ISW Desk

Stakeholders from a range of domains discussed the implications and the road ahead for the implementation of the recently released guidelines for acquiring and producing geo-spatial data and geospatial data services including maps at a…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the development, conduct and promotion of health research in India. Gates Foundation and…
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Minister of science & technology, earth sciences and health & family welfare; Dr. Harsh Vardhan has hailed the scientific contribution of the Institute of Life Science (ILS), Bhubaneshwar, an autonomous institute of Department of…
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati researchers have developed an advanced technique for rapid evaporation of droplets. It is a novel method of controlling the overall lifetime of droplet. The inferences drawn from this study…
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Securing the daily dose of potable water for drinking and cooking for every household can be a challenge in large parts of India. The source of water is often found at significant distances away from habitations, especially in rural areas.…
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In a big fillip to India’s space sector, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has opened up its facilities for private sector, for the very first time in its history. ISRO has permitted two satellites from the private sector and one…
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About 40 per cent of the world's population lives within 100 km of the coastline making it crucial to have a healthy marine ecosystem as these people are the direct beneficiaries of the marine food web.  Anthropogenic stressors such as…
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Agriculture and allied sectors contribute 17.8 percent of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The monsoon accounts for over 70 percent of country’s annual rainfall and has an enormous impact on Indian economy. The Ministry of Earth…
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The 40th International congress of the Indian National Cartographic Association (INCA) began at Kolkata today. The three-day meet organised by the National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO), of the Union Ministry of Science…
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Novel coronavirus took many lives globally but the number of deaths recorded was more in Europe and in the United States than in Asia countries particularly east Asia. A team of scientists from the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics…
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