IIT-Madras partners with LSU Health New Orleans to drive global health innovation | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has entered into a strategic partnership with LSU Health New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO), US, to accelerate research and technology-led solutions in global healthcare. The collaboration seeks to combine LSU Health’s strength in clinical and translational research with IIT Madras’s track record in engineering, informatics, and innovation.The agreement…

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IIT-Madras led study redefines the role of human activity in shaping clouds and climate | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: The pandemic lockdown of 2020 silenced traffic, stilled factories, and briefly cleared India’s skies. But what seemed like a pause in human activity became, for scientists, a once-in-a-lifetime laboratory. An international team led by IIT Madras has now turned that natural experiment into breakthrough insights that challenge long-held assumptions about how tiny airborne particles—known…

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Internal affairs: Why Delhi’s residential roads face a dead end; with MCD coffers empty, road revamps remain stuck | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: The state of internal roads in the city has received little attention over the years. With money tight and no specific budget head under which roads can be redeveloped, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi hasn’t been able to have the existing roads re-carpeted for a decade now. The funds allocated for the purpose…

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Educators back CBSE’s open-book exam, feel schools will have to lead | Pune News

Pune: Educators from the CBSE board in Pune have said that the introduction of Open-Book Assessments for Std IX from the 2026-27 academic year will lead to making examinations more relevant to real-world challenges. They said the decision will promote conceptual clarity, critical thinking, and application-based learning over rote memorisation. However, the success of the…

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‘Idiots don’t understand Idioms’: TMC’s Mahua Moitra slams BJP, police over ‘misinterpreted’ remarks on Amit Shah | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Sunday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), defending herself over her alleged “derogatory” comments against union home minister Amit Shah. “Idiots don’t understand idioms,” Moitra said, insisting that her remarks were purely idiomatic and had been deliberately twisted by the police. An FIR has…

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