Yes-Tech
Finance Minister made a strong pitch for generating real-time assessments of likely yields for all essential crops.
- A new automated real-time yield estimation system for the wheat and rice crop.
Biohacking
Biohacking is becoming key to ‘Superhuman’ journey.
- A term used to describe various methods employed for enhancing the body’s ability to function at peak performance—and maybe even extend one’s lifespan.
- It can include lifestyle changes such as meditation, exercise; biologics; technology adoption such as electromagnetic stimulators, hyperbaric chambers, etc.
- Emerging areas of biohacking – reducing one’s age, enabling motor functions, genetic modifications and improving functioning of the brain etc.
Amrit Awards
Sangeet Natak Akademi announced special one-time awards, commemorating 75 years of India’s independence.
- Awards are national honours given by the government to performing artists, teachers and scholars in the field of performing arts.
- Sangeet Natak Akademi, apex body in the field of performing arts, was set up in 1953 for the preservation and promotion of intangible heritage of India’s diverse culture expressed in forms of music, dance and drama.
SPRINT Challenges’ initiative
2nd Edition of the Indian Navy’s Naval Innovation and Indigenisation (NIIO) Seminar – ‘Swavlamban 2023’ to be held as a part of the ‘SPRINT’ initiative.
- A collaborative initiative being undertaken in conjunction with the Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO).
- SPRINT stands for – Supporting Pole-Vaulting in R&D through Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), NIIO and Technology Development Acceleration Cell (TDAC)
- 75 challenges were presented to startups and MSMEs, aimed at fostering the use of indigenous technology within the Indian Navy.
- Also involve niche technologies: blue-green lasers for underwater applications, autonomous weaponized swarms etc.