Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
315 successful space launches in 2025, finds Indian Space Situational Assessment Report
The Indian Space Situational Assessment Report (ISSAR) for 2025 documents 315 successful space launches globally in 2025, with approximately 4,651 objects pl...
Iran’s nuclear agency chief says its right to ‘enrich uranium is necessary’ for U.S. talks
Iran's nuclear agency chief declared that the country's right to enrich uranium is a "necessary" condition for any talks with the United States, as the two s...
No LPG shortage in country, vessels continuously coming to India via Hormuz: Petroleum Secretary Neeraj Mittal
Petroleum Secretary Neeraj Mittal confirmed there is no LPG shortage in India, with vessels continuing to arrive through the Strait of Hormuz despite ongoing...
Shaky ceasefire unlikely to stop cyberattacks from Iran-linked hackers for long
Despite an uncertain ceasefire between Iran and the US and Israel, cybersecurity analysts warn that Iran-linked hacker groups are unlikely to halt cyberattac...
Apollo Micro Systems completes blast trials for Limpet mines, shares gain 12%
Apollo Micro Systems Limited announced on April 9, 2026, the successful completion of blast trials for limpet mines — diver-deployed underwater explosives us...
IndiGo, BIAL conduct international contactless travel trials with IATA
IndiGo, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), the Digi Yatra Foundation, and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) successfully conduc...
Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief
Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff (26th Naval Chief), addressed the tri-service seminar 'Ran Samvad' in Bengaluru on April 9, 2026. The Na...
Iran rules out restrictions on enrichment programme: nuclear energy chief
Iran's nuclear energy chief, Mohammad Eslami, publicly ruled out accepting any restrictions on the country's uranium enrichment programme in the context of o...
Can GLP-1 generics fix India’s obesity epidemic, which goes beyond body size?
Indian patents protecting semaglutide (brand names Ozempic for diabetes, Wegovy for obesity) expired on March 20, 2026, triggering a wave of generic GLP-1 dr...
IT industry, Govt. examine cybersecurity implications of Anthropic’s Mythos model
Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos Preview, a powerful AI model capable of autonomously discovering and exploiting software vulnerabilities — including bugs ov...
Hyrox, the global fitness race, draws 8,000 athletes to Bengaluru
Hyrox — a global fitness racing series that combines 8 x 1 km runs with 8 functional workout stations — drew approximately 8,000 participants to Bengaluru fo...
Minor fire reported at Terminal 1 of Mumbai international airport; no injuries
A fire broke out at Terminal 1 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Mumbai, on April 9, 2026 at approximately 6:10 PM due to a short...
Police ordering takedown of posts based on their own judgement, Kamra tells High Court
A petition challenging the use of the Sahyog portal came before a High Court, with counsel arguing that police are ordering social media content removal base...
RBI invites public comments on Discussion Paper - Exploring safeguards in digital payments to curb frauds
The Reserve Bank of India released a Discussion Paper titled "Exploring Safeguards in Digital Payments to Curb Frauds," inviting public comments via its 'Con...
Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids
India's Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has issued a formal advisory to the governments of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu, warnin...
Mint Explainer | Why India's indigenously developed fast breeder reactor achieving criticality is significant
India's indigenously developed 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, achieved first criticality on April 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM...
TEC explores ‘Connectivity for All’ Vision through Deliberations on Direct-to-Device (D2D) Technologies
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), through the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), organized a technical workshop titled "The D2D Frontier: ...
National Quantum Mission achieves 1,000-km secure communication milestone in under 3 years of its launch: Dr. Jitendra Singh
Under India's National Quantum Mission (NQM), a 1,000-km quantum communication network — among the longest in the world — was successfully demonstrated in un...
Indian scientists find new way to measure distances in deep space
Astrophysicists from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) and the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Pune, have developed a nov...
No new clearances for production of refrigerant gases after 2027: Centre
The Central Government announced that no new clearances will be granted for the production of refrigerant gases (hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs) after 2027. The ...