IIT Guwahati team designs new affordable electricity-free cooling system

IIT Guwahati team designs new affordable electricity-free cooling system

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have designed an affordable and efficient 'passive' radiative cooling system that does not require electricity to operate and can provide an alternative to the conventional air-conditioners, the institute said on Monday. Jul 4, 2022
Cryptocurrencies

Stablecoins not stable, have 'no role' as money; warns top banker [details]

As cryptocurrencies get hammered in the economic meltdown, stablecoins -- whose value is pegged to another asset like a fiat currency or a commodity -- are also bad investments and are ill-suited as a form of money, Siddharth Tiwari, the Asia-Pacific head of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), has said. Jun 28, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi

PM to launch national portal for credit linked Govt schemes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 'Iconic Week Celebrations' of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs at Vigyan Bhawan here on June 6 (Monday), and launch the national portal for credit linked government schemes - Jan Samarth Portal. Jun 5, 2022
Angel investor slams ex-Twitter India head of bullying at his startup

Angel investor slams ex-Twitter India head of bullying at his startup

As former Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari quit Invact Metaversity -- an online platform for education and Web3.0 and Metaverse -- in just six months of its birth, skeletons have started tumbling out after one of the angel investors accused Maheshwari of "lying and bullying". May 28, 2022