Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
Geodesy scientific backbone of expanding geospatial ecosystem: Jitendra Singh
GeodCon-26, India's first national conference on geodesy, was held at the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in New Delhi in March 2026, bringing togethe...
Isro tests CE20 cryo engine at 22-tonne thrust
ISRO successfully conducted a sea-level hot test of its CE20 cryogenic engine at 22-tonne thrust on March 10, 2026, at the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Ma...
Explained: How India is trying to regulate children’s social media use — and why gaps remain
India has a layered regulatory framework to protect children on social media, combining the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023, IT Rules 2021, ...
Why SC ordered a ‘no fault’ compensation policy for Covid vaccine side-effects
In Rachana Gangu v. Union of India (2026 INSC 218), a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the Union of India to formulate and place in t...
ISRO, AIIMS sign MoU for cooperation in space medicine and research
AIIMS New Delhi and ISRO signed a Memorandum of Understanding on March 9, 2026 to advance research in space medicine, with direct relevance to the Gaganyaan ...
e-Courts Mission Mode Project is being implemented for strengthening the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the judicial system
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice informed the Rajya Sabha that over 660.36 crore pages of court records — including legac...
E-COURTS MISSION MODE PROJECT
The e-Courts Mission Mode Project Phase III is under active implementation as part of the National e-Governance Plan, aiming to transform India's judicial sy...
Karnataka government constitutes Committee on Responsible AI
The Government of Karnataka has constituted a Committee on Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) to develop a comprehensive framework for the safe, ethica...
Utilization of Iron Ore Tailings in Road Construction will pave the way from Mine Waste to Green Roads: Dr. N. Kalaiselvi, DG CSIR and Secretary, DSIR
The CSIR–Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI), New Delhi, signed a Research and Development (R&D) agreement with ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AMN...
Indian Railways Deploys Advance AI & Machine Learning Devices to Enhance Safety and its Operational Efficiency by Adopting Smart Monitoring
Indian Railways has deployed and piloted multiple AI and Machine Learning-based systems to enhance safety and operational efficiency, as reported to Parliame...
Solving mystery of heat transport in magnetic semiconductors unveils possibilities in high-performance electronics
Researchers led by Professor Bivas Saha at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, have resolved a decade-old puzzl...
PARLIAMENT QUESTION: DEEP-SEA MINING
Parliament received a response detailing India's Deep Ocean Mission (DOM), which encompasses six verticals covering deep-sea mining, human submersibles, ocea...
Over 660.36 crore pages of court records have been digitized
The Ministry of Law and Justice announced that over 660.36 crore pages of court records have been digitised under the e-Courts Mission Mode Project (MMP). Mo...
Digital Payments Awareness Week 2026 - Launch of ‘Awareness Program on Digital Payments’ and Interaction with Payment Systems Operators (PSOs)
The sixth edition of Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) was observed from March 9–13, 2026, with RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra launching a new pilot title...
Iran hacking group claims attack on US medical company
Handala, an Iran-linked hacking group with documented ties to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security, claimed responsibility for a wiper cyberattack on...
25-qubit quantum computing system installed at IIIT-Dharwad, Raichur
The QpiAI-Indus, a 25-qubit superconducting quantum computer developed by Bengaluru-based startup QpiAI, was installed at IIIT-Dharwad and made jointly acces...
Meta AI’s ‘Vibes’ feature floods platform with sexual videos of children and explicit Bollywood deepfakes
Meta AI's 'Vibes' feature — a short-form video generation tool launched in September 2025 — was exploited to produce sexually explicit content including chil...
'Happy (and safe) shooting!': Study says AI chatbots help plot attacks
A joint study by CNN and the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) tested 10 leading AI chatbots — including ChatGPT (OpenAI), Google Gemini, Perplexity,...
I&B ministry asks Telegram to remove, disable access to 3,142 URL links
On March 11, 2026, India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B Ministry) issued a formal notice to the messaging platform Telegram, directing it to...
Earth’s magnetic flips can last 70,000 years, new study finds
A new study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment (2026) by researchers from the University of Utah, France, and Japan found that some ...