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The 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (formally the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) has gone to two American economists, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford. They were...
Astronomers have found a possible second-generation planet circling the white dwarf HS 0209+0832. It has been nicknamed a "phoenix planet" since it may have taken shape from matter thrown off by its dying parent star. Th...
A team of Indian-led astronomers has identified eRASSU J060839.5–704014 (eRASSU J0608), a pair of white dwarfs that orbit each other in about 6.2 minutes. It is an ultracompact double-white-dwarf binary whose orbit is sh...
Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Kremer was appointed World Bank Group Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics on September 16, 2026. Kremer shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Scienc...
India launched the Ocean Research Vessel (ORV) Sagar Manthan at Rishi Bankim Shipyard in Kolkata. The vessel is expected to strengthen the country's domestic capabilities in ocean research.
IIT Madras has successfully tested India's first indigenous 5 kN air-breathing Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) fitted with an aerospike nozzle, achieving a stable 5 kN thrust through sustained pressure-gain combustion....
Scientists have named S301 the fastest-moving star on a confirmed orbit in the Milky Way. It reaches a top speed of about 25,000 km/s, nearly 8% of the speed of light, while following a highly elliptical 8.7-year orbit a...
IntroductionTo overcome heavy import dependency on foreign electronic sub-assemblies and build end-to-end semiconductor and hardware supply chain resilience, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)...
IntroductionIn a major boost to India's sovereign digital economy and AI computing infrastructure, global technology giant Microsoft on 16 August 2026 inaugurated its fourth and largest India Cloud data centre region in...
IntroductionTo secure round-the-clock baseload zero-carbon power for Viksit Bharat 2047, the Government of India on 16 August 2026 outlined its comprehensive Nuclear Energy Roadmap aiming to scale national nuclear electr...
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) released the Research and Development (R&D) Statistics 2025–26. India's Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) reached a record 0.84% of GDP in 2023–24, up from 0.64% in 2020–21, a...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive leap for agricultural and economic modernization, the Government of India strictly and officially approved dual game-changing policies in July 2026: the aggressive ad...
