Science & Technology
Space, defence tech, biotechnology and digital infrastructure
Reimagining environmental health through AI
A recent analysis highlights AI's transformative potential for India's environmental health governance, arguing the country needs to shift from reactive cris...
Cabinet raises POWERGRID’s equity cap to boost participation in green energy transmission projects
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved raising the permissible equity investment limit for Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERG...
India AI Summit 2026 marks New Delhi’s strong AI beginning, not its arrival — yet
India hosted the India AI Impact Summit 2026 on February 19–20, 2026 in New Delhi, positioning itself as a leader in inclusive and responsible AI governance ...
WhatsApp complies with directions on data sharing: A timeline of the case and privacy concerns it raised
WhatsApp informed the Supreme Court that it will comply with the directions issued by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on data sharing — i...
OpenAI, Anthropic accuse Chinese rivals of mass AI data theft
OpenAI and Anthropic have publicly accused Chinese AI companies — specifically DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax — of conducting coordinated "distillation a...
Anthropic at loggerheads with US military over AI use
A public conflict erupted between AI company Anthropic (maker of the Claude family of AI models) and the US Department of Defense (DoD) over contract terms g...
China's DeepSeek trained AI model on Nvidia's best chip despite US ban, official says
A senior Trump administration official stated that China's DeepSeek used Nvidia's most advanced AI chip — the Blackwell series — to train a new AI model, des...
Russia opens criminal investigation against Telegram app founder Pavel Durov
Russia opened a criminal investigation against Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov following his arrest by French authorities on August 24, 2024, at Paris-L...
FDA proposes new system for approving customised drugs and therapies for rare diseases
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance on 23 February 2026 establishing a new "Plausible Mechanism Framework" for approving indivi...
On AI, India’s enthusiasm contends with fundamental constraints
An analysis highlighted the gap between India's stated ambitions in artificial intelligence and the structural constraints — insufficient compute infrastruct...
AI’s positives outweigh human and climate impact: NASSCOM
A NASSCOM report argued that artificial intelligence's economic and social benefits — productivity gains, healthcare improvements, job creation in AI-adjacen...
UNICEF experts stress rights-based approach to tackling non-communicable diseases among children
UNICEF experts called for a rights-based framework for addressing the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among children and adolescents, stres...
Amid DoT push, WhatsApp appears to test SIM-binding
WhatsApp appears to be developing a SIM-binding feature in response to a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) direction issued on November 28, 2025, requir...
Scientists confirm HIV capsid is a good drug target despite resistance
A new study published in Science Translational Medicine confirms that while HIV can develop resistance to lenacapavir — the first-in-class HIV capsid inhibit...
MoSPI holds workshop on leveraging administrative data for governance
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) convened a National Level Consultative Workshop on "Using Administrative Data for Governance:...
Why does wildfire smoke swirl only one way in the air?
Scientists and atmospheric researchers have explained why smoke plumes from large wildfires tend to rotate in a consistent direction — counterclockwise in th...
Budget 2026’s AI push could open a new chapter for India’s farm economy
Union Budget 2026-27 introduced Bharat-VISTAAR, a multilingual AI-powered agricultural advisory platform, as its flagship initiative for farm modernisation. ...
AI summit is a ‘turning point’ in use of tech, says PM Modi
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from February 16–21, 2026, and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Feb...
India among four nations driving most global pesticide toxicity: study
A study published in the journal *Science* in February 2026 ("Increasing applied pesticide toxicity trends counteract the global reduction target to safeguar...
In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence announced on February 21, 2026, its formal decision to bid for the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's Project Grayburn — the pr...