News Digest 15 Sep 2014
Solar desalination for Indian villages
Ahmedabad
Mirror | 10 Sep 2014
A new initiative could create off-the-grid solar-powered desalination
plants that could provide palatable drinking water to rural Indian communities
with salty groundwater. A round the world, there is more salty groundwater than
fresh, drinkable groundwater. For example, 60 per cent of India is underlain by
salty water and much of that area is not served by an electric grid that
could run conventional reverseosmosis desalination plants. Read
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MOM OF ALL MISSIONS : India's Mars Orbiter Mission Spacecraft
Is All Set To Reach The Red Planet's orbit on September 24
The Times of
India | 15 Sep 2014
Sleepless Indian space scientists on Sunday began the process of
`waking up' the engine of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft for a
four-second test on September 21. Three days later, it will be put to its
ultimate test -firing for 24 minutes to slow down the MOM and inject it into
the Martial orbit. Should they pull it off, India will be the first country to
do so on debut. Read
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Five Gujarat varsities receive Rs 100cr
grant : Each Univ Gets `20cr Under RUSA Scheme
The Times of
India | 15 Sep 2014
Five universities of Gujarat including MS University have received Rs
100-crore grant under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Siksha Abhiyan (RUSA) funds. RUSA
is a national scheme of higher education development which was launched by the
ministry of human resource development of Government of India in 2013 to
promote infrastructure development in state universities. Read
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Smriti, 39 univ VCs to draw new vision on
higher edu
The Times of
India | 15 Sep 2014
HRD minister Smriti Z Irani will be in a retreat with vice-chancellors
of 39 central universities in Chandigarh for two days, September 12-13, to
discuss ministry's new vision on higher education, take stock of their function
and prepare the road ahead. Irani already had similar interactions with
directors of IITs and IIMs.The minister is likely to stress on greater synergy
between higher and school education. Read
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Today, an electrician earns as much as an engineer
In a country
where engineering degrees are chased by many an aspirant, salary statistics
thrown up by a leading staffing solutions company come as an eye-opener. Read
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Check it out! : Overseas Education
Ahmedabad Mirror | 15 Sep 2014
This offers very exciting options to the students who wish to have
different experiences, explore different places and make good use of the quality
options available in the world. Moreover, studying abroad introduces the
students to different cultures and teach the values of shared living. At
present, USA, UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and few others are becoming
sought-after overseas study choices for their good colleges, studentfriendly
living and work-cum-study opportunities. Read
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The WORLD'S YOUR stage
Academicians feel that the foremost reason for ever increasing number
of students opting for foreign universities is the holistic growth that these
universities offer. Here's a quick peek at the advantages of studying abroad. Read
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GIFT OF 100 SMART CITIES BEGINS HERE
Ahmedabad Mirror | 11 Sep 2014
The 100 smart cities across nation will be modelled on GIFT City
Modi's pet project; Centre to monitor project that will have well-planned,
eco-friendly, totally wired urban spaces. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision
for a hundred smart cities in the country will have its beginning in Gujarat,
with GIFT City s h o w i n g t h e w a y. G u j a r a t International Finance
Tec-City Ltd (GIFTL), one of Modi’s pet projects when he was the chief minister
of Gujarat, has now become a model for the upcoming smart cities project in
India. The Centre recently took up GIFT City project as a benchmark to develop
100 smart cities in the country. ? Read
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Fee committee asks engg, pharma colleges to
cut fee
Ahmedabad Mirror | 11 Sep 2014
Nearly a quarter of the degree colleges may have to slash fee by up
to 20 per cent. As Fee Regulatory Committee was to revise fee for colleges
offering professional courses this year, many colleges demanded significant fee
hike – up to 30 per cent beginning this academic year. However, a systematic
analysis of the financial statements and facilities provided by the colleges,
FRC is said to have advised nearly a fourth of such colleges to slash their
fees. Read
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ESA launches €1bn project to create next
generation metals
Lighter vehicles, stronger nuclear reactors and more compatible
medical implants are among the goals of a new billion-euro European Space
Agency metals project. The seven-year international research and development
programme known as Metallurgy Europe aims to develop new types of metals and
manufacturing techniques and create at least 100,000 jobs by involving hundreds
of research organisation and companies across the continent. Read
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Soft-bodied robot can walk through fire
US researchers have built a crawling soft-bodied robot that can
operate without a tether and survive fire, snow and being run over by a car. The
cross-shaped quadruped robot built by engineers at Harvard University uses
chambers of compressed air to move along the ground, carrying its control
system and power supply on its back. Read
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New micro PC for M2M communication
With its new M-5360-A, the distributor Acceed presents module PC in
credit card format. High processor power, a large on-board memory as well as a
large number of interfaces allow the use of demanding multimedia and
machine-to-machine applications. Read
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New modular inert gas systems
LNG and LPG carrier tanks hold both a source of income and a potential
source of danger. To avert the danger, inert gas systems (IGS) have been
required on all new tankers over 20,000dwt since 1978 — a move that has surely
saved untold lives. Yet with increasing demand, tighter delivery schedules, the
constant need to optimise onboard footprints and numerous other factors, Alfa
Laval believes IGS should go beyond fire safety to protect against other
disasters that chisel away at the potential income for both shipyards and ship
owners. Read
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