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India is world's third largest producer of scientific articles, China leads

India has emerged as the world's third largest publisher of science and engineering articles, according to a latest US report. China, which accounts for 20.67 per cent of all global publications in scientific articles, is at the top position, followed by the US at 16.54 per cent, as per the statistics compiled by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). The data, which was released on Tuesday, stated that in 2008, India published 48,998 science and engineering articles. This increased to 1,35,788 articles in 2018 and the country now accounts for 5.31 per cent of the total world publications in science and engineering. In China, the number of global scientific publications increased from 2,49,049 in 2008 to 5,28,263 in 2018, in a growth rate of 7.81 per cent per annum. The US, the total global publications in science and engineering articles grew at a rate of 0.71 per cent from 3,93,979 in 2008 to 4,22,808 in 2018. Though a long way to go, as compared to the US and China in terms

Parliamentary panel wants regular recruitment, use of technology by Mospi

It asked the ministry to provide necessary resources to enable the Indian Statistical Institute to fulfil its mandate, particularly completion of its ongoing projects including academic programme

Kone to set up new technology centre in Pune at a cost of Rs 10 cr

Elevators and escalators manufacturer Kone on Saturday has set up a new technology centre in Pune at a cost of around Rs 10 crore. The company has taken 20,000 sq ft office space on lease in Pune to set up this centre. About 120 people will work from this facility. The operations in Pune will focus on enterprise monitoring, service management for IT Solutions and digital development competencies for smart people flow solutions. With stronger research, technological development and engineering collaboration in India, Kone India MD Amit Gossain said the company could serve the growing Indian market with even more innovative solutions. He said Kone India has recently launched the 24/7 IoT connected elevators and escalators service technology in India to ensure less equipment downtime and fewer faults. "In collaboration with the recognised leader in cognitive computing, IBM Watson, this is yet another breakthrough innovation that will result in fewer faults, faster repairs and real pe

The rebus of the skies

The fascination for the skies and what lies beyond has fathered an expansive stockpile of astronomical myths and legends and in India, also an elaborate astrological system

How an app that creates versions of faces kicked up a social media storm

With the FaceApp episode, as the afterthoughts show, our concerns do not match our understanding of privacy issues

Science, technology and innovation keys to India's progress: PM Modi

He said a mechanism should be formed to document, replicate successful innovations at grassroots