A new species of Asian grass lizard has been discovered in Assam’s Manas Biosphere landscape, adding to the reptile diversity of northeast India. The species, named Takydromus ultapanensis,...
IBM has launched its first Infrastructure Innovation Centre in India at its new India Systems Development Lab campus. The Sangam Infrastructure Innovation Centre is designed to strengthen India’s...
Bacterial gene regulation has been redefined by a study showing that the long-accepted sigma cycle model does not apply universally across bacteria. Researchers from the Bose Institute, in...
Micron Technology has inaugurated its Assembly, Test, Marking, and Packaging (ATMP) facility in Sanand, Gujarat, marking a major step in India’s semiconductor manufacturing push. The plant will package...
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has revised its procedure to speed up approvals for new medicines in India. Under the new system, No-Objection Certificates for laboratory testing...
India has strengthened its biotechnology infrastructure with the inauguration of a new Central Facility for Recombinant Cells and Sensors at the BRIC-Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology in Thiruvananthapuram,...
A new subterranean fish, Gitchak nakana, has been discovered from a dug-out well in Assam. It is the first aquifer-dwelling, or phreatobitic, fish recorded from Northeast India. The...
A 13-member Class XI team from Ariyakudi Government Higher Secondary School in Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu, has successfully launched a 600-gram mini satellite named Vikko Sat-1. The student-built...
SANVAD 2026, the Scholars’ Assembly for Next-gen Ventures to Advance their Development, was organised by the Indian Council of Medical Research at the ICMR–National Institute of Malaria Research,...
Scientists at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K) have developed two new wheat varieties designed to fit Kashmir’s rice-wheat cropping system. The varieties, Shalimar Wheat-3...
