BRICS S&T News

The Hindu, 1 December 2017
This Sunday is your chance to get up close with the moon. On December 3, you can see the first and last supermoon of the year. A supermoon is the popular term (not an astronomical one) for a full or new moon that is close to the Earth. Read more...
Firstpost, 29 November 2017
Ivanka Trump, the daughter and advisor of US President, Donald Trump had a day busy today at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit – a three day affair, at Hyderabad. Read more...
The Washington Post, 28 November 2017
The friendly words exchanged between Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping this month softened the edge of a Chinese economic and military buildup that a recent study commissioned by the Pentagon described as “perhaps the most ambitious grand strategy undertake Read more...
BBC News, 28 November 2017
The Indus society came to prominence in what is now northwest India and Pakistan some 5,300 years ago thanks in large part to the sustenance of a long-lost Himalayan river. Read more...
Ministry of External Affairs, 27 November 2017
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, H.E. Mr. Anders Samuelsen is visiting India from 26-30 November 2017. He is accompanied by senior officials of his Ministry. Read more...
Ministry of external Affairs, 24 November 2017
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, H.E. Mr. Timo Soini is visiting India from 22-25 November 2017. He is accompanied by senior officials of his Ministry. Read more...
The Hindu, 23 November 2017
A Bill pending before the Parliament is to encourage both the public and private sectors to participate in the space programme. Read more...
Fortune, 21 November 2017
A dogfight in the world of drones was about to begin. It was November 2016, and Da-Jiang Innovations Science and Technology, better known as DJI, was preparing to launch its killer new product: the Mavic Pro. Read more...
The New York Times, 21 November 2017
When Tran Viet Hung was a soldier patrolling these forested hills in southern Vietnam six years ago, he came down with a fever and chills. He tested positive for malaria and spent a few days recovering in a government clinic. Read more...
The Pioneer, 19 November 2017
More than $1 billion worth technology transfer and investment projects were initiated between Indian and Chinese companies at the end of the second India-China Technology Transfer, Collaborative Innovation and Investment Conference. Read more...
The Times of India, 18 November 2017
She was imperious, she was shy; she was called a goongi gudiya but she became Ma Durga; she was the frail teenager who became India’s first political bahubal Read more...
The Hindu, 11 November 2017
You can tell it’s a Big Show. It’s not just the queue of well-dressed people snaking from the entrance of London’s Science Museum to the counters where they are checking the names on the invitation list; nor is it the buzz from the area in front of the st Read more...
Nature, 7 November 2017
A leading Indian science-advocacy group is urging the country’s researchers to speak out against pseudoscience, which it fears has gained a foothold in the past few years, partly through support from some agencies of the Indian government. Read more...
The Tribune, 31 October 2017
The Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) today celebrated its foundation day with a lecture on 'Indian Planetary Exploration Programme' by Dr Anil Bhardwaj, Director, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. Read more...
Times Now, 31 October 2017
India would launch its latest remote sensing satellite in Cartosat-2 series along with 28 foreign satellites riding piggy-back in December, a top space official said on Monday. Read more...
The Economic Times, 30 October 2017
India and Italy today inked six pacts to boost cooperation in key sectors, including energy and trade, after detailed talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni on ways to strengthen ties Read more...
The Jakarta Post, 29 October 2017
China and the European Union are planning further cooperation in the science and technology sector to sustain and nurture innovation. Read more...
NATO Press Release, 27 October 2017
For the first time, the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme is supporting a multi-year research project with Algeria. Read more...
The Economic Times, 26 October 2017
India is a "natural partner" of the US in the area of space and technology, an influential American lawmaker has said, underscoring the possibility of a "real strong partnership" between the two countries in the field. Read more...
The New Indian Express, 25 October 2017
President Ramnath Kovind, while speaking at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), said that the country should overcome problems of poverty, health and food and power deficiency by utilising science and technology. Read more...

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