Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
On scientific collaborations in BRICS
BRICS has progressively built a structured science, technology, and innovation (STI) collaboration framework that now spans 13 thematic working groups, joint...
HPV vaccination drive gathers pace, 3 lakh girls covered in two weeks
Approximately 3 lakh girls aged 14 years have been vaccinated under India's nationwide HPV vaccination campaign within just two weeks of its launch on 28 Feb...
Saudi Arabia takes Indian startup’s help for satellite images
Bengaluru-based space-tech startup Pixxel has signed a data agreement with Saudi Arabia's national Earth observation platform, NSG UP42 — a platform owned by...
Parliamentary panel recommends prioritising drone acquisition in border guarding forces
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, chaired by BJP MP Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, recommended prioritising and fast-tracking the acquisition o...
Switching to electric power has saved Railways ₹6,000 crore: Vaishnaw in Lok Sabha
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, responding to a debate on Demands for Grants for the Railway Ministry in Lok Sabha, stated that the switch from diesel to ...
CMFRI launches deep-sea expedition to study seamount fisheries in Arabian Sea
The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), under ICAR, has launched a two-year deep-sea research programme worth Rs 4.986 crore to explore fish...
Government Ensures Seamless Grid Integration for Renewable Energy Through Strong ISTS Framework
The Ministry of Power affirmed that the Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) framework, governed by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) un...
Doctors warn against rising trend of using AI for diagnosis and self-prescription
Doctors and public health experts have raised alarms about an accelerating trend of patients using AI tools — particularly large language models (LLMs) like ...
Government Takes Steps to Promote Domestic Recycling Capacity and Circular Economy in Solar Sector
With support from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), a government-backed think tank has estimated that cumulative solar panel waste in India co...
Biopharma SHAKTI Scheme
The Government has formally launched the Biopharma SHAKTI scheme with a total outlay of ₹10,000 crore over five years, announced initially in Union Budget 20...
India's outsourcing industry is worth $300bn. Can it survive AI?
India's IT outsourcing industry, valued at approximately $300-315 billion and employing around 6 million people, is facing an existential reckoning as artifi...
MeitY failed to convince finance ministry for funds for key tech initiatives, says parliamentary panel
A parliamentary standing committee has warned that India's push in artificial intelligence and semiconductor sectors is being undermined by MeitY's failure t...
Government clears 23 institutions to set up ‘quantum labs’
Twenty-three academic institutions across India have been cleared to establish quantum teaching laboratories under the National Quantum Mission (NQM), as ann...
HC permits extraction, cryopreserving gametes of brain-dead person
The Kerala High Court (Justice M.B. Snehalatha) granted interim permission to a wife to have her brain-dead husband's gametes extracted and cryopreserved for...
Par Panel recommends subsidy on EV tractor, support on education of small farmers
A Parliamentary Standing Committee has recommended subsidising electric vehicle (EV) tractors to make them accessible to small and marginal farmers, noting t...
New nanomedicine-based gel from BITS Pilani shows encouraging preclinical results for rheumatoid arthritis
Researchers at BITS Pilani have developed a nanoparticle-based topical gel designed to deliver anti-inflammatory drugs directly to inflamed joints in rheumat...
TN AVGC policy envisions 2 lakh jobs in emerging industries
The Government of Tamil Nadu formally approved its AVGC-XR Policy 2026 — a five-year (2026–2031) state industrial framework targeting 2 lakh jobs, 200+ start...
Cyber fraud on the rise but nodal agency CERT-In grappling with acute staff crunch—House panel report
A parliamentary standing committee report on MeitY's functioning found that CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) — India's nodal agency for cybe...
CCI issues guidance note advising enterprises to conduct self-audits on AI tools to avoid competition risks
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has issued a guidance note urging enterprises to conduct self-audits of their AI tools to identify and address hidd...
Parliamentary panel flags digital infrastructure, cyber capacity gaps in MeitY spending review
A parliamentary standing committee reviewing MeitY's (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) budget and expenditure flagged critical shortfalls ...