Category: Education

Dr Shishir Srivastava, Founder & CEO, UniFusion Consultants, Motivational Speaker, Trainer and Author Lucknow: India’s recent achievement of becoming the world’s fourth-largest economy, surpassing Japan with a projected GDP of $4.187 trillion for fiscal year 2026, is a significant milestone. However, this economic growth has not translated into equitable prosperity. Despite the nation’s economic size, India’s per capita GDP remains relatively low, ranking around 130th globally. The disparity between total economic growth and individual prosperity is evident. While poverty rates have declined, a significant portion of the population continues to…

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Mumbai/New Delhi: India is celebrating a major milestone in global science collaboration following the announcement that CERN’s four flagship Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments—ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, and LHCb—have jointly won the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. This prestigious $3 million award honors the researchers behind groundbreaking publications using LHC Run-2 data (2015 to mid-2024), which deepened our understanding of the universe’s fundamental building blocks. A total of 13,508 scientists and engineers across the four experiments contributed to the discoveries. The prize funds will support doctoral students from participating institutes,…

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Highlighted Insights on India’s Unincorporated Sector and Private Sector Capital Investment Intentions Hyderabad: The National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), in collaboration with the Indian School of Business (ISB), organized a Data Users Conference on 27th May 2025. The conference aimed to deepen the interaction between data producers and users through discussion on two newly released surveys—the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2023–24 and the Forward-Looking Survey on Private Sector Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) Investment Intentions. The event witnessed participation from over 200 delegates, comprising researchers, academicians, economists, industrial associations…

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New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) inaugurated the Quantum Technology Research Centre (QTRC) at Metcalfe House, Delhi on May 27, 2025. The facility was inaugurated by Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat with the aim to further strengthen indigenous quantum capabilities for strategic and defence applications. QRTC is equipped with state-of-the-art experimental set-ups designed to propel research and development in critical quantum domains. The key capabilities of this centre include Characterisation of  Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers and Distributed Feedback Lasers; Test-beds for evaluating…

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New Delhi: In a world racing towards electrification—from cars to villages—one thing remains crucial: affordable, fast, and safe batteries. While lithium-ion batteries have powered this revolution so far, they are costly. Besides, lithium resources are limited and geopolitically constrained. But scientists in Bengaluru may have just found a powerful alternative. A research team at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has developed a super-fast charging sodium-ion battery (SIB) based on a NASICON-type cathode and anode material, that can…

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Delhi: The Central Revenues Control Laboratory (CRCL), Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) toward trade facilitation and improving the ease of doing business. This MoU collaboration aims to foster R&D, innovation, and scientific excellence at CRCL, bolstering trade facilitation and regulatory efficiency. The MoU was signed by Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi, and Shri V. Suresh, Director, CRCL, in presence of Shri Surjit Bhujabal, Special Secretary &…

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Aizawl: Mizoram has officially become the first state in India to achieve 100% literacy, marking a historic milestone in the nation’s educational journey. The announcement was made on Tuesday by Chief Minister Lalduhoma during a celebratory event at Mizoram University (MZU), attended by Union Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary. Addressing the gathering, CM Lalduhoma said, “As we celebrate this achievement, we also renew our commitment to sustaining literacy through continuous education, digital access, and vocational skill training.” He added, “Let us now aim higher: digital literacy, financial literacy,…

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