IIT Kanpur promoting industry-academia collaboration
Virendra Singh Rawat To promote industry-academia collaboration, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has unveiled the state-of-the-art phase I building of its Research and Technology Park known as Technopark@IITK.…
IIT Kanpur, NATRAX collaborate to mitigate vehicular emission
Virendra Singh Rawat The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur & National Automotive test tracks (NATRAX) have collaborated to mitigate and tackle vehicular emission. They signed a memorandum of understanding…
Tesla cuts price of full self-driving software to $8,000
Virendra Singh Rawat E-vehicle major Tesla has cut the price of its full self-driving (FSD) driver assistant software by a third from US$12,000 to $8,000 in the US market. Tesla…
UP to tap water bodies as solar farms for energy
Virendra Singh Rawat To boost its renewable energy portfolio, Uttar Pradesh is looking to tap water bodies as solar farms to generate almost 11,000 megawatt (mw) of green energy. The…
BJP seeking early gains in UP Jatland, sugarcane belt
Virendra Singh Rawat With the multi-phase 2024 Lok Sabha polling beginning on April 19, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking to book early gains in eight Uttar Pradesh…
UP to boost hotel inventory for tourism growth
Virendra Singh Rawat Uttar Pradesh, which is striving to leverage its tourism potential to the maximum, is looking to increase accommodation rooms by 80,000 to meeting the growing demand from…
IIM Lucknow, RBI discuss ‘climate finance’
Virendra Singh Rawat With climate change and global warming being hotly discussed and debated at global political and economic forums, two prominent Indian institutions viz. Indian Institute of Management (IIM),…
UP election haul tops Rs 150 crore in cash, narcotics
Virendra Singh Rawat In the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the election haul in Uttar Pradesh has logged Rs 150 crore in unaccounted cash/precious metals, narcotics and…
UP to build 4,000-hectare ‘tent city’ for Mahakumbh 2025
Virendra Singh Rawat A mammoth 4,000-hectare ‘tent city’, plausibly the world’s largest, is on the anvil in Uttar Pradesh to host the world’s largest congregation of an estimated 400 million…
QS ranks IIT Kanpur for Data Science & AI
Virendra Singh Rawat In the 2024 QS World University Rankings, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has solidified its position in Indian higher education across diverse disciplines. Moreover, IIT…