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Sunday, September 14, 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.

On Camera

Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.