Science & Technology
4 min
Scientists rewire bacteria to build ‘designer’ proteins on demand
Scientists have engineered a bacterial "nutrient transporter" protein to smuggle artificial (non-natural) amino acids into bacterial cells — overcoming a key...
Science & Technology
Internal Security
International Relations
5 min
AI and the national security calculus
The controversy over AI integration in US military systems — highlighted by the "Signalgate" episode (March 2025), where senior US officials accidentally inc...
Polity & Governance
Science & Technology
7 min
‘Of paramount importance’: SC to examine Bombay HC verdict on Centre’s fact check units under IT Rules
The Supreme Court agreed on March 10, 2026 to examine the Central government's challenge to the Bombay High Court verdict that struck down its Fact-Check Uni...
International Relations
Science & Technology
Internal Security
5 min
Why GPS jamming around the Strait of Hormuz has become a major concern
Since the onset of the US-Israel strikes on Iran (Operation Epic Fury, February 28, 2026), GPS jamming and spoofing around the Strait of Hormuz has increased...
Science & Technology
Social Issues
6 min
Companies starting to take ownership for mitigating AMR but drug resistance outpacing efforts: Report
The 2026 AMR Benchmark report by the Access to Medicine Foundation evaluated 25 pharmaceutical companies — 7 large research-based firms, 10 generic manufactu...
Economics
Science & Technology
4 min
India's exports of active pharma ingredients at Rs 41,500 cr surpassed imports in FY25
India's exports of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) reached Rs 41,500 crore in FY2024-25, surpassing total API imports of Rs 39,215 crore — a histori...
Science & Technology
5 min
AIIMS, ISRO join hands for space medicine research
AIIMS New Delhi and ISRO signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on March 9, 2026, to collaborate on space medicine research — a critical require...
Environment & Ecology
Science & Technology
4 min
Forest Survey of India stops its AI-based fortnightly alerts to states on deforestation
The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has discontinued its AI-based fortnightly deforestation alert system — known as the Anavaran Alert System — that was sending...
Science & Technology
4 min
Four astronomy facilities announced in Union Budget to cost ₹3,500 crore, to be completed over a period of three to 13 years
Union Budget 2026-27 announced the establishment or upgrade of four major astronomy and astrophysics facilities at a total outlay of ₹3,500 crore, to be comp...
Science & Technology
Environment & Ecology
Economics
4 min
Australia-India partnership moves closer to green steel with ‘world-first’ agricultural waste trial
In a world-first demonstration, rice husk pellets derived from agricultural waste were successfully blended at 5% and 10% concentrations into commercial coal...
Science & Technology
4 min
HALEU-Thorium fuel unsuitable for Indian nuclear reactors: study
A new peer-reviewed study, described as the first full core-level performance analysis of HALEU-Thorium fuel (marketed as ANEEL) in Pressurised Heavy Water R...
Internal Security
Science & Technology
5 min
Russia-backed hackers breach Signal, WhatsApp accounts of officials, journalists, Netherlands warns
Dutch intelligence agencies AIVD (General Intelligence and Security Service) and MIVD (Military Intelligence and Security Service) issued a joint cyber advis...
Polity & Governance
Science & Technology
5 min
Amid wave of kids’ online safety laws, age-checking tech comes of age
Three months after Australia launched a landmark ban on social media accounts for users under 16 — which came into effect on December 10, 2025 — regulators a...
Science & Technology
6 min
With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in 'moon dirt'
Researchers — including collaborators from Texas A&M University — published findings in the journal Scientific Reports (March 5, 2026) demonstrating the succ...