Author: News Desk
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) creates a world recordThe Guinness World Records certified the recordSaid Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport & HighwaysHe tweeted the certificate issued by the Guinness World RecordsThe record is for constructing 75 km continuous Bituminous Concrete in Single LaneDone on the section of NH-53 between Amravati to AkolaThe construction began on June 3 at 7:27 am and was completed on June 7 at 5 pmAbout 800 personnel and 700 workers participated in the construction
Dogs are more effective at detecting Covid-19 infections through human sweat samples than the existing rapid antigen tests The study, published in the PLOS ONE, showed that dogs were 97 percent effective at detecting Covid infection compared to PCR tests The nasal antigen tests detected 84 percent of positive Covid infections The findings suggest a potentially less invasive and quicker Covid testing alternative The researchers examined five dogs trained to sniff out Covid-19 by examining both positive and negative tests to see if they could tell They found canines were 100 percent accurate in detecting positive Covid cases in asymptomatic…
India-Qatar Startup Bridge gives hope to Indian startup ecosystem Vice President Venkaiah Naidu inaugurates India-Qatar Startup Bridge at Qatar Business Forum The joint venture aims to connect the startup ecosystems of the two countries and help each other economically The forum will lead to new networking opportunities for trade and investment between the two countries It will be a platform for the exchange of new ideas and the creation of new partnerships Invest India and the Investment Promotion Agency in Qatar have reached an agreement on cooperation to promote two-way investment Qatar has invested $ 2 billion in Indian companies…
Elon Musk has threatened to walk away from his $44bn takeover of Twitter He is accusing the firm of refusing to give him information about its spam bot accounts Twitter was in a “clear material breach” of its obligations and that Musk reserves all rights to terminate the merger agreement Lawyers for the Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the threat in a letter to Twitter that the social platform included in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Sourav Ganguly, former Indian men’s cricket team captain and BCCI president, has joined hands with Classplus Classplus is a Noida-based edtech startup promoting thousands of educators and content creators Ganguly took social media to announce about his new venture, on the day he completes his 30 years in the Indian cricket The SaaS platform enables private coaching institutes to streamline their video distribution, payments, communication and online assessments through a single platform It was founded in 2018 by Bhaswat Agarwal, Bikash Dash, Chukul Rustagi, Nikhil Goel and Vatsal Rustagi
Kerala Startup Mission’s HealthTech Summit on June 24 at Le Meridien, Kochi The Summit is organized in collaboration with Caritas Hospital, Kottayam, Kerala IT and e-health KERALA Minister Health and Family Welfare, Government Of Kerala, Veena George, Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Rajan Khobragade and State Mission Director, State Digital Health Mission, Mohammad Y Safirullah will be present Startups will have the opportunity to showcase their products at the Summit, which will be attended by leading companies in the private healthcare sector Health tech Accelerator will be introduced for startups to build world-class products Panel discussions and hackathons will…
Mukesh Ambani has set his sights on the Indian government’s defence indigenisation efforts This is done through SankhyaSutra Labs It showcased a Made in India software that can be used to design aircraft at the AeroCon 2022 SankhyaSutra’s focus seems to be on making it easier and cheaper to simulate aircraft designs The company said it uses a combination of physics, mathematics and computer science for its designing tools
The Ministry for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has released proposed amendments to Part I and II of the IT Rules The proposed amendments include the setting up of a grievance appellate committee It will be established by the government and will directly report to government The government has also sought comments and recommendations from the public The last date for submission of comments is June 22, 2022
Kerala Startup Mission is organizing the Rural India Business Conclave in Kasaragod on June 11 and 12 The two-day Rural India Business Conclave 2.0 is organized in collaboration with the Central Plantation Crop Research Institute The theme of the summit will be ‘How to utilize technology for the growth of rural India’ The two-day summit will be addressed by 12 internationally acclaimed speakers Social Alpha, a Bangalore-based venture development incubator, will conduct pitching for five startups in Kerala The Rural-Agritech Hackathon has also been organized to promote innovative technological solutions that contribute to the agricultural growth of the country For…
Campers to capitalize on makeshift tents Campper, a startup engaged in outdoor travel segment has come up with makeshift tents Capitalizing on an increasing craze among youngsters to stay under closed canopies It has wardrobes and washrooms that can be easily dismantled after use When spread out, the tent lends 160 sq-ft space in less than five hours State Tourism Director Shri V. Krishna Teja inaugurated the facility conceived and brought out by Campper The May 22-28 event at Kalamassery thus introduced another product backed by latest developments in technology Reinforcing the organisers’ efforts to boost the state’s collaborative startup…