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4 stories for “Bengaluru” · October 2026

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Yesterday21 Oct 2026

Science & Tech

Bengaluru-born Astronomer Dr. Ramya Anche Selected to Lead NASA's PUFFINS Telescope Mission

NASA has picked Bengaluru-born astronomer Dr. Ramya Anche as Principal Investigator for PUFFINS, a space telescope mission worth $20 million. The acronym PUFFINS expands to Polarimetry in the Ultraviolet to Find Features...

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Sunday18 Oct 2026

Tamil Nadu

BHASHINI and IISc Bengaluru develop text-to-speech models for Sourashtra language of Tamil Nadu

The Digital India BHASHINI Division, together with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, has built text-to-speech models for Sourashtra. Sourashtra is a minority Indo-Aryan language whose speakers are mainly...

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Thursday15 Oct 2026

International

Global Innovation Index 2026: India Ranked 38th; Switzerland Tops for 16th Straight Year

WIPO's Global Innovation Index (GII) 2026 ranks 139 economies on innovation. Switzerland stayed first for the 16th straight year, followed by Sweden and the United States. India was 38th overall and first among both 36 l...

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Saturday10 Oct 2026

National

IISc's Prof. Mahesh Kakde receives Ramanujan Prize 2026

The Ramanujan Prize 2026 has been conferred on Professor Mahesh Kakde, who works at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, honouring his contributions to algebraic number theory. The prize has been presented...

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