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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...
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) completed 85 years in 2026; its Foundation Day falls on 26 September. CSIR was set up on 26 September 1942 as an autonomous body for scientific and industrial rese...
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) will use Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, satellite remote sensing and ocean modelling to track marine litter hotspots. The pilot started in Vi...
India achieved its best-ever tally at the 19th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) 2026, hosted by Italy, by securing nine medals. The Indian student team brought home 4 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. Partic...
Under its BRICS Presidency, India hosted the 8th BRICS Working Group on Ocean and Polar Science and Technology (OPST) in Goa. The Ministry of Earth Sciences organised the meeting, hosted by the National Centre for Polar...
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) notified the Cyber Security in Power Sector Regulations, 2026 under the Electricity Act, 2003; they take effect from 1 April 2027. They apply to generators, captive plants and ener...
IntroductionAs part of India's ongoing BRICS Presidency 2026, the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) inaugurated the 8th Meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Ocean and Polar Science and Technology (OPST) in Goa on 18 Aug...
IntroductionIn a major biomedical breakthrough for diabetes management, scientists at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, announced on 16 Augu...
IntroductionDr. Srinivasa Kumar Tummala, a noted oceanographer and scientist, assumed charge as Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India, on 11 August 2026. He succeeds M. Ravichandran. Dr....
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has produced India's first fully annotated Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) reference genome, for the pigeonpea variety 'Asha'.The genome spans 752.65 million base pairs acros...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive projection of aerial dominance, the Indian Air Force (IAF) strictly and officially deployed its elite combat assets to participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2026, a fie...
Scientists from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) have found 24-million-year-old fossil leaves of the Kevda (Kewra / Pandanus) plant in the Tikak Parbat Formation of the Makum Coalfield in Assam. The fo...
