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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - August 2022

Aug 2022

Mar 12, 2025

NASA's SPHEREx Telescope

A NASA telescope was launched into space from California for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and to scour the Milky Way Galaxy for hidden reservoirs of water, a key ingredient for life.
The U.S. space agency's megaphone-shaped SPHEREx, short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionisation and Ices Explorer, was carried aloft by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
During its planned two-year mission, the observatory will collect data on more than 450 million galaxies, as well as more than 100 million stars in the Milky Way. It will create a three-dimensional map of the cosmos in 102 colours - individual wavelengths of light - and will study the history and evolution of galaxies.

Mar 11, 2025

Assam Government to Launch Its Own Satellite 'ASSAMSAT'

In a landmark move, the Assam state government has announced plans to launch its own satellite, ASSAMSAT, to bolster data access for crucial socio-economic initiatives and enhance border security. This announcement was made by Assam Finance Minister Ajanta Neog while presenting the state budget for the financial year 2025-26. The satellite is envisioned to provide dedicated services for agriculture, disaster management, infrastructure development, and security operations. This initiative marks a historic milestone, as Assam becomes the first Indian state to launch its own satellite.
The ASSAMSAT satellite will be developed in collaboration with IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Center) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). The initiative is part of the BJP-led coalition government's vision to strengthen technological capabilities and enhance governance through satellite-based surveillance and monitoring systems.

Mar 07, 2025

IT Minister Launches AI Portal, Dataset Platform

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the IndiaAI compute portal and dataset platform AIKosha, among a slew of other initiatives under the IndiaAI Mission, aimed at improving access to AI and fostering innovation.
The portal provides access to compute more than 18,000 GPUs, cloud storage and other AI services to students, start-ups, researchers, and government departments. The platform aims to streamline access to high-quality non-personal datasets for AI innovation.

Mar 06, 2025

India Leads in GenAI Adoption with 1.3 Million Enrollments, but Women Lag at 29.6%

India emerged as a global leader in Generative AI (GenAI) adoption, recording 1.3 million AI enrollments in 2024 — the highest of any country worldwide. However, a new report by Coursera (an online learning platform) 'Closing the Gender Gap in GenAI Skills' playbook revealed that women remain significantly underrepresented in this fast-growing field. While India ranked second globally in GenAI enrollments among women learners, they accounted for just 29.6 per cent of total GenAI enrollments in the country, despite making up 40 per cent of all learners on the platform. Globally, women hold a slightly higher share, at 32 per cent of total GenAI enrollments.
Coursera's Closing the Gender Gap in GenAI Skills playbook explores strategies to bridge this disparity and empower more women to participate in AI's transformative growth. The report highlighted a critical need for targeted interventions to ensure equitable access to AI opportunities, as well as to encourage more women to take leadership roles in the field.

Mar 05, 2025

China Unveils New Quantum Supercomputer

Zuchongzhi-3, a superconducting quantum computer prototype with 105 readable qubits and 182 couplers was unveiled by Chinese scientists who claim it processes quantum random circuit sampling (RCS) tasks at a speed quadrillion times faster than the world's most powerful supercomputer and 1 million times faster than Google's Sycamore.

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