Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive
Scientists at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) successfully transported antiprotons outside the Antiproton Decelerator facility for the firs...
India warns of risks as cheap generic weight-loss drugs flood market after Semaglutide patent expiry
Novo Nordisk's patent on semaglutide (brand names: Ozempic for diabetes, Wegovy for weight loss) expired in India on March 20, 2026, triggering an immediate ...
RBI building more digital payments intelligence platforms to empower users: ED
The Reserve Bank of India is actively building advanced digital payments intelligence platforms that leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Application Pr...
Centre flags unapproved drug combinations, raises safety concerns
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has launched a nationwide crackdown on unapproved Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) drugs, directing state and Union T...
Moon was formed around 4.51 billion years ago: study
A new scientific study has refined the age of the Moon to approximately 4.51 billion years, placing its formation within the first 60 million years after the...
U.S. jury begins deliberations in landmark New Mexico trial over Meta risk to children
A New Mexico state court jury found Meta liable for nearly $375 million in civil damages after a landmark trial centred on allegations that the company knowi...
Future of jobs: Will AI create ghost workplaces or millions of new jobs?
A new analysis in Livemint examines the sharp divide in expert opinion on AI's impact on employment: one camp predicts a "demand collapse" as automation erod...
IMD unveils a digital surface meteorological observation system
On World Meteorological Day (March 23, 2026), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) inducted a new digital surface meteorological observation system into...
Research identifies new mechanisms to detect and weaken TB bacteria
Scientists have identified new molecular mechanisms through which tuberculosis (TB) bacteria — Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) — sense their environment and...
Ahead of Chandrayaan-4, IIT and PRL team decodes moon’s titanium-rich rocks
Researchers from IIT Kharagpur and the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, have decoded the formation and behaviour of ilmenite-bearing cumulates ...
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw unveils three new initiatives to promote ‘orange economy’
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw launched three new initiatives at an event aimed at strengthening India's creative economy. Th...
U.S.-led Pax Silica a step towards digital colonialism, says Congress MP in Rajya Sabha
Senior Congress MP Digvijaya Singh raised a Zero Hour notice in the Rajya Sabha on March 23, 2026, warning the government against unconditional membership of...
“TDB-DST supports Indigenous Cybersecurity Solution for Secure Data Transfer Across Air-Gapped Networks”
The Technology Development Board (TDB), under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has extended financial support to Matisoft Cyber Security Labs ...
PARLIAMENT QUESTION: USE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN J&K
In a response to a Parliament question, the government detailed the wide range of space technology applications being deployed in Jammu & Kashmir, covering d...
India’s largest pregnancy cohort study of 12,000 women to develop AI-driven solutions for preterm births: Dr. Jitendra Singh
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announced that India's largest pregnancy cohort study — the GARBH-INi initiative — has enrolled 12,000 women and is develop...
PARLIAMENT QUESTION: SPACE DOCKING TECHNOLOGY
In a parliamentary question, the government revealed that ISRO is studying two follow-on orbital docking experiments — SPADEX-2 and SPADEX-3 — building on th...
U.S. jury signals tech titans on hook for social media addiction
In a landmark trial underway in Los Angeles, a jury deliberating on the first "bellwether" social media addiction case sent the judge a query (March 21, 2026...
SoftBank plans massive U.S. power plant for AI data centres
SoftBank Group announced plans to build a $33.3 billion gas-fired power plant at the US Department of Energy's Portsmouth site in Piketon, Ohio, to power AI ...
Two co-founders of CoinDCX crypto exchange held on charges of fraud
Co-founders of CoinDCX — India's largest cryptocurrency exchange — Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal were arrested by Thane police following an FIR registere...
Tencent integrates WeChat with OpenClaw AI agent amid China tech battle
Tencent launched ClawBot, a tool that integrates its WeChat messaging platform with OpenClaw — an open-source AI agent capable of performing tasks like file ...