Covid survives longer on glass, plastic than on cloth, paper: IIT Bombay study

The novel coronavirus may survive for far lesser time on porous surfaces such as paper and clothes than on impermeable surfaces like glass and plastic, a study by researchers from the Indian......

Big Tech Is Rushing To Train AI In Local Languages

Indian mobile and Web consumers speak in 30 languages and around 1,600 dialects. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Users of smart devices in India often find their artificial......

'Fear continues across Joshimath'

'Cracks continue to appear in more and more houses.''We believe the government is not going to tell us the truth.' IMAGE: A view of snow covered areas in Joshimath. Photograph: ANI Photo The......

Meet the Javadekars

'My wife has done everything... She has had to give up a lot,' HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar tells Sahil Makkar.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The story of the rise of Union Minister for......

Tamil Nadu bets big on India's first full-stack sovereign AI park

The sovereign AI park will be a first-of-its-kind, purpose-built district in India, integrating AI compute infrastructure, secure data frameworks, model research labs, and AI innovation clusters,......

'We need to convert research into start-ups'

'We need translational research for incubating companies.''You need industry to be co-located within research institutions.' India needs to invest a lot more money in science research and......

Will India Soon Hyperloop?

Will we see a Chennai-Bengaluru hyperloop? IMAGE: Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw inspects the demonstration of the Hyperloop......

In red-hot AI space, funds for Indian startups cooling down: Traxcn

Venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) funding for Indian startups in the artificial intelligence sector has seen a dramatic decrease with deal sizes shrinking, notwithstanding the buzz......