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11 stories for “ICA” · October 2026
Clear filtersTo 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...
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...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted prequalification to CERVAVAC, the first quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine made in India to earn this status. A quadrivalent vaccine protects against four type...
Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda performed the groundbreaking for India's first High-Altitude Health Research Centre at Keylong in the Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh. People living and working at high...
India held the second meeting of the UN's GI-AI4FS (Global Initiative on Artificial Intelligence for Agri-Food Systems) in New Delhi, alongside India Mobile Congress 2026, co-hosted by TEC (Telecommunication Engineering...
The third International Bharat 6G Symposium 2026 ended at Dwarka, New Delhi. Hosted by the Bharat 6G Alliance (B6GA) on the sidelines of India Mobile Congress 2026, it deliberated on the path to International Mobile Tele...
Team AgniRath of IIT Madras finished third at the Sasol Solar Challenge 2026, held in South Africa, driving its solar-powered car named Aagneya. With this result the team became the first from India to take part in the e...
New Delhi is hosting the 10th India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2026, and this edition has been given the theme "Scale Without Boundaries." The event's agenda spans a wide range of next-generation technologies: 6G and 5G netwo...
India has carried out its first demonstration of a free-space Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) link. The link stretched 5.56 km and connected the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics...
India's network of quantum-secure communication has now passed the 1,000 km mark. With this, the country has already covered more than half of the target set for the eight-year National Quantum Mission, and it has done s...
India reiterated its commitment to science-based conservation of cetaceans at the 70th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC-70) in Hobart, Australia. The IWC was set up under the International Convention...
