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809 articles on Science & Technology · Page 20 of 41

March 03, 2026
15 articles
Social Issues Polity & Governance Science & Technology
5 min
Rural jobs scheme workers flag glitches in monitoring app
Workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) have raised persistent complaints about glitches in the National Mobile...
Environment & Ecology Science & Technology
5 min
New genus and species of blind miniature fish discovered in Assam
Scientists have described a new genus and species of tiny, blind loach fish — named Gitchak nakana — collected from a hand-dug well in a village at the footh...
Economics Science & Technology
4 min
PM Modi calls for export push, puts biopharma at centre stage
Prime Minister Modi, addressing a post-Budget webinar on "Sustaining and Strengthening Economic Growth," called on industry and MSMEs to "build more, produce...
Science & Technology International Relations Internal Security
4 min
Data centres new target in Iran conflict; 3 Amazon units hit by drones in UAE, Bahrain
Three Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centre facilities in the UAE and Bahrain were damaged in drone strikes linked to Iran's retaliatory campaign following U...
Science & Technology Polity & Governance
5 min
NDAP overhaul in works to handle surge in big data
The National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP), managed by NITI Aayog, is undergoing a major technical overhaul to address an accelerating surge in governme...
Science & Technology Polity & Governance
6 min
India's top court angry after junior judge cites fake AI-generated orders
The Supreme Court of India has categorized the citation of AI-generated fake court precedents as a serious form of judicial misconduct — the first time the a...
Social Issues Science & Technology
5 min
Nearly 500% increase in breast cancer cases in India since 1990: Study
A study published in Lancet Oncology, led by researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington, found that In...
International Relations Science & Technology
4 min
IAEA confirms entrances to Iran's Natanz enrichment plant were bombed
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that the entrances to Iran's underground Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) at Natanz were bombed, following...
Science & Technology International Relations
5 min
Anthropic’s resistance to the U.S. Department of Defence, OpenAI’s entry: Explained
The US Department of Defense (DoD/Pentagon) formally designated Anthropic — maker of the Claude AI — a "supply chain risk" effective immediately on March 5–6...
Environment & Ecology Science & Technology
4 min
New genus and species of blind miniature fish discovered in Assam
Scientists discovered a new genus and species of miniature, blind fish from a hand-dug well in a village in Assam, naming it Gitchak nakana. The species belo...
Polity & Governance Science & Technology
5 min
UIDAI covers mandatory biometric update for students in over 1 lakh schools
UIDAI has covered Mandatory Biometric Updates (MBU) for students across more than 1 lakh schools in India, with 1.2 crore children completing biometric updat...
Science & Technology Internal Security
5 min
Iran strikes AWS infra: Why data centres have become a strategic war target
Iranian drone strikes in early March 2026 damaged two Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centre facilities in the UAE and one in Bahrain — the first known milita...
Science & Technology International Relations
5 min
OpenAI amending deal with Pentagon, CEO Sam Altman says
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged that the company's initial deal with the US Department of Defense "looked opportunistic and sloppy," saying in an internal...
Science & Technology International Relations
5 min
US Treasury says stopping use of Anthropic's tech
US President Donald Trump directed every federal agency to immediately cease use of Anthropic's AI technology, including its Claude large language model; the...
Science & Technology Social Issues International Relations
5 min
Biometric IDs are being rolled out in Africa. Study reveals the risks and pitfalls
A comprehensive report by the African Digital Rights Network documented the risks and pitfalls of biometric ID rollouts across ten African countries, finding...
March 02, 2026
5 articles
Science & Technology Internal Security
4 min
Deepfake attack: 'Many people could have been cheated'
A high-profile deepfake attack in India demonstrated how AI-generated video and voice impersonation during live video calls nearly defrauded multiple corpora...
International Relations Science & Technology
5 min
Watch: ‘Natanz site hit again’ says Iran; IAEA reports no confirmation
Iran's nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz was struck during the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, with Iran's nuclear agency chief Mohamm...
Internal Security International Relations Science & Technology
6 min
India pitches to join Future Combat Air System with France
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, at the India-France Defence Dialogue in Bengaluru, formally pitched for India to join the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) — a...
Polity & Governance Science & Technology
5 min
Rethinking tax searches for the digital age
India's new Income Tax Act (Income-Tax No.2 Bill, 2025), passed by Parliament on August 12, 2025, came into effect from April 1, 2026, replacing the six-deca...
International Relations Economics Science & Technology
4 min
India, Canada sign $2.6 billion uranium deal, target $50 billion trade by 2030 with CEPA push
India and Canada signed a $2.6 billion uranium supply deal through Canadian mining giant Cameco, covering approximately 22 million pounds of uranium deliveri...