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17 stories for “STEM” · March 2026
Clear filtersGujarat has rolled out the Lake and Air Watch initiative to monitor and improve the health of lakes and air quality in its cities. The programme uses satellite technology to track changes in lake area, algal growth, wast...
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has started its first structured bug bounty programme to tighten the security of the Aadhaar ecosystem. Cyber security professionals and ethical hackers are invited to...
Heritage Meets High-Tech: PM Modi’s Landmark Inaugurations in Gujarat In a day celebrating both India’s ancient spiritual heritage and its future-ready technological ambitions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated tw...
The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract worth ₹445 crore with Russia's JSC Rosoboronexport to buy the Tunguska Air Defence Missile System for the Indian Army. The deal is intended to strengthen the Army's air defen...
The Forest Survey of India (FSI), which functions under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has not issued any alerts from its Anavaran deforestation system since early 2026. Anavaran is an AI-based p...
EU Water Policy Update: Tackling the Challenge of Forever ChemicalsIn a major regulatory move to protect public health and the environment, the European Union (EU) has officially added PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Subs...
The Government of India has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools with the e-Sankhyiki portal, giving them real-time access to official statistics. MCP is an open...
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched the 5G Innovation Hackathon 2026 under the 100 5G Use Case Labs Initiative. The hackathon is meant to encourage indigenous innovation and build a stronger telecom e...
The atomic clock on board the IRNSS-1F satellite has failed, affecting NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), India's indigenous regional navigation system developed by ISRO. Atomic clocks are vital for precise po...
Aqua AirX Autonomous Systems has launched Avataar, described as India's first amphibious drone. An amphibious drone can operate both in the air and on water, which allows it to take off from, land on and move across wate...
Japan has approved the world's first stem-cell therapy for treating Parkinson's disease. The treatment uses Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells to replace the dopamine-producing neurons in the brain that are damaged in...
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has carried out a successful test of the drogue parachute developed for Gaganyaan, India's human spaceflight programme. A drogue parachute is a small parachute dep...
