Year: 2025

Gyaneshwar Singh Takes Over as IICA Chief

Vijay Raman

Shri Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh, an accomplished officer of the Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service (IP&TAFS) from the 1992 batch, has been serving as the Director General and CEO of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). In this capacity, he also holds the position of CEO of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) and serves as a Government Nominee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) .    With over three decades of experience in finance, law, and governance, Shri Singh has held…

Read More

Rohde & Schwarz presents its advanced solutions for power electronics testing and characterization at PCIM Expo 2025

Vijay Raman

Rohde & Schwarz will showcase its latest solutions and advanced techniques for testing and analyzing power electronic systems and components at PCIM Expo 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany. At the company’s booth (hall 7, booth 166), the spotlight will be on solutions utilizing the company’s cutting-edge test instruments to address the challenges of debugging next generation wide bandgap semiconductors like GaN and SiC.  Caption: The R&S RT-ZISO isolated probing system takes center stage at PCIM Expo 2025.Rigorous testing and advanced characterization methods help design engineers enhance the performance, efficiency, and reliability…

Read More

Rohde & Schwarz pioneers the future of automotive Ethernet using Analog Devices’ 10BASE-T1S solutions

Vijay Raman

Rohde & Schwarz, a member of the industry body IEEE and OPEN Alliance, is accelerating the development of the new automotive Ethernet variant 10BASE-T1S by offering compliance and trigger & decode options. Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global semiconudctor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge, is one of the major providers of connectivity solutions in automotive. Rohde & Schwarz worked with ADI to use the R&S MXO 4 and 5 series oscilloscope with the R&S MXOx-K560 option to decode the 10BASE-T1S…

Read More

Scientists Discover Massive Plasma Wave Beneath Sun’s Surface

Vijay Raman

In a groundbreaking discovery, an international team of solar physicists has identified a giant tide of plasma deep beneath the Sun’s surface, potentially revolutionizing our understanding of the solar interior and its impact on space weather. The study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, reveals that these plasma flows occur in the near-surface shear layer (NSSL) — a turbulent zone extending about 35,000 kilometers below the Sun’s surface. The movement of these subsurface tides appearrs closely tied to the Sun’s 11-year magnetic activity cycle, which governs solar flares and sunspots. The collaborative effort included researchers from the Indian Institute…

Read More

Ghaziabad First in India to Issue Green Municipal Bonds for Water Projects

Vijay Raman

Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam (GNN) has made history by issuing India’s first certified Green Municipal Bond, raising ₹150 crore to fund a state-of-the-art Tertiary Sewage Treatment Plant (TSTP) in Indirapuram. This initiative, under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, aims to transform wastewater into a valuable resource for industrial use, promoting sustainable water management in the city.   The Green Municipal Bond was oversubscribed by more than four times, indicating strong investor confidence. The bond carries a competitive coupon rate of 8.10% and was developed under a Public-Private Hybrid Annuity Model (PPP-HAM), with…

Read More

Red crowned turtle returns to Ganga after 30 years

Vijay Raman

In a landmark achievement for India’s flagship river conservation initiative, the Namami Gange Mission, the critically endangered red-crowned roofed turtle (Batagur kachuga) has been successfully reintroduced into the Ganga River after a gap of over 30 years. On April 26, in a joint operation by the Namami Gange Mission, Uttar Pradesh Forest Department, and the India Turtle Conservation Program, 20 juvenile turtles—aged between two and three years—were released into two strategic locations along the river: Haiderpur Wetland and Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary. Each turtle was fitted with sonic transmitters to allow for real-time tracking of their movement and adaptation in the wild. This is…

Read More

Dr. Azad Moopen, Founder Chairman, Aster DM Healthcare honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Vijay Raman

 Dr. Azad Moopen, Founder Chairman of Aster DM Healthcare and founding president of AKMG Emirates, was conferred with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the biennial convention of the Association of Kerala Medical Graduates (AKMG), MARAAYA 2025. The ceremony, held at the Cultural Development Centre in Ras Al Khaimah, brought together prominent healthcare professionals and dignitaries from around the world. The award recognized Dr. Moopen’s visionary leadership and momentous contributions to the healthcare sector, as well as his pivotal role in establishing and nurturing AKMG Emirates. Dr. Moopen’s vision and…

Read More

A Triumph of Precision Neurosurgery: Aster CMI Successfully Excises Rare Brain Tumor in Elderly Patient

Vijay Raman

Pioneering Approach and Technology Save Life of Elderly Woman with Rare Intraventricular Meningioma   In a remarkable showcase of clinical excellence and precision in neurosurgery, Aster CMI Hospital successfully treated a rare and complex brain tumor in an elderly woman aged 75 years, significantly improving her quality of life. The patient presented to the department with gait imbalance and limb weakness since 18 months. Her MRI imaging of the brain showed an Intraventricular meningioma. The tumor was measuring around 5x 5.5 x 4.9 cms, large lobulated dural-based in the left frontal…

Read More

​Sodium-ion: The Battery Built for Trade Resilience, Reports IDTechEx

Vijay Raman

Author: Shazan Siddiqi, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx Amidst rising tariffs, geopolitical tensions, and growing restrictions on battery material exports, the case for a resilient, domestically anchored battery industry has never been stronger. Sodium-ion technology, leveraging abundant and locally sourced materials, is emerging as a compelling alternative to lithium-ion, particularly in light of critical mineral bottlenecks and trade volatility. IDTechEx's report, “Sodium-ion Batteries 2025-2035: Technology, Players, Markets, and Forecasts“, provides a comprehensive analysis of this rapidly advancing sector. It assesses market potential, commercial readiness, and the materials landscape, emphasizing sodium-ion's alignment…

Read More

Seco boosts threading productivity with expanded portfolio of taps

Vijay Raman

Seco boosts threading productivity with expanded portfolio of taps  Seco expands its tap range with T30 for versatile use across materials and T35 for high-performance threading in specific materials for high-volume production  Seco has significantly expanded and updated its portfolio of threading taps with the addition of two new specialized and general purpose tool families. The new T30 taps increase flexibility and provide reliable performance across a wide range of materials, while new T35 taps deliver high threading performance for specific materials to optimize high-volume production environments.An optimal tap for…

Read More