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Captain Deeksha C. Mudadevannanavar is the first female officer to be commissioned into the Parachute Regiment of the Indian Army’s elite special forces unit. She hails from Davangere in the state of Karnataka. In October 2019, Captain Deeksha C. Mudadevannanavar was appointed to the MH Golconda of the Indian Army via the Short Service Commission (SSC). Captain Deeksha was a member of the National Cadet Corps (NCC), and after being promoted, she continued her training for the MOBC at the Army Medical Corps Center in Lucknow. The Indian Army’s Medical Corps officers must complete the MOBC as a prerequisite. After…

On Monday, Hero MotoCorp announced a collaboration agreement with US-based Zero Motorcycles to develop luxury electric bikes. The relationship combines Zero’s experience in designing powertrains and electric bikes with Hero MotoCorp’s size of production, procurement, and marketing, according to the country’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer. Hero MotoCorp’s board of directors authorized a $60 million equity investment in Zero Motorcycles, a prominent leader in electric bikes and powertrains, in September 2022. Pawan Munjal, Chairman and CEO of Hero MotoCorp, said that the collaboration with Zero Motorcycles marks an important step in the mission to usher in an age of sustainable clean mobility technologies. He added that the team is excited to accelerate the transition…

The Coimbatore-based start-up company “Vilvah” creates skincare products that are made entirely of natural materials. The brand has been trending on social media lately. However, the road to creating such a brand was a passionate one. Kruthika Kumaran, founder of Vilvah, has witnessed her mother’s battle with severe skin conditions since childhood. She says that her mother is the reason she set out to create her own natural soap. As an initial step, she enrolled herself in a natural cosmetology course to understand the making of such products. starting with goat milk-based soap. Today, Vilvah offers a range of products, including soaps, hair…

Ruhani Verma, an Amritsar native, has constructed what she claims is India’s first carbon-negative public toilet out of 100% recycled or recyclable material using four lakh bags of single-use plastic. MP Gurjeet Aujla and airport director V K Seth inaugurated ‘Toilet 01,’ dubbed Swachh-Alyaa, at the Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport in Amritsar. The 18-year-old, who plans to study sustainable architecture in the future, said that the central idea of this project is sustainability and that she aimed to build India’s first structure using environmentally friendly bricks. Around 30% of the brick used to construct the toilet is made of single-use plastic, while the…

In connection with the development of the product suite ‘cerviSCAN’ for efficient cervical cancer screening, the Centre for Advanced Computing Development (C-DAC) inked a ToT agreement with Sertal Electronics Pvt. Ltd.  C-DAC has developed it and it has been verified in numerous facilities across the Country, screening over 10,000 women. The Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Alkesh Kumar Sharma, remarked during the event that the Government’s objective is to make India a global leader in Artificial Intelligence. According to him, the Government is aiming to provide high-quality connection as well as low-cost mobile phones, laptop computers, and data…

According to new research by Tracxn, the technology-led market intelligence platform, Indian startups raised $3 billion in Q3 2022 (July-September), a 57% decrease from the previous quarter. According to the ‘Tracxn Geo Quarterly Report: India Tech Q3 2022,’ financing in Q3 2022 totaled $3 billion, a 57% decrease from Q2 2022 and an 80% decrease from the peak funding of $14.9 billion in the same quarter previous year. According to the research, the average ticket size has decreased throughout all financing phases, with the late stage experiencing the largest loss of more than 70%, from $142 million in Q3 of 2021 to $42 million in…

An amazing effort in promoting Aatmanirbhar Bharat has been done by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The government has constructed a 200-meter-long Bamboo Crash Barrier on Maharashtra’s Vani-Warora Highway. ‘Bahu Balli’ is the name given to this Bamboo Crash Barrier. The route links the state’s districts of Chandrapur and Yavatmal. In a tweet, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that the construction of the world’s first 200-meter-long Bamboo Crash Barrier, which has been built on the Vani-Warora Highway, was an exceptional success towards reaching Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Minister Nitin Gadkari, took to Twitter on March…

MG Motor India today announced the name of its upcoming electric car, Comet.The MG Comet EV is anticipated to cost between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 15 lakh in India (ex-showroom). The business currently offers the ZS EV for sale in India for between Rs 22.98 lakh and Rs 27 lakh (ex-showroom). The MG ZS EV competes with vehicles like the BYD Atto 3 and the Hyundai Kona Electric. The MG Comet EV resembles the rebadged Wuling Air EV, which is offered in the Indonesian market, in terms of appearance. Sources claim that the MG Comet EV may be equipped…

NASSCOM expands its Launchpad programme in Canada to assist growth of Indian IT start-ups. NASSCOM, the trade group for the Indian technology industry, has announced the extension of its Launchpad programme in Canada through a partnership with Invest Alberta. It is present in the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, as well as the city of Brampton. According to the business, this initiative is part of NASSCOM’s continuing strategic collaboration with the Canadian government, which aims to encourage partnerships between the Indian and Canadian technology ecosystems and boost technology-based foreign direct investment between the two countries. Rent-free office space…