Nano-technology

Chouhan writes to CMs on tagging nanofertilisers, crackdown on fakes

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to state CMs to end the forced tagging of nano-fertilisers with conventional products and take action against counterfeit fertilisers

Nanotech startup Vimano raises Rs 25 cr in seed round led by Ankur Capital

Vimano's membranes can reshape how energy is stored across multiple formats, with green hydrogen alone projected to grow nearly 10-times to over $60 bn by 2030, according to the investor Ankur Capital

TMS Ep536: Sports performance, Byju's media gag, hotel stocks, quantum dots

What's behind India's best ever Asian Games showing? Are policies like Byju's media gag enforceable? Will World Cup serve more gains for hotel, restaurant stocks? What are quantum dots? Answers here

Use of nano-urea, DAP game-changers? Manufacturers in 'wait-and-watch' mode

The government claims the use of nano urea and DAP can be game-changers, but many private fertiliser manufacturers remain in wait-and-watch mode

Boosting productivity

Nano-fertilisers will improve efficiency

Foundation stone for IFFCO's nano area plant to be laid in Bengaluru today

IFFCO said it has planned to set up another eight plants across the country with a capacity of 34 crore bottles (500 ml) per annum

IBM unveils world's first 2-nanometer chip technology for faster computing

The technology could be as much as 45% faster than the mainstream 7-nanometer chips in many of today's laptops and phones and up to 75% more power efficient, says IBM

Nano-technology will soon make GM obsolete: M S Swaminathan

It was 'very important' that the loans of farmers across the country be waived, says M S Swaminathan