Science & Technology

Escalating conflict in the Middle East following US and Israeli strikes on Iran (February 28, 2026) has sent oil prices sharply higher, with Brent crude risi...

The ongoing Iran conflict has threatened India's electronics and technology exports to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, with approximately USD 4.5 ...

Work to lay concrete (first pour — the formal start of civil construction) for two new nuclear units at Kaiga Generating Station in Karnataka has been launch...

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar launched a remote-controlled drone-based tranquillizer system in Thrissur, Kerala — a new wildlife management technology deve...

India is actively debating whether to impose a ban on social media access for children under 15, with experts, government officials, and civil society divide...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced an extraordinary meeting of its Board of Governors on March 2, 2026, specifically to address matters ...

Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that Semicon Mission 2.0 (India Semiconductor Mission 2.0) will focus on...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's first operational semiconductor facility at Micron's Assembly, Testing, Marking and Packaging (ATMP) unit in...

A landmark study published in Nature (February 2026) by Northwestern University researchers has demonstrated that the human brain continues to generate new n...

A total lunar eclipse will occur on March 3, 2026 — the first significant lunar eclipse visible from the Indian subcontinent in the current year. In most par...

In January 2021, WhatsApp updated its privacy policy requiring all users to consent to sharing their data with Meta (then Facebook) and its subsidiaries for ...

A policy analysis examines how artificial intelligence is being adopted across India's agricultural value chain — from sowing advisories and crop health moni...

A policy analysis highlights how artificial intelligence (AI), combined with regenerative agriculture practices and circular processing, could transform Indi...

The US-Israeli strike on Iran on February 28, 2026 and Iran's subsequent retaliatory missile and drone launches have brought missile defence systems to globa...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced a major restructuring of the Artemis lunar programme on February 27, 2026, with a focus on reducing risk and incr...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign on February 28, 2026, from Ajmer, Rajasthan. The pro...

US-Israel military strikes in late February 2026 specifically targeted Iran's nuclear facilities — including sites at Natanz (enrichment), Isfahan (conversio...

The Central Government has temporarily discontinued the supply of fortified rice under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and other allied ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Micron Technology's Semiconductor Assembly, Test, and Packaging (ATMP) facility at Sanand, Gujarat on February 28, 2...

Legal experts assessed the growing use of artificial intelligence tools in the Indian legal profession, noting both significant efficiency gains and serious ...