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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicInnovation

Topic: Innovation

Indian R&D is lagging. Tata Motors is an exception within India Inc

In 2022-2023, Tata Motors spent 5.86% of its total sales on R&D—on par with global automotive leaders like Toyota and Ford and more than the combined R&D spending of 30 largest Indian companies.

Creativity is a crime in India. Let’s accept vegan ice cream as the only honest innovation

There’s something deliciously mordant about minister Piyush Goyal standing before India’s most successful non-conformists, only to scold them for conforming a little too successfully.

Students assess faculty, a startup is born every 3rd day. At IIT-Madras, revolution’s no dinner party

In 2023, the number of patents granted rose to 300 from 156 in 2022. More than 370 startups have emerged from its incubation cell since 2013, with market valuation of Rs 47,000 cr.

Roadmap for national science policy discussed at Delhi meet

Department of Science and Technology session focused on research and innovation, entrepreneurship, technology development, governance, and international cooperation.

Workshop highlights role of intellectual property in sustainable development

Organised by CSIR-NIScPR to mark World Intellectual Property Day, event focuses on sustainable development goals & IP as a career option for students

India ceding ground in biopharma innovation, manufacturing — AllianceBernstein’s open letter to PM

Analysts from AllianceBernstein point to four areas where India lags behind its Asian peers and underline that nation finds no mention in global healthcare innovation index.

Innovative Technology Behind Indigo Leakproof Emulsion: What Sets It Apart

Leakproof Emulsion from Indigo Paints stands out as a testament to innovation and excellence in the realm of home protection.

Chicken feather plastics, temple flower foam—IIT Kanpur is changing India’s startup scene

IIT-Kanpur's SIIC has been leading the innovation race. The incubation centre is connecting entrepreneurs and scientists to funders while providing infrastructural support.

Not just sailors, Navy’s new fire suit could help soldiers with stealth & save pilots from burns

Currently, Navy uses imported suits weighing over 18 kg while this innovation weighs only about 1.8 kg. The cost of this suit is also much less

‘Social justice venture lab’, ‘Shark Tank’ style TV show — what Tamil Nadu’s new start-up policy offers

State's revamped 'Startup & Innovation Policy' aims to make Tamil Nadu one among the top 20 start-up ecosystems of the world in the next 10 years.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.