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Delhi’s posh colonies show how to privatise public space – one footpath at a time

Guard booths outside houses are common in upscale neighbourhoods. They are encroachments, really. But unlike other areas, where these booths are made of wood with rolling tyres, in Jor Bagh, they are permanent concrete structures.

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4 years, 170 collapses, 202 deaths: What’s ailing India’s bridges?

On a scorching June afternoon in Bihar, a tractor laden with maize approached what seemed like a sturdy three-span bridge in Saharsa district. Within moments, the structure crumbled beneath the vehicle’s weight. Just weeks later, 1,200 kilometres away in Gujarat, the Mujpur-Gambhira bridge in Vadodara claimed 20 lives when it…

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Delhi: IIT Launches Three Industry-Centric Certificate Programmes

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) has launched three new certificate programs through its Continuing Education Programme. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SO2 emissions: Missed deadlines for govt, but not a problem for NITI?

When thermal power plants burn coal to generate electricity, sulphur mixes with oxygen to release sulphur dioxide – or SO2 – in the air. In 2019, India became the largest emitter of this toxic gas.

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The challenges of renewable energy

Large-scale renewable energy development can avoid reproducing the injustices of past large-scale infrastructure projects, while being sensitive to developmental objectives

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IIT Delhi announces online six month course in machine learning

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) has announced the start of admissions for the third batch of its Certificate Programme in Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) with the aim of equipping professionals with the required skills and knowledge to excel in the fields of ML/DL. Read…

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Centre to rope in ISRO to provide Internet in 80 remote tribal villages

Ministry of Tribal Affairs partners with ISRO to bring Internet services to 80 tribal villages, focusing on empowerment and development.

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IIITDM-Kancheepuram hosts programming contest

IIITDM-K hosted the international programming contest in Chennai, with IIT-Madras emerging as winners and teams from SSN College of Engineering and IIT Delhi securing second and third places.

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IIT Delhi team makes first hi-res landslide risk map for India

An IIT Delhi team has created India's first national landslide susceptibility map in high resolution, using both ground-level data and ensemble machine-learning models, to identify areas where a landslide risk has thus far not been recognised.

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Poker and Rummy are games of skill, concludes IIT-Delhi study

Tapan K. Gandhi, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Cadence Chair Professor of AI and Automation, IIT Delhi, and his team conducted an extensive study. Prof. Gandhi said, “Amidst ongoing conversations around online gaming and biased perception terming it as a taboo owing to preconceived notions, the exhaustive…

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IIT Delhi drops one set of mid-semester exams to reduce student stress, says Director Rangan Banerjee

IIT Delhi revamps evaluation system, drops mid-semester exams to reduce student stress. Institute Director Banerjee says decision based on feedback from students and faculty. 39 out of 98 student suicides in top higher educational institutions in India from 2018-2023 at IITs.

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India, U.S. can deploy ships together in the Pacific and Indian oceans: Ambassador Eric Garcetti

Speaking at IIT Delhi, U.S. Ambassador Eric Garcetti said in the interests of safeguarding peace, prosperity and sovereign borders India and the United States can join hands to resist the “might makes right mentality” in international affairs.

The Hindu

PhD Student Dies In Suspected Hit-And-Run Near IIT Delhi

In a likely hit-and-run case, a PhD student died after being hit by a speeding car while crossing the road along with his friend near IIT Delhi gate on Tuesday night, confirmed the Delhi Police. Read on for details:

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Rear guard action: on car accident-related deaths

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Parliament proceedings | IIT-Delhi exploring possibility of its campus in UAE: Govt.

The Centre has requested the IIT-Delhi to explore the possibility of establishing a campus in the UAE

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Data | Hundreds of eligible SC/ST/OBC applicants, zero admissions: Disparity in PhD intake at IITs

In Tirupati, Mandi, Bhilai and Goa, no ST student was admitted despite applications crossing hundreds in some cases. A similar trend was observed in Bhilai among SC students

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QS Ranking | IISc Bengaluru fastest rising South Asian university, two IITs in top 200

Delhi University, JNU and Jamia go down

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Centre forms 3-member panel to investigate Ramban tunnel collapse

Professor J.T. Sahu of IIT Delhi will be the chairman of the committee; will submit report in 10 days

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Binance Forges NFT Tie-Up With Indian Government's Top Tech Institute Amid Crypto Regulatory Clampdown

Amid the regulatory hammer on digital assets like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), Dogecoin (CRYPTO:

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Rajya Sabha polls | Harbhajan Singh, Raghav Chadha among five AAP candidates

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has nominated former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, Lovely Professional University founder Ashok Mittal, AAP MLA Raghav Chadha, IIT Delhi faculty Sandeep Pathak and industrialist Sanjeev Arora for the March 31 Rajya Sabha polls.

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Burning question: Is Delhi losing the battle against air pollution?

IIT Delhi has found that this year stubble burning has started earlier than previous years and that Punjab is a bigger culprit in this matter than Haryana.

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