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25 stories for “GER” · January 2026
Clear filtersVeteran space scientist Dr A. E. Muthunayagam, pioneer of India's liquid rocket propulsion programme and founding Director of ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), was awarded the Padma Shri in 2026. Born 11 Ja...
Kerala named Bacillus subtilis its State Microbe, the first Indian state to choose one. It also opened its Centre of Excellence in Microbiome to the public. Bacillus subtilis is a helpful bacterium found in soil, ferment...
India's electronics exports topped US$47 billion in 2025, about ₹4.15 lakh crore, up 37% from US$34.93 billion in 2024. Smartphones made under the production-linked incentive scheme brought in nearly US$30 billion, about...
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...
Scientists discovered a new ginger species named Parakaempferia alba of the Zingiberaceae family in the Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh.
India has brought out its first full policy on tailings. It allows critical and strategic minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and rare earths to be recovered from mine waste, tailing ponds, slag and industrial resid...
India was ranked 80th in the Henley Passport Index 2026 with visa-free/visa-on-arrival access to 55 destinations, sharing the rank with Nigeria and Algeria; Singapore held the strongest passport with access to 192 countr...
India and Germany are celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations in 2026, relations having been established in 1951; the two countries completed 25 years of their Strategic Partnership in 2025.
iTNT Hub signed a Letter of Intent with Germany-based XeedQ GmbH at UmagineTN 2026 to start quantum-computing programmes in Tamil Nadu. In phase one, students and startups get remote access to a 4-qubit quantum computer...
India's External Affairs Minister took part in India's first-ever engagement with the Weimar Triangle - a regional political grouping of France, Germany and Poland formed on 29 August 1991 by a joint declaration in Weima...
Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia and Liberia began two-year terms as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, replacing Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slo...
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) recommended environmental clearance for the 1,200 MW Kalai-II hydropower project on the Lohit River in Anjaw district, Arunachal Pradesh. The Environmental Impact Assessment, prepared...
