Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
India, Japan sign agreements in quantum technology, health research cooperation
India and Japan exchanged two agreements during a high-level bilateral meeting in New Delhi on May 6, 2026: a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in health and m...
Why industrial heat pumps are a ‘clean heat’ opportunity for India
Industry accounts for nearly half of India's final energy consumption as of 2025, with a large share still dependent on fossil fuels for process heat — makin...
India’s military might forged in factories of our defence industries, Op Sindoor reflected power of indigenous weapons, says Raksha Rajya Mantri at North Tech Symposium 2026
At the North Tech Symposium 2026 in Prayagraj — a three-day event jointly organised by the Indian Army's Northern and Central Commands and the Society of Ind...
Nuclear fuel company Clean Core concludes thorium fuel irradiation, reports high ‘burnup’
Clean Core Thorium Energy (CCTE), a US-based nuclear fuel company, has successfully concluded the irradiation campaign of its patented ANEEL (Advanced Nuclea...
Cabinet clears two chip plants worth Rs 3,936 crore under ISM; one could be India’s first commercial display facility
The Union Cabinet approved two new semiconductor manufacturing units under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), bringing total approved projects to 12 with...
Building bridges: On India’s solar generation, battery storage
India's installed solar capacity crossed 150 GW as of March 2026, making it the third-largest solar power producer globally, after China and the United State...
MoD inks ₹1,476 crore deal with BEL for mobile electronic systems
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a ₹1,476 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Hyderabad, for the supply of five Ground-Based Mobile Ele...
NIA chargesheets doctor, 2 others in ISIS-linked bioterror plot to carry out mass poisoning
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet before a special NIA court in Ahmedabad against three accused — a Hyderabad-based medical doctor ...
Pixxel to launch India’s first orbital data centre satellite this year
Bengaluru-based space startup Pixxel has announced a strategic partnership with Indian AI company Sarvam to develop and launch India's first orbital data cen...
USA’s National Reconnaissance Office awards contract to Bengaluru space startup Pixxel to provide hyperspectral imagery
The US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded a contract to Bengaluru-based space startup Pixxel as part of new commercial satellite data awards an...
White House weighs vetting AI models before public release, says NYT
The White House is actively discussing an executive order that would establish a working group composed of technology executives and senior government offici...
India should chart own path in treatment of rare diseases: ICMR chief
The Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Dr. Rajiv Bahl, has called for India to develop an indigenous model for the diagnosis,...
Operation Sindoor prime example of technological warfare and nation’s readiness: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
The Defence Ministry described Operation Sindoor as a "prime example of technological warfare," noting it demonstrated India's military preparedness and the ...
Hantavirus risk to public is low, says WHO after outbreak hits ship
Three passengers died and three others fell ill in a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. The ve...
Health Ministry issues guidelines on childhood diabetes care
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released India's first-ever standardised national framework — a Guidance Document — for the screening, diagno...
Centre revamps Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, adds mental health, NCD screening
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released revised guidelines for the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), upgrading it to RBSK 2.0 at the ...
Wastewater data revealed hidden COVID surges in Bengaluru after testing declined
Research from Bengaluru has demonstrated that wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) detected COVID-19 surges that were missed by clinical surveillance after pu...
How dual-use satellites are blurring the lines of modern space war
Modern satellites used for civilian communications, navigation, and Earth observation are simultaneously serving military reconnaissance, targeting, and comm...
GalaxEye adds to India’s remote sensing capability, launches world’s 1st OptoSAR Satellite
Bengaluru-based startup GalaxEye successfully launched Mission Drishti on May 3, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Drishti is India's largest privately ...
Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space
The NASA-ISRO joint satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) has produced detailed maps showing Mexico City and its surroundings are subsiding by...