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Army looks to bamboo-based composites for construction of bunkers, infra in high-altitude terrian

Army’s IV Corps, also known as the Gajraj Corps, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for research, design and fabrication of these composites.

Cardiovascular monitoring via nanotech. IIT-Guwahati researchers’ device promises faster, precise test

It is still in initial stages & could eventually be integrated with mobile phones, enabling patients to monitor blood health on the go. Clinical trials conducted with around 50 patients.

Indian scientists first to detect polarisation in X-ray emissions from black hole outside Milky Way

Using a NASA satellite for X-ray polarimetry, the scientists revealed that X-ray emissions from this black hole were polarised in nature, 'which means it changes the degree and angle'.

No need for JEE, IIT Guwahati starts online B.Sc for Data science, Artificial Intelligence

The four-year undergraduate program, launched in partnership with online learning platform Coursera, will have multiple entry and exit options.

Faster healing, less pain: IIT Guwahati researchers create AI tool to predict how fractures heal

Model assesses whether fracture fixation will work by predicting healing outcomes depending on personal physiologies & fracture type. It can also be adapted for veterinary cases.

IIT Guwahati researchers create edible coating to boost shelf life of fruits, vegetables

The layer, made primarily from micro-algae extract, can be directly coated on the vegetable or even morphed into a vegetable storage pouch.

Was sidelined, says IIT-G ‘rape’ survivor after HC bail to accused calling him ‘future asset’

IIT student says she feels sidelined after Gauhati HC order, which called both her and the accused 'future assets', says she feels threatened because people think accused is innocent since he got bail.

Gauhati HC calls IIT student accused of rape ‘state’s future asset’, grants him bail

Court noted there was 'clear prima facie' case against the accused, who allegedly raped a fellow IIT student in March, but said custody was unnecessary as investigation was complete.

Kicked out of IIT Guwahati, PhD scholar says it’s over corruption claims, varsity calls it lies

Vikrant Singh was served a termination letter on 25 June after more than a year of acrimony with IIT Guwahati, which described him as repeat discipline violator.

NEP aims to open campuses of foreign universities in India, PM Modi says

Addressing students at IIT-Guwahati convocation, Modi said NEP will connect education with technology and make technology an ‘integral part of our students’ thinking’. 

On Camera

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.