Month: June 2025

Anna University has launched VR-enabled smart classrooms for mechanical and civil engineering courses. Students use VR headsets to inspect virtual models of complex systems like turbines, bridges, and CAD-rendered structures. Faculty integrate Unreal Engine simulations into labs. Surveys show a 45% increase in conceptual clarity compared to tradit…

Delhi Airport (T3) has introduced biometric facial recognition boarding for international departures. Passengers pass through seamless gates that verify boarding pass and biometric data in under 3 seconds. The system uses live facial verification without physical documents. First-month data shows an 80% reduction in boarding delays and improved st…

Odisha’s Forestry Department in partnership with international partners has initiated a mangrove restoration project aimed at issuing carbon credits. Planting over 2,000 hectares of mangrove forests along the Kendrapara coastline, the project will generate verified carbon offset credits by 2030. Local communities receive income through plantin…

Indian Railways has tested a prototype hydrogen fuel-cell locomotive on a 5‑km goods yard near Secunderabad. The engine, built locally with DRDO support, runs on a hydrogen-electric hybrid system with zero emissions. Load tests with a 1,200‑ton freight train showed stable performance. The railway ministry plans to retrofit similar engines acro…

Himachal Pradesh has unveiled a plan to construct climate‑adaptive greenhouses across apple and vegetable farms in Shimla, Solan, and Kinnaur. These greenhouses use smart cooling and heating systems driven by sensors measuring soil moisture and temperature. They reduce frost damage and extend growing seasons for high-value crops. A public-privat…

Punjab’s Agricultural University in Ludhiana has opened India’s first autonomous farming robot test field. The site hosts prototypes for weed extraction, soil analysis, and selective harvesting using AI and robotics. Four startups are currently piloting their machines, and the university plans to certify at least 20 models for statewide deploy…

Andhra Pradesh’s Agriculture Department has introduced an AI-enabled crop insurance platform. Farmers’ fields are geo-tagged and monitored via satellite and drone imagery. AI algorithms detect crop damage due to pests, waterlogging, or drought and trigger automatic claim processing. Over 150,000 farmers have registered before planting, and fie…

Gujarat has established India’s first 500 km Beyond‑Visual‑Line‑of‑Sight drone corridor between Ahmedabad and Vadodara airports. The corridor enables e-commerce and medical cargo drones to operate autonomously. Initial operators include logistics firms delivering medical samples and e-commerce parcels within 25 minutes. The governmen…

Kerala’s Energy Department has pilot‑tested a floating solar raft system on Lake Vembanad. The 200 kW installation uses modular, fish‑friendly pontoons to minimize ecological disruption. The generated energy powers lakeside communities and fisheries. A fish hatchery operated in parallel has seen improved oxygen levels due to reduced algal …

Mumbai Traffic Police and BMC have deployed AI-driven smart traffic signals at over 200 congested junctions. The system analyzes real-time CCTV feeds to adjust signal timings dynamically, prioritizing heavy traffic flows and emergency vehicles. Initial tests in Andheri and Dadar have reduced average wait times by 35%. The data integration platform…