​4 AI startups building solutions for India’s unique healthcare challenges

India’s healthcare AI market is booming, set to hit $1.6 billion with 40.6% CAGR by 2026. The real magic is already happening in the industry, where startups aren’t merely building solutions where algorithms dwell in vacuums. There’re building technologies that are making a tangible difference in a country with diverse, and immense challenges, but in a space with even greater potential.  While there is always topline conversations about AI driving market growth in healthcare and billion-dollar valuations, very few startups are actually digging deep into how AI can tackle the…

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IIT Kanpur, MoHUA Incubate 32 Startups to Tackle Urban Waste

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, has launched the second cohort of 32 clean-tech startups under the Swachh Bharat Mission. The initiative aims to accelerate innovation in waste management, circular economy, sanitation, and sustainable urban solutions.   The selected startups will receive technical mentorship, laboratory access, funding support, and pilot opportunities across urban local bodies. The cohort is part of the Centre for Garbage Free Cities, established to empower early-stage entrepreneurs working on high-impact clean-tech solutions. With this…

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Scientists Discover Ancient Bamboo Stem with Mysterious Marks in Imphal Valley

Among the silt-rich deposits of the Chirang River in Manipur’s Imphal Valley researchers examining fossil plant remains have found an astonishingly intact bamboo stem, carrying the ghostly marks of long-vanished thorns. This earliest thorny bamboo fossil from Asia could rewrite a chapter of the continent’s botanical history. Bamboo fossils are extremely rare because their hollow stems and fibrous tissues decay rapidly, leaving little trace in the geological record. Scientists usually understood bamboo defences mainly by comparing modern species with their habitats.   Scientists from Birbal Sahni institution of Palaeosciences (BSIP),…

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