Pallab Bhattacharya

A recent study by space scientists from India and the US reveals evidence for a greater possibility of finding much more water-ice in the craters of the moon’s two polar regions than estimated in the past.

After a high-octane campaign, India today goes into the second phase of voting in the marathon seven-phase general election as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare and Hindu nationalism.

India's first multi-purpose (combined Heat & Power) green hydrogen pilot project at state-owned Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam’s 1,500 MW hydro power station (NJHPS) in Jhakri, Himachal Pradesh, was inaugurated today.

In a step towards indigenisation in space sector, the Indian government’s Technology Development Board (TDB) has extended financial support for a fabrication of cutting-edge space-grade solar array and test facility by start-up Dhruva Space Private Limited in Hyderabad.

India has successfully developed the lightest bullet-proof jacket in the country for protection against highest threat from ammunition 7.62 x 54 R API (Level 6 of BIS 17051).

Centre For Development of Telematics (CDOT), the Indian government’s premier Telecom R&D Centre, and Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur today signed an agreement for “Automated Service Management in 5G and Beyond Networks Using AI”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party has set the bar high by coining the slogan “Ab ki baar, 400 paar”,

India’s cybersecurity agency CERT-In today sent out a warning about a 'high' severity flaw that allows remote code execution attacks on a wide range of Apple products. The warning has been issued for several Apple products including iPhones, iPads, MacBooks running on various operating systems, Apple Watch and other devices.

India has approved an ambitious and comprehensive national-level AI mission with a budget outlay of Rs.10,371.92 crore to cater to increasing demands from the country’s rapidly expanding AI start-ups and research ecosystem including Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), built through public-private partnership.

Indian scientists have identified a new catalyst that can efficiently oxidise urea and lower the energy demand for the generation of hydrogen by urea-assisted water splitting, thereby making way for improved production of green fuel.

India's first green hydrogen plant in the stainless steel sector located in Hisar, Haryana, was inaugurated today with the objective of cutting carbon emissions by nearly 2,700 tonnes per year.

India has conducted two successful flight tests of the Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile which can neutralise enemy aircraft, drones, and helicopters.

Scientists at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, have transformed banana pseudo stems, which are often considered agricultural waste, into an eco-friendly wound dressing material.

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, today announced the names of four Indian Air Force officers who will be the astronauts in the country’s first manned mission to space, which is expected to be launched next year.

Indian researchers have developed a country-specific model to precisely determine the age of a foetus in a pregnant woman in the second and third trimesters.

India's largest battery energy storage system, which stores power using solar energy, has been successfully commissioned with an installed capacity of 152.325 megawatts hour (MWh).

Thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana have taken to the streets again, just over two years after their previous year-long agitation.

In a major boost to India's space and defence sectors, the country’s first Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Test Facility was successfully established and tested by the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur.

Indian scientists have designed a new image-correction technique capable of getting better images during the study of atoms at absolute zero temperature. The technique can get rid of 50% unwanted interference fringes in the images, which are important for understanding the intriguing quantum mechanics governed properties of atoms at cold temperatures better.

FY25’s interim budget is 6% higher than the previous year