Quick notes: Train-18, Biohacking...

• 'Train-18', an indigenous “engine-less” train: The indigenous train designed to run at a top speed of 160 kmph will be free of locomotive since traction motors will be fitted underneath each coach to render them self-propelled. To be rolled out from the Integral Coach Factory by July end.



• Pay me for not eating: Intermittent fasting is getting Silicon Valley startup treatment. Some Silicon Valley execs swear that a form of fasting they call “biohacking” makes them more productive. Several startups are working to commercialize the tech world’s latest health craze. 



• Lockheed offers F-35 radar tech to India: Advanced radar fitted on their fifth-generation F-35 combat jets will be offered on the F-16 jets



• Moong over Microchips: All the sowing, watering, weeding, harvesting and cleaning are done at the farm. The cost of labour, seeds, water and electricity is borne by the farmer. But the bulk of the profits go to the trader who just packs the material and charges a bomb from unsuspecting city dwellers. 



• Samskrita Bharati Teacher:




• Cybersecurity vacancies: India has over 30,000 cybersecurity job vacancies, but hardly any takers. Companies willing to pay nearly twice as much as they do to other tech professionals. 



• Beijing’s big chip push goes into hyperdrive: China makes substantial strides in semiconductors