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The fourth Hanle Dark Sky Reserve (HDSR) Star Party was held at the Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle, Ladakh. It was jointly organised by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Ladakh's Department of Wildlif...
India added two small spherical tokamaks to its fusion research base in 2026. Pragya, built by Bengaluru-based Pranos Fusion, was completed on 21 August and launched on 3 September 2026; it is an experimental testbed for...
The New Delhi Declaration of the 18th BRICS Summit seeks cooperation in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN). Members will share best practices and promote mutual recogni...
The Ministry of Communications launched India's indigenous Cell Broadcast System (CBS) with its first large-scale nationwide demonstration. CBS pushes geo-targeted emergency alerts to millions of phones simultaneously, n...
On September 9, 2026, India endorsed the Call to Action for 6G Leadership and Security, joining 24 like-minded countries in promoting open, interoperable, secure and resilient 6G networks. The initiative was announced on...
The G20 Innovation Ministers' Meeting was held on 1-2 September 2026 at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Ministers adopted an Innovation Ministerial Statement spanning six areas, including pro-innovation policy, emergin...
Bodhan AI, a startup incubated at IIT Madras, has launched four open-weight artificial intelligence models for Indian languages in partnership with AI4Bharat. The models handle speech recognition, speech generation, mach...
A new study has shown that the songs of more than 3,000 passerine bird species are composed from just eight basic sound motifs. Using machine learning on over one lakh recordings, researchers identified three types of tr...
IIT Bombay hosted the National Conference on Quantum Biotechnology 2026 to promote the use of quantum technology in life sciences and healthcare. Sessions covered diagnostics, biomedical imaging, drug discovery, precisio...
Shakti Sharma has become the first woman officer from the non-medical branch of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to reach the rank of Air Vice Marshal. The promotion marks a milestone for women officers in the armed forces.
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) released 14 home-grown quantum products at its 43rd Foundation Day in New Delhi on 31 August 2026. They span Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC...
Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan released India's first non-GMO (non-Genetically Modified Organism) hybrid seed of high-expansion popcorn maize. The launch took place at Musunuru in Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh. The...
