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The Indian Council of Medical Research is working on a home-grown vaccine against Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), a tick-borne viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the KFD flavivirus that spreads through tick bites or conta...
A rare red aurora appeared over Hanle in Ladakh after an X-class solar flare, the most powerful category, launched a coronal mass ejection that hit Earth's magnetosphere and caused a severe G4-level geomagnetic storm. Th...
Overview In February 2026, ISRO achieved a major milestone in the Gaganyaan program by successfully conducting the high-altitude Crew Escape System (CES) test. This critical trial ensures that Indian astronauts can safel...
Andhra Pradesh has launched Pilloo AI, an accounting and billing app for micro, small and medium enterprises that works through voice. Users can raise invoices and log sales, payments and expenses by speaking. Artificial...
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reset its Doomsday Clock on 27 January 2026, placing the hands 85 seconds from midnight. This is the closest the clock has ever come to the hour that symbolises global catastrophe. E...
In its 2026-27 State Budget, the Kerala government announced free education up to graduation for Arts and Science students in government and aided colleges. Until now, free education in the State was limited to Class 12,...
According to the Economic Survey 2025-26, Karnataka is home to 39% of India's generative AI startups, the largest share of any State. The number of GenAI startups in India rose to 890 in the first half of 2025, compared...
Indian startup Akashlabdhi, incubated at IISc Bengaluru, is preparing to launch India's first inflatable space habitat, AntarikshHAB, which expands usable space from 70 to 300 cubic metres. Having reached Technology Read...
Scientists at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, built Disobind, a deep-learning tool that predicts how intrinsically disordered proteins attach to partner molecules. These proteins have no fixed 3D...
A consortium led by Pixxel, with Piersight Space, SatSure and Dhruva Space, will build India's first privately owned Earth-observation satellite constellation with IN-SPACe under a public-private partnership. It plans 12...
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister announced a new spaceport at Hope Island, located off the coast of Kakinada in the Bay of Bengal near the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary. Part of the Space City initiative, it will mainly su...
Overview In January 2026, India strengthened its education and skill development ecosystem with a focus on improving learning outcomes, digital access, and employability. The government continued implementing reforms und...
