Science & Technology

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced a ban on social media use for children below 16 years during the state's 2026 budget speech, making Karnataka...

Pentagon Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Emil Michael publicly stated he clashed with AI company Anthropic over restrictions the company placed on military us...

Indian Railways' drive toward 100% broad-gauge electrification has acquired renewed strategic significance as West Asia tensions threaten global oil supply c...

Hyper-realistic AI-generated videos and images of animals — known colloquially as "slop" — are flooding social media platforms, depicting implausible or exag...

Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka announced bans on social media use for children — Andhra for under-13 and Karnataka for under-16 — triggering immediate debate a...

A senior US official called for scientists and diplomats to jointly discuss the evolution of quantum computing, emphasising that the technology's strategic i...

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed all medical college hospitals across India to integrate their Health Management Information Systems (HMIS)...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah soft-launched four digital platforms and unveiled mascots "Pragati" (female) and "Vikas" (male) on March 5, 2026, for Census 20...

The Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology stated that the government was actively discussing age-based restrictions on social media use f...

Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have successfully grown chickpeas (Cicer arietinum, variety "Myles") in simulated lunar regolith — soil-like ...

India is accelerating its transition to AI-driven agriculture through two flagship digital infrastructure initiatives: AgriStack (the foundational data layer...

The Ministry of Finance's Department of Revenue issued a notification on March 5, 2026 amending Income Tax Rules 114F, 114G, and 114H to expand the reporting...

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah presented the Karnataka State Budget 2026-27 with significant allocations for aerospace and aviation infrastructure. A flight tra...

Meta agreed to support rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe for 12 months starting March 2026, after the European Commission threatened interim measures t...

Japan's health ministry gave conditional approval to Amchepry, a stem cell-based treatment for Parkinson's disease developed by pharmaceutical company Sumito...

The Pentagon officially designated AI company Anthropic and its products as a "supply chain risk" effective immediately on March 5, 2026, following through o...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced during the state's 2026 budget presentation that Karnataka would ban social media for children under 16 years...

Australia began enforcing mandatory age verification for pornographic websites from 9 March 2026, requiring users to prove they are over 18 before accessing ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah soft-launched four digital platforms and unveiled two official mascots — "Pragati" (female) and "Vikas" (male) — for India's fi...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah soft-launched four digital platforms and unveiled two official mascots — "Pragati" (female enumerator) and "Vikas" (male enumer...