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BHASHINI's Shrutlekh enables real-time English-Spanish translation at NCGG programme

The Shrutlekh platform developed under BHASHINI provided live English-to-Spanish translation during a capacity-building programme of the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) held in Mussoorie. The use demonstrated India’s voice-first, multilingual Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, which allows spoken content to be converted across languages instantly for participants from different linguistic backgrounds.

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Dr. Reddy's Gets DCGI Approval for Zytorvi (Toripalimab) to Treat Advanced Esophageal Cancer

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has been granted approval by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for Zytorvi (toripalimab) in India. The drug is meant for patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). ESCC is a form of esophageal cancer that arises in the squamous cells forming the inner lining of the esophagus, the food pipe.

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ISRO Completes Gaganyaan Crew Module–Service Module Separation Tests at VSSC

ISRO has completed a series of tests on separating the Crew Module and Service Module (CM–SM) at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The trials were meant to confirm that the two modules part safely before the crew module re-enters Earth's atmosphere during the Gaganyaan mission.

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Aditya-L1's VELC Produces Doppler Velocity Images of the Solar Corona

India's solar observatory Aditya-L1 has produced Doppler velocity images of the Sun's corona with its Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC). These images let scientists follow how solar plasma moves and work out which way Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are heading. The software that processes VELC data was built by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA).

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Kufri Jamunia: ICAR-CPRI's Biofortified Purple Potato to Tackle Hidden Hunger

To fight hidden hunger, India has developed Kufri Jamunia, a biofortified, purple-coloured potato variety. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research–Central Potato Research Institute (ICAR-CPRI) bred it and released it in 2024. Every 100 g of the potato supplies vitamin C at 42.75 mg, iron at 3.22 mg and zinc at 2.28 mg.

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Bengaluru-born Astronomer Dr. Ramya Anche Selected to Lead NASA's PUFFINS Telescope Mission

NASA has picked Bengaluru-born astronomer Dr. Ramya Anche as Principal Investigator for PUFFINS, a space telescope mission worth $20 million. The acronym PUFFINS expands to Polarimetry in the Ultraviolet to Find Features in Interstellar dust. Designed as a small satellite mission, it will fly a 10-inch ultraviolet space telescope positioned in low Earth orbit, with Dr.

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ICAR–NSRI Indore Showcases Climate-Resilient Soybean Varieties NRC 268 and NRC 270

The ICAR–National Soybean Research Institute (NSRI), Indore, Madhya Pradesh, has presented two improved soybean (Glycine max) varieties, NRC 268 and NRC 270, which gave early yields of about 20 quintals per hectare. Both are bred to cope with erratic rainfall, dry spells, pests and diseases, with the aim of raising output, cutting weather-linked losses and lifting farm incomes.

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IISER Thiruvananthapuram Develops Compound that Releases Hydrogen and Methane on Heating

Researchers at IISER (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research), Thiruvananthapuram, have synthesised a compound named magnesium hydridomethylzincate, made up of magnesium, zinc, hydrogen and carbon, which releases fuel gases on heating. When heated in solution at 100°C, it produces hydrogen; when its crystals are warmed to 80–110°C with no solvent, both hydrogen and methane are given off.

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