Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
Criticism, satire of PM, UGC regulations target of government takedowns on X, Instagram
Data from Meta shows that the number of content items removed from Instagram and Facebook in response to Indian government orders in January–June 2025 was ap...
India's exports of active pharma ingredients at Rs 41,500 cr surpassed imports in FY25
India's exports of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) reached Rs 41,500 crore in FY2024-25, surpassing total API imports of Rs 39,215 crore — a histori...
AIIMS, ISRO join hands for space medicine research
AIIMS New Delhi and ISRO signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on March 9, 2026, to collaborate on space medicine research — a critical require...
Forest Survey of India stops its AI-based fortnightly alerts to states on deforestation
The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has discontinued its AI-based fortnightly deforestation alert system — known as the Anavaran Alert System — that was sending...
Four astronomy facilities announced in Union Budget to cost ₹3,500 crore, to be completed over a period of three to 13 years
Union Budget 2026-27 announced the establishment or upgrade of four major astronomy and astrophysics facilities at a total outlay of ₹3,500 crore, to be comp...
Australia-India partnership moves closer to green steel with ‘world-first’ agricultural waste trial
In a world-first demonstration, rice husk pellets derived from agricultural waste were successfully blended at 5% and 10% concentrations into commercial coal...
HALEU-Thorium fuel unsuitable for Indian nuclear reactors: study
A new peer-reviewed study, described as the first full core-level performance analysis of HALEU-Thorium fuel (marketed as ANEEL) in Pressurised Heavy Water R...
Russia-backed hackers breach Signal, WhatsApp accounts of officials, journalists, Netherlands warns
Dutch intelligence agencies AIVD (General Intelligence and Security Service) and MIVD (Military Intelligence and Security Service) issued a joint cyber advis...
Amid wave of kids’ online safety laws, age-checking tech comes of age
Three months after Australia launched a landmark ban on social media accounts for users under 16 — which came into effect on December 10, 2025 — regulators a...
With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in 'moon dirt'
Researchers — including collaborators from Texas A&M University — published findings in the journal Scientific Reports (March 5, 2026) demonstrating the succ...
SC directs Centre to frame no-fault compensation policy for serious adverse events post COVID-19 vaccination
The Supreme Court of India, on March 10, 2026, directed the Central Government to frame a no-fault compensation policy for serious Adverse Events Following I...
We now know why some people had severe blood clots after COVID shots
A landmark study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (February 2026) has provided the first clear molecular explanation for Vaccine-Induced Immu...
International Malaria Conference 2026 Emphasises Global Collaboration to Accelerate Malaria Elimination
The International Malaria Conference (IMC) 2026, themed "Discovery, Development, and Delivery: Driving Malaria Elimination and Beyond," concluded in New Delh...
AIIMS, Isro ink space medicine pact
AIIMS New Delhi and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 9 March 2026 to collaborate on space medicine...
India should partner with Japan in its mobility, clean energy journey: NITI Aayog member
NITI Aayog member V.K. Saraswat, speaking at the Japan-India Mobility Summit 2026 in Bengaluru (9 March 2026), stated that India and Japan bring "deeply comp...
Why algorithmic sovereignty should be India’s top priority
A commentary argues that "algorithmic sovereignty" — the ability of a nation to independently develop, deploy, and govern its AI systems — should be India's ...
Nasscom calls for strengthening operational, cyber resilience amid evolving West Asia situation
Nasscom — India's apex body for the IT and IT-enabled services (ITeS) industry — issued a formal advisory to member companies urging heightened vigilance and...
Global Graphene meet opens with focus on next-gen materials
The first International Conference and Expo on Graphene and 2D Materials (GraphIN 2026) was held in Kochi, Kerala from March 9–12, 2026, positioning India at...
Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo ‘supply chain risk’ designation
Anthropic, a leading US AI safety company and maker of the Claude AI model, filed two federal lawsuits against the Trump administration on March 9, 2026, aft...
74,000 deaths: why the HPV vaccine is necessary in India
India accounts for approximately 132,000 new cervical cancer cases and 74,000 deaths annually — nearly one-third of global cervical cancer mortality — making...