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Friday, July 19, 2024
TopicIIT Roorkee

Topic: IIT Roorkee

Technical education in colonial India ignored Dalit dreams. It trapped them in labour

The attempt to bring the lowest castes into the fold of education — and at the same time contain them within the labouring fold — is a theme across India’s history.

IIT Roorkee works towards improving earthquake warning time to 40 seconds or more

Start-up incubated at IIT is working on advancing the system, increasing warning time. Its head says alert is sent out to public via their app for quakes stronger than magnitude of 5.

‘Proud moment’ — IITian scouted landing sites on moon for NASA’s Artemis 3 using Chandrayaan-1 data

IIT-Roorkee scholar Prateek Tripathi was selected for NASA's summer internship. His expertise came in handy in researching Shackleton, a large crater on moon's south pole.

IIT-Roorkee non-veg food row: Students protest, want roll back of service, management reluctant

Azad Bhawan was the lone hostel in campus that served only vegetarian meals till last Sunday. On the other hand, students from other hostels have no complaints about non-veg food served.

These are the new ways IITs will assess students due to graduate this year

IITs in Delhi, Gandhinagar, Bombay, Kharagpur, Roorkee have come up with new ways of evaluation in the wake of the ‘unprecedented circumstances’.

IIT-Roorkee scientists develop nano-material that detects & destroys cancer cells

The nanosized carbon materials have been extracted from the leaves of the rosy periwinkle plant.

The latest bright idea from an IIT lab — cars that run on water and aluminium

IIT-Roorkee engineers develop electric car prototype that needs ‘refuelling’ not recharging, say it won’t cost any more than your petrol or diesel vehicle.

How an IIT team is helping put 1,000 villages on the map of India

Villages in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are being added to the map after 88 years of 'existence', because the last time India was mapped was by the British. 

On Camera

Microsoft outage disrupts IndiGo operations. Nearly 300 flights cancelled, ‘war rooms’ activated

Airline prioritising passengers who have departures within 120 minutes, teams deployed to curb delays.

Army deploys brigade-level force in Jammu after spike in terrorist attacks

Currently, nearly 40 terrorists are said to be operating in region. In recent times, they are active mainly in Reasi, Doda, Bhaderwah, Kathua & Udhampur.

A ‘jai jawan, jai kisan’ trap awaits Modi. In a 5-year Test match with revived Opposition

Modi govt will need to address massive challenges without the total power it got used to, in the face of relentless electoral challenges, one after another.