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IIT student death: panel begins probe, aid for kin approved

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IIT student death: panel begins probe, aid for kin approved

IIT Delhi on Saturday said the external inquiry committee formed to investigate the death of a 31-year-old MSc student has begun its probe and an external ombudsperson will be appointed next week. The statement comes a day after IIT Director Rangan Banerjee threatened to take disciplinary action against protesters for “disrupting the peaceful functioning of…

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JNUSU stages protest outside IIT Delhi over MSc student’s death

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JNUSU stages protest outside IIT Delhi over MSc student’s death

The protesting students blamed “institutional apathy”, saying this was the second student death at IIT Delhi this year. They urged the institute to address what they described as “a far longer pattern of student deaths that it has failed to confront”. | Photo Credit: PTI The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) on Sunday organised…

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IIT Researchers Discover How Animals Find Their Way Home, Using Robots

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IIT Researchers Discover How Animals Find Their Way Home, Using Robots

Apart from physical experiments IIT also ran computer simulations mimicking movements of animals (File) Mumbai: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have uncovered how animals find their way back home without getting lost or being late by using a robot that mimics their movements. This robot is designed to move on…

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IIT-Delhi researchers achieve secure quantum communication for 380 km in standard telecom fiber

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IIT-Delhi researchers achieve secure quantum communication for 380 km in standard telecom fiber

Bhaskar Kanseri, lead researcher and associate professor at IIT-Delhi. Credit: Department of Science & Technology  IIT-Delhi researchers have achieved an experimental breakthrough on secure quantum communication up to a distance of 380 kilometres in standard telecom fiber with a very low error rate that can be helpful in securing financial transactions and secret codes. This…

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Morning Digest | African Union to join G-20 as Sherpas reach a deal; Delhi may turn venue for dialogue on reviving the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and more

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Morning Digest | African Union to join G-20 as Sherpas reach a deal; Delhi may turn venue for dialogue on reviving the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and more

African Union to join G-20, as Sherpas reach a deal The African Union (AU) is set to join the G-20 as negotiators agreed on clearing its membership, according to sources privy to the discussions at the Sherpa meeting at a resort on the outskirts of Delhi. This will mean the 55-member AU will join the…

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