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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...
On 11 October 2026, NASA's Perseverance rover became the record holder for the longest distance driven on another world, covering 45.22 km (28.10 miles) on Mars and edging past the 45.16 km logged by NASA's Opportunity r...
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...
Research groups in Europe and China have announced the first functioning nuclear clocks. Whereas atomic clocks keep time using an atom's electrons, nuclear clocks rely on the atomic nucleus itself. They are built around...
The 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes for unusual scientific research were presented in Zurich, Switzerland. Started in 1991 by Marc Abrahams as a humorous counterpart to the Nobel Prizes, the awards this year gave the Chemistry Priz...
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced nine decisions to strengthen internal governance, technology oversight and electoral roll management. Meeting agendas will be shared in advance and minutes recorded, w...
The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar is poised to become the first among India's NITs to have a dedicated observatory on its own campus. The facility will give students and researchers direct, on-site acce...
Qdenga, India's first approved dengue vaccine, received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) in July 2026. It has been cleared for people aged 4 to 60 years. The vaccine is expected to re...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based water data governance at the National Departmental Summit on Water, held in New Delhi on 2 September 2026 and organised by the Ministry of Jal Sh...
The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) facility at Takwe, Pune, has received accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for high-pressure cylinder tes...
Bengaluru-based Astrogate Labs unveiled India's first indigenous Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) terminal at the Bengaluru Space Expo. OISL technology uses laser beams to enable direct, high-speed communication betwe...
Researchers have described two frog species new to science from Mizoram: Duttaphrynus phawngpui and Ingerana aizawl. Duttaphrynus phawngpui was recorded at elevations above 2,000 metres in Phawngpui National Park and is...
