Commonwealth News
Fibre Optic Cable Project – Update
St Helena, marking a momentous milestone, Fibre Optic undersea cable was dropped over the side of the ship and placed in articulated pipes. It was laid and secured in a predefined path on the Ruperts’ seabed. The cable will connect St Helena to the Equiano subsea...
Tokyo Paralympics: Nishad Kumar wins silver medal in T47 high jump event, creates Asian Record
India's Nishad Kumar wins silver medal in the men's high jump T47 event. It is a class meant for athletes with a unilateral upper limb impairment with some disability at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. With Kumar's Asian record, this is the second medal for the country...
India launches its first Quantum Computer Simulator (QSim) Toolkit
IT Ministry of India launches QSim (Quantum Computer Simulator Toolkit) to enable researchers, students, startups and industries explore Quantum Computing in a cost-effective manner. The project was a collaborative initiative by IISc Bengaluru, IIT Roorkee and C-DAC...
Infosys to create 500 Jobs in Canada in next three years
Infosys aims to create 500 jobs in the next 3 years with its new digital development centre at its largest Canadian office in Mississauga. The centre will be the first of its kind in Canada for Infosys. Read the original article here:...
How space tech is aiding mangrove conservation in the Commonwealth
Space technology is helping few Commonwealth countries in saving and restoring vital mangrove ecosystems. Valuable data collected helps in understanding mangroves’ capacity to capture and store away carbon from the atmosphere – the main driver of climate change. Read...
Secrets of Earth’s largest carbon sink revealed by synchrotron research
Australian team of scientists by synchrotron research finds microscopic dissolution seams that dissolve about 10% of the carbon in ancient deep-sea limestones. Scientists aim to unravel the carbon cycle in order to understand important processes such as climate...