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Friday, August 1, 2025
TopicIIT-Kharagpur

Topic: IIT-Kharagpur

PM Modi asks IITs to develop infrastructure that can combat disasters like Uttarakhand floods

Addressing the 66th convocation of IIT-Kharagpur, PM Modi said IITs also need to transform from being just Indian Institutes of Technology to Institutes of Indigenous Technologies.

India wants innovation, but arrests IIT grad who develops faster Tatkal ticket-booking app

India’s policy-shapers love to talk big on innovation and frequently use words like AI, machine-learning and blockchain. But the lived realities of innovators are very different.

IIT Kharagpur unveils COVIRAP, a Covid test that costs Rs 500 & delivers results in 1 hour

COVIRAP is a cuboid shaped device that uses a unique temperature-controlled system to screen for Covid-19.

IIT Kharagpur designs Covid test that is portable, costs Rs 400 a sample

The cuboid-shaped device is yet to be approved by ICMR, but the IIT team said trial tests threw up results that matched the results of an RT-PCR test.

IIT Kharagpur to launch undergraduate research programme by year end

The new programme will fund select research ideas proposed by students on a competitive basis.

Muslim girls less likely to drop out of school than boys at higher education level

A study by IIT-Kharagpur researchers shows that while boys drop out to support their families, the attitude towards educating girls among Muslims is changing.

ConQuest 2018 finalists from eastern region were chosen in Kolkata

Two teams from NUJS, Kolkata, and IIT Khargpur won this regional round and will now be headed for final national round to be held in Bengaluru.

All-women teams bag top 3 positions in Smart India Hackathon at IIT

The teams devised innovative prototypes for the agriculture sector such as smart drip irrigation, mechanical harvesters and soil testers.

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Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.