IIT Roorkee has begun drafting a comprehensive mental health policy for its campus community. The initiative is aimed at strengthening student well-being and may serve as a model...
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi has become the first medical institution in India to announce a face transplant programme. The initiative marks a major step...
The World Health Organization has prequalified another novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), a move that is expected to accelerate global eradication efforts. Prequalification is an international...
Andhra Pradesh has introduced an AI-based digital attendance system for Members of the Legislative Assembly to strengthen accountability in House proceedings. The new mechanism replaces the physical attendance...
India’s space sector has taken a further step towards private participation with the selection of three start-ups to develop indigenous small satellite bus platforms under the Satellite Bus...
Researchers at JNCASR, Bengaluru, have identified an unusual heat-transport mechanism in the inorganic metal halide Tl₂AgI₃. The material shows a crossover from conventional particle-like phonon transport to wave-like...
Bacterial communication, known as quorum sensing, has emerged as an important area of microbiology with implications for medicine, environment and agriculture. The concept explains how bacteria coordinate behaviour...
India has approved the procurement of Air-Ships Based High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (AS-HAPS) for the Indian Air Force, marking a major upgrade in its surveillance and intelligence capability. The system...
Scientists have advanced understanding of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), the explosive eruptions from the Sun that can trigger geomagnetic storms, disrupt satellites and power grids, and endanger astronauts....
Kerala has become the first state of India to officially declare a state microbe, choosing the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. The announcement was made at the inauguration of the...
