Science and Technology

India’s Public Health Crisis Begins in the Classroom

Public health in India strained by flawed policy, weak training Context: World Health Day 2025’s theme, “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Future,”...

Global Measles Surge in 2025

Context: Measles, once declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, is making a troubling global comeback. As of 2025,...

AI-Powered Civic Assistant: Transforming Public Grievance Redress in India

AI-Powered Civic Assistant: Transforming Public Grievance Redress in India

AI-Powered Civic Assistant: Unlocking Citizen-Centric Innovation in India’s Grievance Systems Context: India’s rapid tech growth contrasts with fragmented, inefficient public...

Amazon’s Project Kuiper

Amazon launches Kuiper satellites, taking on Starlink Context: Amazon launched the first batch of 27 Kuiper satellites into low-Earth orbit...

India’s First Sovereign LLM

Sarvam: The Bharatiya LLM Context: The Government of India has appointed Bengaluru-based AI startup Sarvam to build the country’s first...

Genetically Modified (GM) Crops

GM Crops Can Help India Reduce Its Edible Oil Imports Context: In a significant development, NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand...

Indian Navy Demonstrates Combat Readiness

Indian Navy Conducts Successful Anti-Ship Firings Context: In a powerful display of maritime strength, the Indian Navy has conducted multiple...

Heavy Element Formation Through Star Dissolution

Heavy Element Formation: Unveiling the Astonishing Role of Star Dissolution Context: The origin of heavy elements such as uranium, thorium,...

DRDO Successfully Conducts Long-Duration Scramjet Combustor Test

DRDO boosts hypersonic tech with scramjet combustor test Context: The Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), a unit of the...

Global Initiative ‘Revive Our Ocean’ Launched

Reviving Oceans through Community-led Protection Context: On April 24, 2025, a major new global initiative, ‘Revive Our Ocean’, was officially...

Foreign Stakes in Nuclear Power Plants

Government Proposing to Increase FDI in Nuclear Sector Context: India is poised to make a historic shift in its nuclear...

IoT Vulnerabilities: A Growing National Security Threat

Context: The Indian government has recently placed Internet of Things (IoT) modules manufactured by Chinese companies under heightened scrutiny, recognising...

Inherited  Retinal Disease and RNA Therapeutics

Context: The landscape of treating Inherited Retinal Diseases (IRDs), which are a significant cause of vision impairment and blindness, is...

DeepSeek’s AI Breakthrough

Context: The Chinese startup DeepSeek has created a stir in the global AI industry with its models, particularly the DeepSeek-R1,...

SANJAY – The Battlefield Surveillance System

Context: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh flagged off the SANJAY – The Battlefield Surveillance System (BSS) on January 24, 2025,...