Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
USA’s National Reconnaissance Office awards contract to Bengaluru space startup Pixxel to provide hyperspectral imagery
The US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded a contract to Bengaluru-based space startup Pixxel as part of new commercial satellite data awards an...
White House weighs vetting AI models before public release, says NYT
The White House is actively discussing an executive order that would establish a working group composed of technology executives and senior government offici...
India should chart own path in treatment of rare diseases: ICMR chief
The Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr. Rajiv Bahl, has called for India to develop an indigenous model for the diagnosis,...
Operation Sindoor prime example of technological warfare and nation’s readiness: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
The Defence Ministry described Operation Sindoor as a "prime example of technological warfare," noting it demonstrated India's military preparedness and the ...
Hantavirus risk to public is low, says WHO after outbreak hits ship
Three passengers died and three others fell ill in a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. The ve...
Health Ministry issues guidelines on childhood diabetes care
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released India's first-ever standardised national framework — a Guidance Document — for the screening, diagno...
Centre revamps Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, adds mental health, NCD screening
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released revised guidelines for the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), upgrading it to RBSK 2.0 at the ...
Wastewater data revealed hidden COVID surges in Bengaluru after testing declined
Research from Bengaluru has demonstrated that wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) detected COVID-19 surges that were missed by clinical surveillance after pu...
How dual-use satellites are blurring the lines of modern space war
Modern satellites used for civilian communications, navigation, and Earth observation are simultaneously serving military reconnaissance, targeting, and comm...
GalaxEye adds to India’s remote sensing capability, launches world’s 1st OptoSAR Satellite
Bengaluru-based startup GalaxEye successfully launched Mission Drishti on May 3, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Drishti is India's largest privately ...
Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space
The NASA-ISRO joint satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) has produced detailed maps showing Mexico City and its surroundings are subsiding by...
GalaxEye launches Mission Drishti, India’s largest privately developed Earth observation satellite
Bengaluru-based spacetech startup GalaxEye Space successfully launched Mission Drishti on 3 May 2026 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Fo...
284 companies to showcase defence tech at North Tech Symposium 2026
The North Tech Symposium 2026, themed "Raksha Triveni Sangam — Where Technology, Industry and Soldiering Converge," is being held in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh...
What is Mission Drishti? Bengaluru-passed GalaxEye launches world’s first OptoSAR satellite. Here's what makes it unique
Bengaluru-based space startup GalaxEye successfully launched Mission Drishti on May 3, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base...
Phone sirens startle millions as government rolls out real-time warning system
On May 2, 2026, the government conducted a nationwide test of the Cell Broadcast Alert System (CBAS) — a new indigenous emergency warning infrastructure that...
Fibre-optic drones | The phantom that flies
Fibre-optic first-person view (FPV) drones have emerged as one of the most disruptive technologies on the Russia-Ukraine battlefield and in West Asian confli...
‘This is a test message’: India launches new emergency messaging system for citizens
India activated its indigenously developed Cell Broadcast System (CBS) on May 2, 2026, sending a nationwide test alert to mobile phones across all capital ci...
What is SACHET, the alert system that India will use from now in emergencies?
India formally launched SACHET, its integrated disaster and emergency alert platform, in conjunction with the rollout of a nationwide indigenous Cell Broadca...
India tests new emergency messaging system for citizens: How cell broadcast works, why it matters
On 2 May 2026, India's Cell Broadcast System (CBS) was officially launched and a nationwide test alert was broadcast to citizens across all 36 states and Uni...
What is India’s new Cell Broadcast System? Everything you need to know
India launched the Cell Broadcast Alert System (CBS) on 2 May 2026, developed indigenously by the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) under the Depa...