Land acquisition approval revives Delhi's Urban Extension Road-II Project

DoSJE and WB Host Seminar on Rehabilitation of Vulnerable Groups

The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJE), Government of India, in collaboration with the World Bank, hosted a seminar Headlined ‘Hard to Reach Population – SMILE (Beggary)’ on twenty-fifth April 2025 in New Delhi.The event aimed to deliberate on strategies for rehabilitating beggars, the homeless, and the destitute. National and international experts participated, contributing to the ongoing dialogue on strengthening India's social protection systems.Chief Guest Shri Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), highlighted th..

CSIR-IMMT Signs Declarations with Russian Institutes for Mineral R&D

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), through its minerals research institute CSIR-IMMT, has signed two Joint Declarations of Intent with leading Russian institutions to enhance cooperation in critical mineral processing and sustainable resource development.Separate agreements were signed by Dr. Ramanuj Narayan, Director of CSIR-IMMT, with Dr. Andrei I. Golinei of JSC Giredmet, part of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, and Dr. Michael R. Filonov of the National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Moscow. The collaboration is coordinated by Dr. Ka..

Breakthrough Enables Engineering of Materials for Quantum Tech

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, have developed a method to control phonon properties by adjusting twist angles between layers of two-dimensional (2D) materials. This breakthrough could pave the way for engineering materials vital for photonic, quantum and electronic applications.Phonons are energy waves travelling through a crystal lattice when atoms vibrate, much like ripples forming in a pond. Their properties are crucial for developing optoelectronics and tunable photonic devices. Controlling these properties has been a major research focus.The study, publi..