Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

मंगल आया पहुंच में : महिला का परिप्रेक्ष्य

प्रसिद्ध लेखक एचजी वेल्स का दि वॉर ऑफ दि वर्ल्डस लेख 1897 में ब्रिटेन की पीअर्सन पत्रिका और अमेरिका के कॉस्मोपोलिटन में धारावाहिक प्रकाशित हुआ था। यह मंगल ग्रह (मॉर्स) के आक्रांताओं और हमारे बीच एक असमान युद्ध की परिकल्पना पर एक उत्कृष्ट विज्ञान...

March 9, 2021 Hindi, दृढ़ता, नंदिनी हरिनाथ, नासा, मंगल, मंगलयान, रितु करिदल, Commentary, Technological and Scientific Studies

Mangal Within Reach: A Woman’s Perspective

Vandana M Kumar

In 1897, The War of the Worlds by HG Wells was published in instalments in the Pearson’s magazine in the UK and the Cosmopolitan in the US. It is a classic of the science fiction genre, about an unequal clash between us and invaders from...

March 5, 2021 Mangalyaan, Mars, Nandini Harinath, NASA, Perseverance, Ritu Karidhal, Commentary, Technological and Scientific Studies

Fifth Generation (5G) Cellular Communication: Technology and Geopolitics

Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)

What Makes 5G Wireless Communication So Different?

The steady growth from first to fourth generation mobile communication was smooth, rapid and vastly beneficial to the Information, and Communication Technology (ICT) related industries....

January 7, 2021 5G, Article, China, COVID-19, India, IOT, Samsung, Taiwan, Technological and Scientific Studies

COVID-19 has not Affected the EV Push in India

Aayush Mohanty

The lockdown period to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in India saw pollution levels dropping to the lowest levels since 2018. No economic activity from March 15-April 30 led to a reduction of 15 per cent in Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) levels compared...

January 2, 2021 Battery, Climate Change, EV, FAME, India, Manufacturing, Policy, Commentary, Energy Security, Technological and Scientific Studies

Designing a Foundation for Indian Innovative Ecosystem

Praveen Menon

Back in 2016, Elon Musk the billionaire Tesla & SpaceX CEO announced that Tesla’s Model 3 would be built in a new fully automated factory. In the most ambitious attempt at automation, Tesla floundered with severe bottlenecks and was plagued...

August 28, 2020 AI, Article, Economics, Ecosystem, Education System, Higher Education, IIM, IIT, innovation, Innovator, Invention, Manufacturing, New Education Policy, Research, Science, Science & Technology, Scientist, Tech companies, Technological progress, Technological and Scientific Studies, Media Studies

Hydroxychloroquine: Pandemic, Parasites and Politics

Radhika Daga

In this six month long mercurial quest for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, winners are far from declared. Among the various antiviral treatments tested or deployed to inhibit the viral growth, hydroxychloroquine has had an...

June 22, 2020 artificial intelligence, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Hydroxychloroquine, ICMR, Science, Vaccines, Commentary, Technological and Scientific Studies

How to Transform Indian Agriculture During COVID-19 Lockdown?

Dhirendra Singh

Dr Suhas P. Wani

Why Indian Agriculture/ “Annadata” Needs Support, in Measured Terms Bailout Package?

The Corona virus (COVID-19) endemic across the globe has caused substantial human and economic losses and disrupted food system value chain^1...

June 1, 2020 agriculture, Annadata, Article, COVID-19, FPOs, Kharif crop, mechanization, MNREGA, PMKISAN, Rabi crop, technology, water management, Technological and Scientific Studies

COVID-19: Visible Arrows, but Still in the Quiver

Radhika Daga

The pandemic outbreak has caught almost the entire global population on the hop. The rare retreat from the regular has sent the world in a tizzy. However, while this indefinite hiatus has put a halt on the “natural” course of actions, the...

May 28, 2020 Article, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gene-Engineering, Microbiology, Vaccines, Technological and Scientific Studies

The Dichotomy of Economic Imperative and Security Dilemma: The Chinese Telecom Companies in India

Rup Narayan Das

The outbreak and spread of Covid-19 and Chinese government’s failure to share its timely information to the outside world have raised question mark about the transparency of the communist regime there. Concomitantly, it has also raised the...

April 29, 2020 Article, Australia, Huawei, India, National Security Council, security threats, smartphones, USA, ZTE, Technological and Scientific Studies, Economic Studies

Experiments & Applications: S&T in Coronavirus Pandemic

Radhika Daga

Throughout the history of pandemics, technology has played its role in many ways in proliferating infectious diseases to a wider area. However, it’s the same science and technology (S&T) research and innovations that also provide a way out of...

April 25, 2020 Antibody Test, Article, artificial intelligence, Biotechnology, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Epidemiology, Telemedicine, Technological and Scientific Studies