Science & Technology
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Anthropic says won't give U.S. military unconditional AI use
A major dispute between the US Defence establishment and an American AI company escalated sharply in February 2026. The Pentagon issued an ultimatum to Anthr...
Casebook on AI and Gender Empowerment Launched at India AI Impact Summit 2026
The Casebook on AI and Gender Empowerment was officially launched on 17 February 2026 at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, marking a key milestone in India's ...
PM to visit Gujarat on 28th February
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 28, 2026, inaugurated the Semiconductor Assembly, Test, Marking, and Packaging (ATMP) facility of Micron Semiconduct...
ISCCM urges stronger ICU infection control and antimicrobial stewardship at Criticare 2026
At Criticare 2026 — the 32nd Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) — leading intensivists and public health expe...
PRESIDENT OF INDIA UNDERTAKES A SORTIE IN THE INDIGENOUS LIGHT COMBAT HELICOPTER PRACHAND AT AIR FORCE STATION JAISALMER
President Droupadi Murmu undertook a sortie in the indigenously designed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand at Air Force Station Jaisalmer, Rajasthan on ...
Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks’ estate over use of her ’stolen’ cells to advance medicine
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis reached a confidential settlement with the estate of Henrietta Lacks, resolving a lawsuit alleging that Novartis unjustly profi...
Govt temporarily discontinues rice fortification under PMGKAY, cites shelf life concerns
The central government has temporarily discontinued the supply of fortified rice under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and other allied ...
Government suspends fortified rice rollout in welfare schemes citing shelf-life concerns
The central government has temporarily discontinued the supply of fortified rice under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and allied welfar...
From road-safety chips to water-from-air, PM Modi reviews cutting edge Israeli tech
During his February 2026 visit to Israel, Prime Minister Modi reviewed a range of cutting-edge Israeli technologies with potential applications in India, inc...
Isro NVS-02 failure: Broken electrical circuit likely prevented orbit injection, says committee
ISRO's Apex Committee released findings on February 25, 2026, explaining the failure of the NVS-02 navigation satellite, launched aboard GSLV-F15 from Srihar...
Ashwini Vaishnaw warns digital platforms on deepfakes, calls for mandatory consent in AI content
Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, speaking at the DNPA Conclave 2026, declared that synthetic content (deepfakes an...
Broken electrical circuit behind ISRO’s failed launch of NVS-02 in January 2025: Committee
ISRO officially disclosed on February 25, 2026, the root cause of the NVS-02 navigation satellite failure that occurred after its launch on January 29, 2025....
A jab well done: On India’s Human Papillomavirus vaccination programme
Prime Minister Modi formally launched India's nationwide free HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccination programme on February 28, 2026, at a ceremony in Ajmer, ...
CDSCO modifies norms for testing permissions to speed up drug approvals
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) announced modifications to the process for granting No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for laboratory t...
PM Modi in Israel highlights: Agreement reached on use of UPI in Israel, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed a two-day state visit to Israel on February 25-26, 2026, meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. India and Israel e...
From dating scams to fake lawyers: OpenAI details ChatGPT misuse in new threat report
OpenAI published a new threat intelligence report documenting the systematic misuse of its ChatGPT platform by criminal networks and state-linked actors acro...
Pentagon asks defence contractors about reliance on Anthropic's AI services, source says
The United States Department of Defense (Pentagon) reached out to major defence contractors — including Boeing and Lockheed Martin — asking them to assess an...
Several school students fall ill during campaign for filariasis elimination in Patna
Several school students in Patna's Athmalgola area (Ganpat Rai Tola primary school) fell ill shortly after being administered Albendazole tablets under the M...
DeepSeek withholds latest AI model from US chipmakers including Nvidia, sources say
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek denied Nvidia and AMD early access to its forthcoming V4 AI model, giving Chinese chipmakers (including Huawei) a head start of s...
PM Modi and Netanyahu discuss key issues to strengthen India-Israel ties
PM Narendra Modi completed a two-day state visit to Israel (February 25-26, 2026) — his first visit in nine years — at the invitation of PM Benjamin Netanyah...