientific and space research ideas among young students.
- 5) The AIM has been forging partnership with government and private institutions and establishments to promote entrepreneurship.
22730. Villgro launches ‘Incubating Incubators’ to strengthen India’s start-up ecosystem
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Startups in Bharat
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India
NEWS SERVICES DIVISION
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- 1) Villgro, India’s pioneering incubator for social enterprises has launched ‘Incubating Incubators Programme’ to strengthen the start-up ecosystem in India.
- 2) The programme will develop the capacity of incubators through an incubation model focused on one-on-one mentoring, fund-raising demos with donors to build long-term partnerships, and other varied learning opportunities from Villgro and the start-ups it supports.
- 3) The Ministry of MSME and GIZ India will provide assistance to the first cohort of 22 incubators.
- 4) The programme will commence on April 12 and the incubators will graduate from the programme on June 30 with ready-to-use tools and templates, incubations plans, business models, enhanced strategic direction, sectoral knowledge, prospective networks and connection, and a customised roadmap to kick-start their journey in the start-up ecosystem.