Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming
The United States has recorded over 1,362 confirmed measles cases as of mid-March 2026 — on track to exceed 2025's record of 2,283 cases, which itself was th...
Nvidia to focus on competition-beating AI advances at megaconference
Nvidia's annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2026 opened on March 16 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, with CEO Jensen Huang delivering the keyno...
Ice patches on melting glaciers greater threat than thought: ISRO scientists
Researchers from ISRO have published a peer-reviewed study in the journal *npj Natural Hazards* establishing that the August 2025 flash flood at Dharali vill...
Failure of atomic clock cripples ISRO’s NavIC system
The final atomic clock aboard IRNSS-1F, one of India's NavIC navigation satellites, stopped functioning on March 13, 2026 — three days after the satellite co...
Watch: HPV vaccination roll out, climate change, metabolic diseases and more | Health Wrap
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's nationwide HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Vaccination Programme on February 28, 2026, from Ajmer, Rajasthan, as par...
Experts laud A.P. CM’s vision for Quantum Valley project
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the Amaravati Quantum Reference Facility (AQRF) on April 14, 2026 — World Quantum Day — marking I...
Poor diets pushing children towards diseases traditionally seen in adults: Expert
The World Obesity Atlas 2026 reports that approximately 41 million Indian children (aged 5–19 years) have high Body Mass Index (BMI) — either overweight or l...
Kerala achieves milestone in AMR control efforts
Kerala's Health Department has officially designated 83 hospitals as "Antibiotic Smart Hospitals" (ASH) and 5 panchayats as "Antibiotic Literate Panchayats" ...
Researchers discover chemical reaction that opens new avenues in drug development, protein science
Researchers at Flinders University (Australia) have announced the discovery of a previously unknown type of chemical reaction: the "trisulfide metathesis rea...
Failure of atomic clock cripples ISRO’s NavIC system
The last functional atomic clock aboard IRNSS-1F satellite stopped functioning on 13 March 2026, after the satellite completed its 10-year design life (launc...
India’s navigation satellite system suffers major setback: 1 of 4 operational IRNSS satellites fails
The atomic clock aboard IRNSS-1F — one of India's Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) satellites — stopped functioning on March 13, 2026, after the ...
How biofertilisers are changing farmer practices in India
Biofertiliser adoption by Indian farmers has been accelerating, driven by government incentives under PM-PRANAM (Promotion of Alternate Nutrients for Agricul...
Tamil Nadu’s AVGC-XR policy aims for creative boom
The Government of Tamil Nadu has formally approved its AVGC-XR Policy 2026, a five-year framework to build the state into a national hub for Animation, Visua...
Study suggests protein in egg whites may provide scalable, effective solution against forever chemicals
Researchers at North Dakota State University (NDSU), in collaboration with the University of Central Florida and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EP...
Researchers discover chemical reaction that opens new avenues in drug development, protein science
Researchers led by Professor Justin Chalker at Flinders University (Australia), in collaboration with scientists from the University of Liverpool and interna...
NASA says it’s ready to go back to the moon for the first time in 50 years
NASA's Artemis II mission (April 1–11, 2026) was the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in December 1972 — a gap of 54 years. The mis...
Maharashtra to use AI to boost freshwater fisheries output; ₹1,024-crore scheme launched
Maharashtra has launched the Chief Minister Matsyasampada Yojana — a ₹1,024-crore scheme covering 28 initiatives (6 at state level, 19 at district level) to ...
India, US on the heels of finalising a critical minerals agreement, ‘big announcement in few months’, says Sergio Gor
India and the United States have agreed on the "broad parameters" of a critical minerals agreement, with US Ambassador Sergio Gor confirming at the India Tod...
Technology adoption and improved seed varieties boost India’s wheat & rice production
Union Agriculture Minister Bhagirath Choudhary stated in Parliament that wheat and rice production has been boosted through high-yielding climate-resilient v...
Rare thread-legged assassin bug ‘missing’ for 100 years rediscovered in limestone caves in the Andamans
Scientists have rediscovered Myiophanes kempi, a rare thread-legged assassin bug from the subfamily Emesinae (family Reduviidae), approximately 100 years aft...